Referring to the years 1293-1327/1876-1909 of the daily documents, this catalogue consists of 6577 documents. It also includes writings signed by the ministry of Foreign Affairs with the letterhead of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; official letters written by the embassies, foreign state presidents and upper-rank authorities, and the translations of the letters and other documents like newspaper and journal articles; petitions of The Counsellor of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chief Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and translations of the newspaper made by the the Foreign Press Directory Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hariciye Nezareti Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Müdüriyeti). The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1293-1327.
This subseries includes correspondence from the sultan’s imperial secretaries and senior military officials with the court. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1293-1327.
This subseries largely includes the opinions of the Railway Board, The Directory of Roads and Bridges (Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi), the Agricultural Bank (Ziraat Bankası), the Imperial Press and the Ministry of Commerce and Public Works engineers; the contracts with Hamidiye-Hedjaz Railway Commission, Construction Directorate and foreign companies; the official price lists promulgated by Istanbul Broker Exchange; and the correspondences with Hedjaz Railway Commission, Anatolian Ottoman Railway Company, the Translation Office Clerkship of Ministry of Trade and Public Works (Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Tercüme Odası Katibliği), the Public Works Commission of Ankara Province (Ankara Vilayeti Nafia Komisyonu) and trade courts. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1284-1327.
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.
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.
This subseries includes bills and letters of Public Debts Commissariat to the Ministry of Finance; income and expense lists of Ministry of Finance; petition of the Directorship of Istanbul Quay Company (İstanbul Rıhtım Şirketi İdaresi); tables showing the provincial budgets; general budget summaries prepared by the Ministry of Finance and presented to the Babıali; inquiry reports of the finance inspectors sent to the provinces; income and revenue notebooks arranged by the Council of Public Debts Administration (Düyun-ı Umumiye İdare Meclisi); and correspondences with the Directory of Monetary Affairs (Meskukat İdaresi) and the Duty Office as well as Imperial Ottoman Bank (Bank-ı Osmanî) requests. The starting and ending Hijri dates for this subseries are: 1262-1331.
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 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 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 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.
