Two works of Islamic jurisprudence, Ottoman Empire, 18th - 20th centuries - Kitab al-Ustuwani, Ustuwani Mehmet Efendi, manuscript on paper of thirteen lines per page in cursive Arabic, with black and red inks. Frontispiece illuminated in gold and polychrome with a floral mantling under poly-lobed arcatures and preceded by a summary. Colophon giving the title, the date of rabi al-awwal 1161 H/ February 1748. Bound in garnet leather with an embossed medallion with appendages and four spandrels decorated with scrolls enhanced with gold. 20 x 14.3 cm; one cover missing, binding detached, wetness, wormholes; - Kitab Rahmat al-Ama wal Ikhtilaq, Mulana Qadi al-Qadah Sadr, manuscript on paper with nineteen lines per page in black and red inks. Colophon giving the date of Yaum al-Ahad Muharram 1122H/ March 1710 and the name of the copyist Salim / Hussein al-Jazari. Bound in brown morocco with an embossed medallion decorated with foliage. 20.9 x 16 cm; as is. Attached is a commentary on an Ottoman law code Durar al-Hukkam: sharh majallat al-Hakam by Ali Haydar, 21 lines per page, in different parts. Bound in garnet textile with embossed decoration of a crescent moon embracing a five-pointed star. 19.5 x 14 cm; slight accidents, some foxing. Also enclosed are issues 537 to 588 (years 1307-1308) of the Jaridat Mahakim, the Gazette of the Courts, printed in 1290 H/1873 bound in a western binding with black leather corners and spine, ribbed and titled in gold letters. 27.7 x 20 cm; good condition. 2 Ottoman Islamic Case Law Texts, 18th - 20th centuries