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According to chapter IV,4 a murderer incurs capital punishment, while a statute in chapter IIs makes him liable to a fine, unless retaliation is carried out. 6 Shorter versions of this code occur in kânünnâmes for the sancaks of Bozok, Kırşehir, and Maraş, which formerly belonged to the Dulkadir principality (MSS. Ga, Gb, Gc, Gd; Ge; Gf, Gg). 9 Chapters III and IV only10 are included in MS. Ha. 11 In most of these manuscripts, the penal statutes appear in a collection of laws under the heading 1 Kraelitz, pp.

1 Later copies of this code in kânünnâmes for the same province are contained in M S. Fc, written in 987/1579-80, and MS. 2 Usually, however, this criminal code was copied, as in MS. Fa, to stand as the first of three parts (bâb) of a kânünnâme valid for the whole Empire. 7 The code is much better organized than the earlier laws. Unlike them, it contains penal statutes only; non­ 1 The Grand Vizier at that time, Hersekzâde Ahmed Paşa, who first held this office in 1497-8, is known to have made changes in the existing feudal law by order of Sultan Selim I.

INTRODUCTION* T h e criminal law of the shana, as is well known, never had much practical importance in the lands of Islam. Its substantive law is rather deficient: fixed penalties are prescribed for a limited number of crimes only, many are not dealt with at all. Moreover, its rules of evidence are so strict that a number of offences cannot be punished adequately. Since the very first centuries of Islam, therefore, criminal justice remained largely outside the jurisdiction of the cadis. ), while the muhtasib, or inspector of the market, dealt with trade contraventions and offences against Islamic morals.

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