Yildiz Palace’s archives, Grand Vizierate
Held by Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA)
Reference | TR-BOA/Y/PRK-BŞK |
Title | Private Secretariat of the Sultan |
Dates | 1855-01-01-1912-12-31 |
Dates Start | 1855-01-01 |
Dates End | 1912-12-31 |
Level of description | Subseries |
Extend and medium | Global extent: 8908 files; 17 selected and described items |
Repository | Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA) |
Name of creator(s) | Yildiz Palace (Y) |
Description | 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. |
Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/private-secretariat-of-the-sultan?sf_culture=en |
Reference | TR-BOA/Y |
Title | Yildiz Palace’s archives, Grand Vizierate |
Covering dates | 1830-01-01-1922-12-31 |
Dates Start | 1830-01-01 |
Dates End | 1922-12-31 |
Level of description | Fonds |
Extend and medium | Global extent: 228390 files; 418 selected and described items (373 lines in XLS) |
Repository | Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA) |
Name of creator(s) | Yildiz Palace (Y) |
Description | 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). |
Accruals | The fonds is closed. |
Conditions governing access | Subject to the authorization of Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA) |
Rules or conventions | International standard for archival description, General, etc. |
Date of the catalogue | February 2018 |
Archivist's notes | Author(s): Yasemin Avci, Katerina Stathi |
Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/yildiz-palaces-archives-grand-vizierate?sf_culture=en |