Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : The supreme judge (qādī al-qudāt) of shāfi‘ī obedience Tādj al-dīn al-Subkī (727/1327 – 770/1371) died quite young, swept away by the plague. Still, he had an eventful career at the heart of Damascus society in the fourteenth century. Combining functions in the field of judiciary (qadā) and teaching (tadrīs), he attracted many enemies among the amirs and his ulamā’ peers. Repeatedly deposed, he was imprisoned for almost three months, before coming out of it cleared and stronger. This article explains the reasons for his imprisonment, as they reveal various tensions between the ulamā’ and swordsmen in Damascus in the fourteenth century.