Kanunname

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Kanunname was a series of official Ottoman legal codes that systematized sultanic laws on administration, taxation, and criminal justice alongside Islamic jurisprudence.

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Kanun (sultanic law) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman legal code
historical document
legal text
aim centralization of imperial authority
harmonization of customary law with Sharia
standardization of legal practice
appliesTo Ottoman administration NERFINISHED
criminal justice
taxation
basedOn sultanic law
coexistsWith Islamic jurisprudence
contains administrative regulations
penal provisions
tax registers and rates
coordinatedWith Sharia courts NERFINISHED
fatwas of Ottoman muftis
country Ottoman Empire
function definition of criminal offenses and penalties
regulation of fiscal obligations
regulation of provincial administration
systematization of sultanic laws
genre normative legal text
hasPart fiscal kanunnames
penal kanunnames
provincial kanunnames
influenced later Ottoman legal reforms
language Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED
legalAuthority Ottoman sultan NERFINISHED
legalSystem Ottoman law NERFINISHED
legalTradition Islamic law
regulates duties of officials
land tenure
market controls
tax farming
timar system
relatedTo Kanunname of Mehmed II NERFINISHED
Kanunname of Suleiman the Magnificent NERFINISHED
Kanunname-i Ali Osman NERFINISHED
scope imperial level
provincial level
script Arabic script
timePeriod classical Ottoman period
usedBy Ottoman bureaucracy NERFINISHED
judicial officials
provincial governors

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Ottoman law codifiedIn Kanunname
Ottoman period legalSystem Kanunname
this entity surface form: Kanun (sultanic law)