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Yildiz Palace’s archives, Grand Vizierate Subseries
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Correspondence between the Court and various Post Offices through the Empire

This subseries includes the correspondences between the court and such offices as Ministry of Posting and Telegraph (Posta ve Telgraf Nazırı), Galata Post-Office (Galata Postanesi), Manastır Inspectorship of Posting and Telegraph (Manastır Posta ve Telgraf Müfettişliği), Halep Inspectorship of Posting and Telegraph (Halep Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdürlüğü), İstanbul Centre of Telegraphs (İstanbul Telgraf Merkezi), İstanbul Centre of Telegraphs (Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi) and the Directory of General Correspondence (Muhaberat-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti).
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1284-1327.

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This subseries includes correspondence between Yıldız Palace and embassies, Consulates and the attaches’ offices. There are also writings directly sent by the embassies, consulates and attaches’ offices to the court; documents directly sent to the court by the committees, companies and similar organisations abroad; and documents sent by the Counsellor, interpreter and Acting ambassador at the embassies with their own stamps to the Private Secretariat of the Sultan head clerk.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1293-1326.

Inspectorship and Commissariat

This subseries includes documents regarding Rumelia Province Inspectorship and Rumelia provinces; the official writings of the Inspectorship and Commissariats; the writings of the staff at Egypt Fevkalade Commissariat, Bulgarian Commissariat, Inspectorship and Commissariat as well as reports and rough drafts.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1284-1326.

Educational Affairs

This subseries includes documents and correspondence between Yıldız Palace and the Imperial Press (Matbaa-i Amire), Imperial Meteorological Observatory (Rasathane-i Amire), Imperial Museum (Müzehane-i Amire), libraries and schools.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1284-1326.

Correspondence with officials

This subseries includes the correspondences with the official persons sent by the court, governorships, lieutenant offices and state for inspection.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1251-1326.

Special Petitions

The subseries called the Officially Presented Documents of Yıldız Grand Vizierate (Yıldız Sadâret Husûsî Maruzât Evrakı) includes the private requests presented to the court by the Grand Vizierate office so as to inform the sultan about the domestic or foreign problems and events. The documents deal with Şarki Rumelia and Armenia questions, Crete question, Egypt question, Italia’s intervention in Africa and so on. It also includes writings about international affairs and Ottoman State’s policy, foreign press’ articles about the Ottoman State, and correspondence regarding these writings.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1294-1326.

Office of Imperial Protocol

This subseries includes the documents with the letterhead of the Office of Imperial Protocol (Teşrifat-ı Umumiye Dairesi); translations of the documents from the ambassadors and the speeches and addresses that the ambassadors made with the sultan; the dinner parties with the state presidents, ambassadors and so on; the documents concerning the content of the meetings; and the documents about the selamlık and awarding ceremonies for the kings, princes, ambassadors and so on.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1293-1326.

Sultan’s diplomatic and protocol correspondence

This subseries includes the letter-like documents written to the sultan and on behalf of him; letters written by the prince, kings, emperors and other state presidents to the sultan through Palace Secretariat Başkatipliği, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassies and the letters written by the sultan; the sultan’s letter of thanks and congratulations to his relatives and others on the occasions of (accession to the throne), bairams, condolence, and so on.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1284-1327.

Military Affairs

These catalogues belong to the dates 1246-1316/1830-1899 of the Section of the Daily Documents of Yıldız Palace and contain the correspondences between the military offices and Yıldız Palace. In the catalogue with 10777 documents, there are usually correspondences with the offices charged with military problems, such as Office of the Minister of War, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Marine and Imperial Arsenal of Ordnance and Artillery.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1246-1327.

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