Qanun (law)
Qanun is an
History
The idea of qanun entered the Muslim World in the thirteenth century, borrowed from the Mongol Empire following their invasions.[6] The 10th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman was known in the Ottoman Empire as Suleiman Kanuni ("the Lawgiver"), due to the laws he promulgated.
After the fall of the
Kanun took on significant importance during the period of modernization in the Ottoman Empire. Kanun and sharia did not contradict each other concerning administrative matters and so kanun was assimilated easily into Ottoman regulatory functions. Kanun promulgated by Ottoman sultans was used for financial and penal law. Under Sultan
Etymology
The term ḳānūn derives itself from the Greek word κανών. Originally having the less abstract meaning of "any straight rod," it later referred to any "measure or rule" in Greek. The word was then translated into and adopted by Arabic after the Ottoman Empire's conquest of Egypt under Sultan Selim I (ca. 1516). In the Ottoman Empire, the term still carried the word's original meanings of a system of tax regulation. However, it later came to also refer to "code of regulations" or "state law," a well-defined secular distinction to "Muslim law," known as sharia.
See also
- Ottoman law
- Qanun of Malaysia:
- Hukum Kanun Pahang, an attempt to codify the law in the Pahang Sultanate
- Undang-Undang Melaka, the legal code of the Malacca Sultanate
- maritime law
- Qanun Aceh
Notes
References
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