Ottoman law

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historical legal system legal system

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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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ottoman law canonical 3
Kanun (sultanic law) 1
Ottoman imperial law 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical legal system ⓘ
legal system ⓘ
administeredBy Divan-ı Hümayun ⓘ
surface form: Divan-i Hümayun

imperial council of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form: 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 sultan ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman sultans
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 ⓘ
surface form: Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence

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

ulema ⓘ
timePeriod 14th century to early 20th century ⓘ

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Subject: Ottoman law
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egyptian law → influencedBy → Ottoman law ⓘ
Ottoman authorities → legalSystem → Ottoman law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanun (sultanic law)
Ottoman Land Code of 1858 → legalSystem → Ottoman law ⓘ
the Lawgiver → linkedConcept → Ottoman law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman legal code (kanunname)
Ottoman Syria → legalSystem → Ottoman law ⓘ
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine → appliedLegalSystem → Ottoman law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman law (as modified)
Ottoman governorship of Tunis → hasLegislativeBasis → Ottoman law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman imperial law