The General Secretary of Yıldız Palace (Yıldız Saray-ı Hümâyûnu Mâbeyn Başkâtibi) is the official heading the unit that conducts the editorial office of the court. In other words, he managed the correspondences between the grand vizier on the top of the government organization and the Ottoman sultan. Yıldız Request Registries (Yıldız Mâruzât Defterleri) contain the daily records of the formal and personal requests prepared by the Başkitabet to be presented to the sultan at Yıldız Palace. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1298-1327.
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).
This series includes documents about issues like the construction and repairing of the buildings of foundations; repairing of the mosques; assignments and salaries of the General Directors of Estates; repairs of the minarets and hammams and shrines; issues related to some soupchihckens for the poor. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1310-1334.
This series includes documents about professors assignments ; management of the foundation goods; assignments of some religious officials like imams and preachers; states of zawiyahs; interventions (intercessions?) in the foundations; the repairing of the shrines; and conversion of some prayer rooms into mosques. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1012-1298.
This sub-series includes documents related to reforms aiming to improve agriculture in the provinces of Rumelia and Anatolia; changes in the administrative and civil divisions; establishment of the janissary organisation; tax regulations and representation of foreigners in the Ottoman State in the ruling mechanism according to their population and their employment. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this sub-series are 1312-1326.
This sub-series includes documents related to the Armenian issue, accommodation for the migrating Muslims, building and repairing of the non-Muslim institutions, historical artefact smuggling and tribal clashes. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this sub-series are 1313-1315.
The Translation Office Registers of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hariciye Nezareti Tercüme Odası Evrakı) consist of the translated copies of the writings and letters by the ottoman embassies, foreign embassies, Ottoman şehbenderliks, and various foreign organisations. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: [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.
This series includes documents concerning the sending of customs inspectors to some provinces; the decisions made about the goods kept waiting at the customs; the assignments made to the rüsumat eminliği; and supply of the materials needed for the factories. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1310-1327.
