page_title: Mecelle
hierarchical_section_title: Mecelle
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Ahmed Cevdet Pacha (1822-1895) Ministre du gouvernement, homme d'État et juriste ottoman English: Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822-1895) Ottoman Government Minister, Statesman and a Legal Scholar Türkçe: Ahmet Cevdet Paşa (1822-1895) Osmanlı hükümet nazırı, devlet adamı ve hukukçusu (Mecelle yazarı)
context_page_description: The Mecelle was the civil code of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century. It was the first attempt to codify a part of the Sharia-based law of an Islamic state.
context_section_description: The Mecelle was the civil code of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century. It was the first attempt to codify a part of the Sharia-based law of an Islamic state.
caption: Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822–1895), the lead author of the Mecelle
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