context: What is known is that Abu Yusuf became a close acquaintance of Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid, who eventually granted him the title of Grand Qadi, or Qadi 'l-qudat; the first time such a title had been conferred upon someone in Islamic history.
source: This made the position of Grand Qadi analogous to a modern-day chief justice.
reference_original: وهذا ما جعل منصب القاضي الكبير مشابها لرئيس القضاة في العصر الحديث.
reference_flipped: وهذا ما جعل منصب القاضية الكبيرة مشابها لرئيس القضاة في العصر الحديث.