Fragment of document about salaries and food for the soldiers, 19th century, second half
It represents the sums for salaries and day-rations for one month for the soldiers (neferat) which guard (protect) the liva’ of Sayda, the qaza’ of Nabulus subordinate to the governor of Quds-i sherif, and the liva’ of Akka. The total number of the soldiers in the qaza’ of Nabulus is 137.
Ottoman archives, Akkā [Acre’s collection]
The documents in Ottoman-Turkish and Arabic kept in the “Cyril and Methodius” National Library contain valuable material for the study of the social, economic, political and cultural development of the Arab countries from the XVIth to the XXth century.
They also offer a rich material for studies in the field of the Arabic and the Ottoman-Turkish diplomatics and paleography, language research, as well as for special regional and town studies.
Ministry of Finance of the Ottoman Empire (ML)