Identity area
Reference code
TR-BOA/C
Title
Cevdet Paşa’s collection
Date(s)
- 1553-01-01-1904-12-31 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Global extent: 178576 files; 75 selected and described items
Context area
Name of creator
(1822-1895)
Biographical history
To be completed.
Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (22 March 1822 – 25 May 1895) was an Ottoman scholar, intellectual, bureaucrat, administrator, and historian who was a prominent figure in the Tanzimat reforms of the Ottoman Empire. He was the head of the Mecelle commission that codified Islamic law for the first time in response to the Westernization of law.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This fonds includes documents gathered by Cevdet Pasa and arranged by him according to their topic.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Thematical arrangement.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
See the repository's conditions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
February 2018
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
To be completed.
Archivist's note
Author(s) : Yasemin Avci, Katerina Stathi