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This sub-series includes documents and information regarding assignments to the birth registration offices; lists in tabulated forms sent to birth registration offices; documents related to the birth registration; passports procedures; census; list of incidents peculiar (specific?) to the provinces, subdivisons of a province (sub-province = sandjak) and towns; and populations statistics.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are 1326-1336.

This series includes correspondence from the Confidential Correspondence Office of the Ministry of Interior (Dahiliye Nezareti Şifre Kalemi), which conducted the communication of the units of the Ministry with the other provinces and lieutenant governors and, when necessary, acted as an intermediary agent where the quick and secret communications of the other ministries and state offices were enciphered.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are 1332-1340.

The archivists from the General Correspondence Office, (Dahiliye Nezareti Muhaberat-ı Umumiye Dairesi) thematically organised the whole correspondence, using for instance political section, legal section, administrative section and diversified section. In this classification, the political-related documents have been brought together.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are 1327-1334.

To be completed.

This series includes documents about the banditry activities; punishment of the bandits; punishments for those who commit murders; verdicts of death penalty and galleys; some decisions of forgiveness and release, etc.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1285-1296.

Established as a unit affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1883/1301, the Advice Bureau is a counselling body that examines the legal issues concerning the foreign affairs of the Ottoman State and offers its opinion on them. While there are books, papers, journals, etc. in this catalogue, there are also documents related to Straits Question, Moorish Question, abolition of the capitulations, Lahey Conference, International Paris Medical Conference, treaties as a result of the public wars, Question of the Islands, protocol of peace and friendship with Brazil, foreign institutions in the Ottoman State and so on.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1290-1342.

This series includes documents concerning the immigration of the Tatars and Circassians; immigrations to the Ottoman lands and requests about them; the difficulties caused by the Russian authorities; various problems with the immigrants; the Jews’ immigration to the Ottoman lands from Russia, Romania and several other countries; and the measures taken by the government.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: [to be completed].

This series includes information regarding the relations with the embassies in İstanbul; the ambassadors to go to their countries; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and mutual exchanging between Turks and Greeks.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: [to be completed].

The Correspondence Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hariciye Mektubi Kalemi) is the unit that conducts the correspondences of the ministry with the other ministries and offices in İstanbul and the institutions and organizations in the country. To this end, the documents in this catalogue are related to the ban on the jerque and evolvement of the obscene publications; ban on the selling of black captives; announcement of the hatt-ı hümayuns, published on the occasion of the sultans’ enthronement, to the public; and thanks for the congratulations on the bairams and Christmas. Also, they are about the other states’ attitudes and policies to the Ottoman State, elimination of the disagreements over the frontier; reports of enquiry and inspection in different parts of the state; appointment of the ambassador, şehbender and consul and the supply of their personal rights, and so on.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1254-1271.

This series includes the correspondences of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the domestic and foreign political events and issues.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: [to be completed].