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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.

The General Secretary of Yıldız Palace (Yıldız Saray-ı Hümâyûnu Mâbeyn Başkâtibi) is the official heading the unit that conducts the editorial office of the court. In other words, he managed the correspondences between the grand vizier on the top of the government organization and the Ottoman sultan. Yıldız Request Registries (Yıldız Mâruzât Defterleri) contain the daily records of the formal and personal requests prepared by the Başkitabet to be presented to the sultan at Yıldız Palace.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1298-1327.

This series includes official letters, permission and similar documents directly presented to the Palace Secretary by the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Marine, Imperial Arsenal of Ordnance and Artillery (Tophane-i Amire), the Ministry of Judicial and Religious Affairs, the Ministry of Foundations, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Commerce and Public Works and the Ministry of Police as well as other ministries and the Office of Sheikhulislam (Meşihat Dairesi). In addition, it includes petitions, complaint letters, gratification letters and petitions sent by the public directly to the Palace Secretary. Documents usually deal with military issues, events in and out of the state, security, Armenian issue, banditry and violation of the frontiers. Besides, there are also some judicial, çivil, financial and foreign problems dealt with in these documents.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series 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.

The starting and ending Hijri dates for this series are: 1246-1341.

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 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 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.