Qanun or Kanun may refer to: *

Qanun (law) Qanun is an Arabic word ( ar, قانون, translit=qānūn; ota, قانون, translit=kānūn, derived from grc, κανών, translit=kanōn, which is also the root for the modern English word "canon"). Qanun can refer to laws established by M ...

: laws promulgated by Muslim sovereigns, in particular the Ottoman Sultans, in contrast to shari'a, the body of law elaborated by Muslim jurists. *

Qanun (instrument) The qanun, kanun, ganoun or kanoon ( ar, قانون, qānūn; hy, քանոն, k’anon; ckb, قانون, qānūn; el, κανονάκι, kanonáki; he, קָאנוּן, ''qanun''; fa, , ''qānūn''; tr, kanun; az, qanun; ) is a string ...

, a large zither played in and around the Middle East *

Kanun (Albania) The Kanun (also aln, Kanû/-ja, other names include sq, doke, zakon, venom, usull, itifatk, adet, sharte, udhë, rrugë) is a set of Albanian traditional customary laws, which has directed all the aspects of the Albanian tribal society.. Fo ...

, the traditional clan law of Albania *''Kānūn al-Awwal'' and ''Kānūn ath-Thānī'', the names for December and January in Arabic and Rumi calendars *''Qanun-e dâr Tâb'' ( ''The Canon of Medicine''), a 1025 AD medical encyclopedia by Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) *'' Qanun'', influential Iranian newspaper, edited by Mirza Malkam Khan between 1890 and 1898 in London

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