LEGAL OPINIONS IN ADJARA DURING THE OTTOMAN RULELEDALL Cover Image

სამართლებრივი შეხედულებები აჭარაში ოსმალთა ბატონობის პერიოდში
LEGAL OPINIONS IN ADJARA DURING THE OTTOMAN RULELEDALL

Author(s): Otar Gogolishvili
Subject(s): History, History of Law, Political history, Islam studies, The Ottoman Empire, History of Islam
Published by: სსიპ-გორის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი
Keywords: Ottoman empire; Adjara; spreading of Islam; Georgian legal norms; Tanzimat; legislature; Sharia,;muslim;

Summary/Abstract: The article notes that prolonged domination of Ottomans and spreading of Islam in Adjara caused introduction of completely new legal system , which was different from traditional Georgian legal norms. They started introduction of their official legal standards for making Adjara as a part of their empire. An official legal system of the Ottoman Empire was derived from Islam. Gradually, Ottomans introduced Islamic law “Sharia”. During the Ottoman domination in Adjara, “sharia” was considered to be the main legal norm.Naturally, Turkey considered this region as their own territories. So, they carried out the same reforms in this region as in the Ottoman empire. For example, Ottomans carried out Tanzimat in every occupied territories equally, which helped them to strengthen their power on the occupied territories and form Ottoman legislature. For Georgia, the most important decision was legislature about ground, whichwas activated in 1858. According to “sharia”, every muslims could have a ground for cultivation, however this property was not constant for them, because Allah was considered to be an owner of ground.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 77-86
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Georgian