Registers of Jerusalem Municipality Council during the Ottoman period
Held by Jerusalem City Archives (AIY)
Reference | JM-AIY/OttomanRegisters/Vol4/p10b/item75 |
Title | Decree of Bethlehem municipality to tax gutter lids and sidewalks, 6 July 1895 (Gregorian calendar) - 24 Huzayrân 1311 (Ottoman fiscal calendar (Rumi) |
Dates | 1895-07-06 |
Dates Start | 1895-07-06 |
Dates End | 1895-07-06 |
Level of description | Item |
Extend and medium | 1 item |
Repository | Jerusalem City Archives (AIY) |
Name of creator(s) | Jerusalem Municipality (IY) |
Description | On the Bethlehem Municipality's report concerning the taxes pertaining to sewage and pavement expenses: On the Bethlehem Municipality's report concerning the taxes pertaining to sewage and pavement expenses It is understood that the taxation of vegetables would cause extra burden on the poor folk and cause harm, so it has been decided that the poor folk should not be taxed and that it would be sufficient enough to tax the rest of the tradesmen half the amount that is collected in Jerusalem. In other words, concerning the provisions, 60 coins from each camel, 30 coins from each horse and mule, and 15 coins from each donkey should be charged; concerning the goods that are weighed on public scales, 1 piasters from each camel, 20 coins from each mule and horse, and 10 coins from each donkey should be charged; concerning the coal and wood, 20 coins from each camel, 10 coins from each mule and horse, and 5 coins from each donkey should be charged. If the above-mentioned rates are observed, they should cover the 15 years of construction expenses. If this matter is deliberated in the council and approved, then it is appropriate to refer it to the Sanjak Administrative Council. The 24th of Huzayrân (1)313 (6th of July 1895). [7 signatures] |
Language of material | Arabic Ottoman Turkish |
Reference | JM-AIY/OttomanRegisters |
Title | Registers of Jerusalem Municipality Council during the Ottoman period |
Covering dates | 1892-01-01-1917-12-31 |
Dates Start | 1892-01-01 |
Dates End | 1917-12-31 |
Level of description | Fonds |
Extend and medium | Global extent: 18 volumes, 4192 items (more than 1200 pages, more than 3420 municipal decisions, for a minimum amount of 16568 lines of handwritten text) |
Repository | Jerusalem City Archives (AIY) |
Name of creator(s) | Jerusalem Municipality (IY) |
Description | This inventory includes the transcription (into Arabic and Turkish) and translation into English of the 18 volumes of reports (55% in Ottoman Turkish, 45% in Arabic) from the Ottoman municipality of Jerusalem between 1892 and 1917. |
Accruals | The collection is closed. |
System of arrangement | Chronological. |
Conditions governing access | Subject to the authorization of Jerusalem City Archives (AIY) |
Publication notes | Yasemin Avci, Vincent Lemire and Falestin Naili "Publishing Jerusalem’s Ottoman Municipal Archives (1892-1917): A Turning Point for the City’s Historiography," Jerusalem Quarterly, no. 60 (2015), 110-119. http://www.palestine-studies.org/jq/fulltext/187215 Falestin Naili, "La dé-municipalisation de la gouvernance urbaine et de l’espace politique post-ottoman : le cas de Jérusalem", URL: https://ifpo.hypotheses.org/7428 |
Related descriptions | Record group of the Municipal Archives of Jerusalem during the British Mandate |
Rules or conventions | International standard for archival description, General, etc. |
Date of the catalogue | Catalogue prepared during 2014-2018. |
Archivist's notes | Detailed inventory of the Registers of Jerusalem Municipality Council during the Ottoman period (1892-1917), held by Jerusalem City Archive, made by Yasemin Avci, Hanna Borne, Abdul-Hameed Al-Kayyali, Vincent Lemire, Falestin Naili et Erkal Ünal, 2014-2018. |
Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/registers-of-jerusalem-municipality-council-during-the-ottoman-period |