The Imperial Rescript means the order of the sultan. Formerly, the term “the Firmans” was used for the orders of the sultan. From 1832 on, the writing that was offered in response to the “letters” presented to the clerk of the sultan and that meant the approval of the sultan was called ‘irade’. The Imperial Rescripts in file procedure were grouped according to the issues and subjects in them, not according to the ministries and offices to which they belonged.
Attempts by Russian priests to perform the Kudas ritual in Jerusalem churches such as the Holy Sepulchre, Bethlehem and the tomb of the Virgin Mary. 1: no signature; 2: signed by Kudüs Mutasarrıfı Ahmed Macid.
This series includes documents related to civil administration regulations; selection of municipal councils (councellors?) and administrators; licensing schools and churches building for non-Muslim people; allowing various archaeological excavations on the Ottoman lands and preventing the historical artefacts smuggling. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are 1327-1340.
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 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 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.
This series includes reports from persons, appointed by the sultan himself over the problems with which he himself was engaged, about the interviews that they did with the native and foreign statesmen and ambassadors; their treatises (risaleler), offers, journals, requests, and notices of warning; also there are documents taken to the court after the deaths of some statesmen. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1250-1337.
