Civil codes of Muslim-majority and African states, among them the Ottoman Mecelle, the Turkish, Egyptian and Iranian codes and the Ethiopian code of 1960, which blend European codification with Islamic or customary rules. A code belongs here when its cited article describes a civil code of a Middle Eastern or African country. It excludes Latin, German, Soviet and East Asian codes. The group is defined by region and by that mixture of sources, not by a single European parent code.
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Civil Code of Iran (Wikipedia)
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The Civil Code of Iran, also referred to as Civil Code of Persia, is the principal codification governing private law in Iran.
Wikipedia: Egyptian Civil Code
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The Egyptian Civil Code is the primary source of civil law for Egypt.
Mecelle (Wikipedia)
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The Mecelle was the civil code of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Turkish civil code (1926) (Wikipedia)
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Turkish civil code (Turkish: Türk Medeni Kanunu) is one of the earliest laws in the history of Turkey within the scope of the Turkish Revolution.
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