Ottoman law

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Ottoman law was the legal system of the Ottoman Empire, combining Islamic (Sharia) principles with sultanic decrees and customary practices to govern its diverse territories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical legal system
legal system
administeredBy Divan-i Hümayun
linked to: Divan-ı Hümayun

imperial council
qadi courts
sharia courts
aimedAt legitimizing sultanic authority
maintaining social order
allowed non-Muslim religious courts
appliedIn Ottoman Empire
appliedTo Muslim subjects
millet communities
non-Muslim subjects
basedOn Islamic law
Sharia
characterizedBy dual system of Sharia and kanun
codifiedIn Kanunname
Mecelle
developedUnder Ottoman sultans
linked to: Ottoman sultan
endedWith dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
hasComponent civil law
commercial law
criminal law
family law
land law
tax law
includes customary law
kanun
sultanic law
urf
influencedBy Byzantine legal traditions
European legal models
Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence
linked to: Hanafi school

local customary practices
languageOfPractice Arabic
Ottoman Turkish
Persian
partiallyCodifiedIn 19th century
recognized religious autonomy of millets
reformedDuring Tanzimat era
linked to: Tanzimat
regulated guilds
tax farming
timar system
vakif endowments
succeededBy national legal systems of successor states
supervisedBy Sheikh ul-Islam
linked to: Shaykh al-Islam

ulema
timePeriod 14th century to early 20th century

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Egyptian law influencedBy Ottoman law
Ottoman authorities legalSystem Kanun (sultanic law)
linked to: Ottoman law
the Lawgiver linkedConcept Ottoman legal code (kanunname)
linked to: Ottoman law
Ottoman Syria legalSystem Ottoman law
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine appliedLegalSystem Ottoman law (as modified)
linked to: Ottoman law
Ottoman governorship of Tunis hasLegislativeBasis Ottoman imperial law
linked to: Ottoman law