Yildiz Palace’s archives, Grand Vizierate
Held by Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA)
Reference | TR-BOA/Y/PRK-MBC |
Title | Palace Secretary Head-clerkship |
Dates | 1878-01-01-1909-12-31 |
Dates Start | 1878-01-01 |
Dates End | 1909-12-31 |
Level of description | Subseries |
Extend and medium | Global extent: 9933 files; 1 selected and described item (XLS = 0!!) |
Repository | Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA) |
Name of creator(s) | Yildiz Palace (Y) |
Description | The tables prepared by the Palace Secretary occupy an important place in the Yıldız Daily Documents’ section. 15754 tables, prepared for different purposes between 1295-1328, lists, envelopes, (the condensed reports drawn up at the Porte for submission to the Sultan) and similar documents are brought together in this catalogue. Pertaining to the record of telegraphs, dispatches, petitions and letters presented in an official and personal style, these tables and lists were arranged in different forms for the type of procedure, the office to which they were sent, and special days, thus revealing the working styles of the Palace Secretary Head-clerkship (Mabeyn Başkatipliği). The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1295-1327. |
Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/palace-secretary-head-clerkship?sf_culture=en |
Reference | TR-BOA/Y |
Title | Yildiz Palace’s archives, Grand Vizierate |
Covering dates | 1830-01-01-1922-12-31 |
Dates Start | 1830-01-01 |
Dates End | 1922-12-31 |
Level of description | Fonds |
Extend and medium | Global extent: 228390 files; 418 selected and described items (373 lines in XLS) |
Repository | Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA) |
Name of creator(s) | Yildiz Palace (Y) |
Description | This fonds constitutes a very rich collection of documents resulting from the assortment of documents belonging to the rule of Sultan Abdülhamid II (1876-1909). It includes 1618 files, 626000 documents and 15679 notebooks. It appears that it includes important documents for this period, which is a fresh field for the research in the history of management. Yıldız catalogues (series) are collected in five main groups; the Main Documents of Yıldız Palace (Yıldız Esas Evrakı), the Official Documents of Grand Vizierate (Sadâret Resmî Maruzât Evrakı), the Officially Presented Documents of Grand Vizierate (Sadâret Husûsî Maruzât Evrakı) and the Daily Documents of Yıldız Palace (Yıldız Perakende Evrakı). |
Accruals | The fonds is closed. |
Conditions governing access | Subject to the authorization of Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA) |
Rules or conventions | International standard for archival description, General, etc. |
Date of the catalogue | February 2018 |
Archivist's notes | Author(s): Yasemin Avci, Katerina Stathi |
Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/yildiz-palaces-archives-grand-vizierate?sf_culture=en |