This series includes the formal letters sent to the court from Grand Vizierate (Grand Vizierate) and the formal letters sent to Grand Vizierate from the court, the letters written by the foreign presidents, the sultan’s ordinances and the summaries of the writings about the people’s complaints. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 952-1255.
This series includes the public’s presentations about various issues, ranging from the collection of grain tax to property suit, debt collection, tax collection, enteoff, transportation of goods and cereals as well as writings regarding the decrees and ordinances written to the vizier, governor-general, provincial governor, kadi and sub-district governor and the letters written to Supreme Council (Divan-ı Humayun) by the officials in the provinces such as vizier, governor-general and provincial governor. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1256-1341.
This subseries includes documents from the (unit) office that managed the procedures between the Ottoman State and foreign states. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1256-1341.
This series includes brief notes written on various subjects except appointment and imperial order and decorations; envelopes without a certificate have also been filed into this series, together with documents that apparently did not come to (from?) the Grand Vizierate but had no information about their creator and their recipient; formal documents written to the officials like the head of Provincal Treasury, provincial governor, etc. in their own districts are also filed into this series. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1256-1341.
This series includes documents such as legal regulations, imperial codes and regulations, contracts between the Ottoman State and persons or firms as well as concessions granted to companies. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1257-1341.
This series includes 83 documents from the Office of Imperial Edicts (Name-i Hümayun Kalemi) belonging to the records between 1100-1207/1699-1792. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1174-1341.
This series includes the orders and grand vizier’s decrees sent to ministries and state offices in Constantinople and to other offices and agencies out of the city. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1256-1265.
