Edition-critique and analysis of Nishanjizâdāh's Nûr al-Ayn (33rd chapter)

Nişancızâde who was an Ottoman faqîh of the seventeenth century wrote a book in order to reform and improve the book of Şeyh Bedreddin which is related to administrative jurisdiction and had been used as a workbook of kadis (Muslim judges) for many years. This study aims at examining and comparing to the chapter of "Ahkâmât" (33rd chapter) in Nûru'l-'Ayn and the chapter of "Ahkâmât" (34th chapter) in Câmi'u'l Fusûleyn. The chapter of "Ahkâmât" in Nûru'l-'Ayn is composed of forty-one titles. While some of those titles are in common with Câmi'u'l Fusûleyn, some of the titles are the ones which were added to the chapter by Nişancızâde. This study consists of three chapters. In the first chapter, the titles which were in common with two books have been compared in terms of wording and writing style and were examined in terms of Nişancızâde's methods that were used while reforming the book and which parts in the book he made reforming. In the second chapter, the titles which were added to the chapter by Nişancızâde were addressed in point of wording and writing style and it's been deduced generally that where those titles came from and where the subjects are which included in those titles in classical Islamic law books. In the third chapter, an edition-critique of the 33rd chapter of Nûru'l-'Ayn is produced as found in two author's copies containing some differences.