How did the Ottoman Empire code the Islamic law?

The Ottoman Caliphs had a panel of seven top ranking scholars of Fiqh to codify Islamic Law. The book they compiled was named Majallah Al-Ahkam Al-Adilah (The Just Codes). [1]

However, it was from a Hanafi perspective, so the majority of the ummah, who were not Hanafi, couldn’t follow it and as a result this book didn’t serve the purpose for which it was compiled. Rather it contributed to the blind following of the math’habs.

Reference:

[1] Dr Bilal Philips, Evolution of Fiqh, p. 157