Registers of Jerusalem Municipality Council during the Ottoman period
Held by Jerusalem City Archives (AIY)
Reference | JM-AIY/OttomanRegisters/Vol16/p60b/item436 |
Title | Issue regarding a hamam reservoir, 22 February 1911 (Gregorian calendar) - 9 Shubât 1326 (Ottoman fiscal calendar (Rumi) |
Dates | 1911-02-22 |
Dates Start | 1911-02-22 |
Dates End | 1911-02-22 |
Level of description | Item |
Extend and medium | 1 item |
Repository | Jerusalem City Archives (AIY) |
Name of creator(s) | Jerusalem Municipality (IY) |
Description | The hamam belonging to the Waqfs of Hangâh-Salâhiye, located in the inner city at the market known as Hârat Al Nasari, has a reservoir situated in open air; besides, it is located under Han Al Kıbt and miscellaneous hotels and dwellings. It is very near to a dunghill, thus taking the form of a dirty water in winter. Furthermore, it naturally sediments in summer, thus posing a threat of diseases inside the city. Hence, the waters of the said hamam is not suitable for having a bath, and every year, the municipality appeals to the Waqfs Directorate for the removal of the said reservoir water or its cleaning. Therefore, the said hamam is thus often closed down and deprived of fees. In years when it is rented out, its rent reaches 60 or ultimately 70 liras. At the times when it is run, insanitary smokes spread out, thus putting those sitting nearby and the merchants to inconvenience. The fact that a hamam is situated at such an important spot is detrimental not only for general health but also for the decoration of the town. Thus, as regards the transformation of the said hamam into a fitting and beneficial form, it is appropriate that the Sanjak Administrative Council negotiate the issue of substituting it with a property having an annual income of 200 liras and other details and complete the necessary course of action in respect thereof. The 9th of Shubât (1)326 (22nd of February 1911). |
Language of material | Ottoman Turkish |
Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/issue-regarding-a-hamam-reservoir-22-february-1911-gregorian-calendar-9-shubat-1326-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 |