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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kanun (sultanic law) | 1 |
Statements (45)
| 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historical document ⓘ legal text ⓘ |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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Kanun (sultanic law)