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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.

Before being appointed Titular of the new Apostolic Nonciature in Ireland (1929-1948), Fr Paschal Robinson ofm (1870-1948) had an intense diplomatic activity on behalf of the Holy See, in particular of the Secretariat of State and the Congregations for the Oriental Church and Propaganda Fide.
After his death, Mgr Domenico Tardini, at that time secretary of the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, ordered to preserve the documents of his missions as Apostolic Visitator in Palestine and Apostolic Delegate in Malta. Then the documents were deposited in the ASV.
The six folders mainly concerns the Apostolic visits to Palestine entrusted to Fr Robinson by the Congregation for the Oriental Church (1925-1928) and the Congregation for Propaganda Fide (1920-1921; 1927-1928).

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.

To be completed.

This fonds is part of the Archives of Religious Houses (or Archives of convents) held by the Historical Archive of the Custody of the Holy Land.
Dominus Flevit is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives, opposite the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The church was designed and constructed between 1953 and 1955 by the Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi and is held in trust by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land.

Structure of the fonds: Global extent: 17 files; 1901-01-13-1992-07-31
Series A, Correspondence. Global extent: 2 files; 28 July 1975 - 10 Nov. 1975
Series B, Assets and administration. Global extent: 4 files; Aug. 1971 - Jan. 1983
B-I, Accounting notes and receipts. Global extent: 1 file; Jan. 1979 - Jan. 1981
B-II, Revenues and expenditure. Global extent: 3 files; Aug. 1971 - Jan. 1983
Series C, Holy Masses. Global extent: 3 files; 13 Jan. 1901 - 31 July 1992
Series D, Chronicles and memoirs. Global extent: 8 files; [1970] - 20 Oct. 1990
D-I, Various memoirs. Global extent: 2 files; [1970-1980]
D-II, Registers of pilgrim priests. Global extent: 3 files; 2 July 1958 - 20 Oct. 1990
D-III, Registers of pilgrims. Global extent: 3 files; 9 Aug. 1971 - 2 March 1982

Archival records of the French biblical and archaeological school of Jerusalem.

This fonds includes non-political documents about Greece, about the Greek Church, public health, police, pilgrims, and Russians acquisitions and buildings in Palestine.

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.

The collection contains the following materials: tsars’ rescripts, relations from Envoys in Constantinople, correspondence between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Russian Ecclesiastic Mission (since 1867 – Embassy), correspondence between the Mission and Ottoman authorities, diplomatic corps in Constantinople, Russian consular offices in the Ottoman Empire (including Jerusalem); correspondence with Russian envoys in other countries, messages on ecclesiastic matters, on Russian property in the Ottoman Empire, on the Russian-Turkish wars, on peace treaties, on the situation in the Balkans, on the police of great states in the Ottoman Empire, international conferences; directives from the Embassy in Constantinople to Russian consulates on the territory of the Ottoman Empire; correspondence with private persons.
The collection also includes thematic files of correspondence between Ambassadors and the Consulate in Jerusalem over several years.
Besides, there are many thematic files on various events in Jerusalem and Palestine.

The selected items are (mainly) documents from the Russian Consulate in Jerusalem, which records had been plundered and lost throughout several wars.

This fonds is part of the Archives of Case Nove (Pilgrim Houses) held by the Historical Archive of the Custody of the Holy Land.

Structure of the fonds - Global extent: 50 files; 2 Feb. 1751 - 18 Jan. 1983
Series A, Registers of pilgrims. Global extent: 9 files; 16 Jan. 1901 - 18 Jan. 1983
Series B, Registers of guests. Minutes. Global extent: 4 files; 17 Jan. 1852 - Jan. 1962
Series C, Registers of guests. Global extent: 11 files; 1st Jan. 1856 - 11 Aug. 1955
Series D, Pilgrims files. Global extent: 5 files; 1st Apr. 1933 - 17 Nov. 1937
Series E, Correspondence. Global extent: 2 files; 2 Feb. 1751 - 24 Feb. 1967
Series F, Accounts of kitchen and bar. Global extent: 13 files; 2 Dec. 1922 - 31 Jan. 1980
Series G, Revenues and expenditure. Global extent: 5 files; 8 Jan. 1877 - Dec. 1943
Series H, Chronicles. Global extent: 1 file; 1889 - 1903