Registers of Jerusalem Municipality Council during the Ottoman period
Held by Jerusalem City Archives (AIY)
Reference | JM-AIY/OttomanRegisters/Vol3/p39a/item277 |
Title | About penalties taken for unlicensed construction, 21 May 1899 (Gregorian calendar) - 10 Mayîs 1315 (Ottoman fiscal calendar (Rumi) |
Dates | 1899-05-21 |
Dates Start | 1899-05-21 |
Dates End | 1899-05-21 |
Level of description | Item |
Extend and medium | 1 item |
Repository | Jerusalem City Archives (AIY) |
Name of creator(s) | Jerusalem Municipality (IY) |
Description | The high number of the buildings constructed within and outside the city walls, and the remoteness between them make it difficult to inspect on a daily basis whether these buildings are constructed in conformity with legal licenses. Additionally, due to the high number of duties of the municipal engineer, it has been understood by our Council that it would not be easy to conduct regular inspections. Apart from the relevant tax, a penalty, of equal value with the tax, is taken from the building owners having unlicensed construction. Although it has been considered by our Council that not only things will become easier, but also incomes will increase if an official under the name of building inspector is appointed, who would receive half of the amount of the penalty, it is appropriate to relegate the matter to the Sanjak Administrative Council in order to report whether this would be suitable or not. The 10th of Mâyis (1)315 (21st of May 1899). [4 signatures] |
Language of material | Ottoman Turkish |
Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/about-penalties-taken-for-unlicensed-construction-21-may-1899-gregorian-calendar-10-mayis-1315-ottoman-fiscal-calendar-rumi?sf_culture=en |
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 |