Yıldız Request Registries

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TR-BOA/Y/MRZ-d

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1881-01-01-1909-12-31 (Creation)

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Global extent: 15915 files; 2 selected and described items (XLS = 0!!)

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Yildiz Palace (Y)

(1880-1922)

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Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA)

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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.

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