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Imperial Rescripts' Archives of the Ottoman Empire Series
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Administrative Affairs

This series includes documents about the licences for the travels across the country; promotions, titles and ranks offered for some state officials; some subjects that will take place in the Ottoman Official Gazette; information about the ceremonies for accession to the throne; petitions delivered by the tradesmen; information regarding the procession which accompanied the sürre; annexation of some towns into the provinces; salaries of provincial and sub-provincial governors; preparation of calendar, etc.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1255-1334.

Criminal and religious cases

This series includes documents concerning the case of allowing the building and repairing of the churches; enlarging the churches; punishing the criminals; forgiving some of the criminals; sentencing the criminals to capital punishment and galleys; some verdicts of imprisonment; allowing the construction of graveyards; and appointing the court members.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1310-1334.

Educational Affairs

This series includes documents concerning the opening of the schools; assignment of teachers to schools; salaries of teachers and school headmasters; curriculums to follow at schools; repairing and enlargement of the schools; information about the administration of Darüşşafaka; and information about old or ancient works.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1310-1333.

Financial Affairs

This series includes documents concerning the information about the taxes throughout the country; assignments and salaries of tax clerks; rents for the state buildings; salaries of the provincial and subprovincial governors and the increases in these salaries; daily wages for the refugees; the money to be taken from the Imperial Ottoman Bank; repair expenses of the state buildings (bridge, school, hospital, orphanage, government office); and collection of taxes.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1310-1334.

Foreign Affairs

This series includes documents concerning the assignments to the embassies; letters to be sent to the foreign countries; rents of the embassy buildings; relationships with the foreign embassies; letters to be sent to the embassies; taxation problems of some non-Muslim countries; treaties signed with other countries; gifts given to the statesmen visiting the Ottoman State; embassy assignments made by the foreign countries; determination of the interpreters and their salaries; the issue of Montenegro; and assignments of embassies.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1255-1309.

Imperial Rescripts given on Sultan's own initiative

This series includes documents about inspection of such places as mosques, inns and hammams; issues related to quarantine; the domestic travels of the Ottoman subjects; information about some provincial and subprovincial governors; protection of the pilgrims; cleaning of the streams; allowing some newspapers to enter the country; information about the tribes; epidemics of cholera and some suspected diseases; opening up a printing house.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1310-1327.

Issues dealt by the Private Secretariat of the Sultan

This series includes documents concerning the decorations given to Grand Viziers and Sheikhulislams; titles and demotion of some state officials (provincial and sub-provincial governors, lieutenants); accepting the foreign states’ ambassadors; reports about the health state of the sultan; gifts to be sent to the foreign statesmen; Surre Alayı; and telegraphs sent by the provincial governors.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1328-1334.

Issues dealt by the the High Council of Judicial Affairs (Meclis-i Vala)

This series includes documents concerning the determination of bread prices; giving licences for some plants to grow up; preparing rough drafts to prepare calendars; assignments of employees; taxes from the accidents; repairs of bridges and piers.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1256-1284.

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