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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.

“The Regulation of Council of Minister” (Meclis-i Vükela Dahili Nizamnamesi), dated 1 March 1879, subordinated the whole performance and all the actions of the government to the permission of the sultan, so it was necessary for the Grand Vizierate office to give the sultan information about anything that the government would do and to take permission from him. This series includes official letters written to the court by the Grand Vizierate but did not have an imperial rescript. Grand Vizierate Official Requests with an imperial rescript are in the section of “Assortment of Imperial Rescripts”.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1293-1327.

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.

This catalogue is in the Yıldız Perakende document, containing the documents between 1845-1909. It includes documents regarding the petitions, journals, letters, praises, unsigned reports (layiha) and remarks (mütalaalar) and persons’ letters of congratulation and thanks.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1262-1327.

This series includes correspondence between the court and the Ministry of Judicial and Religious Affairs.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1278-1327.

This series includes documents written by the Private Secretariat of the Sultan head clerk to the provincial governorships, sub-provincial governorships, commanderships, embassies and inspectorships and to the ministries in the capital city; it also includes the official letters and their summaries written by the Private Secretariat of the Sultan head clerk to the sultan about various issues.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1272-1330.

This subseries includes correspondence between Yıldız Palace and Interior Ministry Counsellor and such institutions as Dahiliye Mektubi Kalemi, the Directory of Interior Press (Matbuat-ı Dahiliye Müdüriyeti), the Nomination Commission of Civil Officers (Mülkiye İntihab Komisyonu), Imperial Poorhouse (Darülaceze), Directory of Ottoman Official Gazette (Takvim-i Vekayi Müdürlüğü) and the Nomination Commission of Officers (İntihab-ı Memurin Komisyonu); it also includes writings from provinces through the Ministry of Interior, instructions regarding the Ministry of Interior and letters written to the Civil Service Inspectorship.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1289-1327.

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.

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.

The tables prepared by the Palace Secretary occupy an important place in the Yıldız Daily Documents’ section. 15754 tables, prepared for different purposes between 1295-1328, lists, envelopes, (the condensed reports drawn up at the Porte for submission to the Sultan) and similar documents are brought together in this catalogue. Pertaining to the record of telegraphs, dispatches, petitions and letters presented in an official and personal style, these tables and lists were arranged in different forms for the type of procedure, the office to which they were sent, and special days, thus revealing the working styles of the Palace Secretary Head-clerkship (Mabeyn Başkatipliği).
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1295-1327.