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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).

In the Waqf Inheritance section, the number of documents approaches a million and a half; as well there are 2,500 manuscripts covering various subjects, including religion, philosophy, Arabic language, history and so on. Among them, the Open Jerusalem team selected a body of 41 files (totalizing 668 pages) issued by the Jerusalem Awqâf administration and related to Moghrabi neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Note : the spelling is “Mograbi” from Arabic to English, and “Maghariba” from Ottoman Turkish to English.

Scope and content

This fonds includes documents from the Palestinian Commission and Palestinian Comittee about schools, journeys of the imperial family, hospitals and every other issue dealt with by the institution.

This fonds is part of the external collections (“archivi aggregati”) incorporated in the Archives of the Custodial Curia (general administration) held by the Historical Archive of the Custody of the Holy Land.

Structure of the fonds - Global extent: 52 files; 13 Nov. 1881 - 30 Nov. 1987
Series A, Regulations and programmes. Global extent: 4 files; 1924-1947
Series B, Correspondence. Global extent: 6 files; 15 Oct. 1929 - 10 June 1959
Series C, Personal files of the students. Global extent: 2 files; 1936-1947
Series D, Class registers. Global extent: 26 files; 1923-1947
Series E, Students registers. Global extent: 2 files; 1924-1948
Series F, Administration. Global extent: 9 files; 1929-1943
Series G, Various memoirs. Global extent: 3 files; 13 Nov. 1881 - 30 Nov. 1987

This fonds is part of the external collections (“archivi aggregati”) incorporated in the Archives of the Custodial Curia (general administration) held by the Historical Archive of the Custody of the Holy Land.

Structure of the fonds. Global extent: 107 files; 11 June 1843 - 2004; [1798]
Series A, Regulations and provisions. Global extent: 6 files; 11 June 1843 - 1981; [1798]
Series B, Correspondence. Global extent: 28 files; 23 Nov. 1870 - 24 Nov. 2003
B-I, Social Welfare Office. Global extent: 6 files; 1960- 1st Sept. 1989
B-II, United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Global extent: 3 files; 23 July 1949 - 2 Dec. 1986
B-III, Thematic arrangement. Global extent: 16 files; 16 May 1922 - 24 Nov. 2003
B-IV, Chronological arrangement. Global extent: 3 files; 23 Nov. 1870 - 4 Feb. 2000
Series C, Administration. Global extent: 17 files; 5 Jan. 1901 - 31 Dec. 2003
C-I, Inventories and accounting notes. Global extent: 4 files; Apr. 1959 - 31 Dec. 2003
C-II, Revenues and expenditure, Minutes. Global extent: 3 files; March 1969 - 5 May 1998
C-III, Revenues and expenditure. Global extent: 10 files; 5 Jan. 1901 - 1st Sept. 2002
Series D, Orphans. Global extent: 23 files; 1877-2004
D-I, Personal files. Global extent: 7 files; 1896-2000
D-II, Medical files. Global extent: 3 files; 16 Feb. 1970 - 10 Oct. 2003
D-III, Registers. Global extent: 9 files; 1877-2004
D-IV, Miscellanea. Global extent: 4 files; 1944-2000
Series E, Teaching staff. Global extent: 8 files; 10 July 1932 - 1995
E-I, Correspondence. Global extent: 7 files; 10 July 1932 - 31 July 1989
E-II, Personal files. Global extent: 1 file; 20 July 1932 - 1995
Series F, School. Global extent: 22 files; Oct. 1889 - 2003
F-I, Attendance registers. Global extent: 5 files; Sept. 1963 - May 1969
F-II, Marks. Global extent: 7 files; 1925-2001
F-III, Marks registers. Global extent: 10 files; Oct. 1889 - 2003
Series G, Chronicles. Global extent: 3 files; 28 May 1929 - 1st Dec. 1981

MS diaries 1903-59; ephemera from diaries; papers on Palestine; Memorial Service and Address by Stewart Perowne, 1969.

The Sharia court records constitute one the richest sources for the social and economic history of Jerusalem, since this court was, “by and large, the sole legal arbiter and a primary instrument of social control” (Doumani, 1985) until Ibrahim Pasha’s reforms in the 1830s. These records deal with all realms of human interaction, from personal status issues, sales contracts, building permits to civil and criminal cases. However, after the Ottoman judicial reforms of 1876 and the establishment of the nizamîya court system, the sharia courts were no longer dealing with criminal cases and less civil cases could be taken before them. Their function was further curtailed by the British mandate authorities who limited them to the Muslim community.

The shari‘a court registers (sijillât mahkama shar‘îyya) of Jerusalem represent the oldest and most complete collection of Ottoman period court registers in Palestine, covering the years 1529-1917. Microfilms dating from the Ottoman period are accessible in the Islamic Archives in Abu Dis, at the Centre for Manuscripts and Documents of the University of Jordan in Amman, in the library of the University of Al-Najah in Nablus and in the library of the University of Haifa.

The described items were selected according to the period covered by the project and the earthquake of 1837.