Mecelle
...that the Mecelle, the Ottoman civil code of 1877, was the first attempt to codify part of the laws of an Islamic state?
...that the <b id="mwC3Y"><a href="./Mecelle" id="mwC3c" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mecelle">Mecelle</a></b>, the <a href="./Ottoman_Empire" id="mwC3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> <a href="./Civil_code" id="mwC3k" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Civil code">civil code</a> of 1877, was the first attempt to <a class="mw-disambig" href="./Codification" id="mwC3o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Codification">codify</a> part of the laws of an <a href="./Islam" id="mwC3s" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islam">Islamic</a> state?