The Mecelle-i Ahkâm-ı Adliye (Ottoman Turkish: مجلۀ احكام عدلیە), or the Mecelle in short, was the civil code of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century. It is the first codification of Sharia law by an Islamic nation.[1][2]
- ^ "Mecelle" in Oxford Islamic Studies Online
- ^ Abdal Hakim Murad, "Authority within Islam", halalmonk.com, 2013.