AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · ESER VE YAZAR HAKKINDA · 2. AMASYA TARİHİ HAKKINDA · 2.4. Eserin Kaynakları

2.4.2. Archival Sources

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Introduction: The Work and Its Author, p. 60 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Songül KEÇECİ KURT

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsameddîn, Amasya Tarihi içerisinde pek çok arşiv malzemesi, defter serisi ve özellikle de yerel tarih çalışmalarında kullanılabilecek vakıflarla ilgili pek çok defter koleksiyonu kullanmıştır. Bu defterlerin isimlerini eserinin içinde zikrederek zaman zaman sayfa sayısına kadar ayrıntılı bir biçimde kaynak belirtmiştir. Bu bölümde müellifin eserinde belirttiği elliden fazla sayıdaki defter koleksiyonlarından belli başlılarını içeriğine göre ortak bir başlık altında izah edilip Amasya Tarihi içerisindeki kullanımlarından bahsedilecektir.

Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsameddîn used in Amasya Tarihi a great deal of archival material, series of registers and, especially, many collections of registers concerning waqfs that can be used in local history studies. By mentioning the names of these registers within his work, he at times gave his sources in detail down to the number of pages. In this section, the principal ones among the more than fifty collections of registers that the author mentions in his work will be explained under a common heading according to their content, and their use within Amasya Tarihi will be discussed.

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • defter koleksiyonu: a series formed by registers in which records of the same kind are kept
  • vakıf: property or an institution whose income is set aside for charitable services

Why Archival Sources Matter

This short section introduces the kinds of registers described in the subheadings below: ahkâm registers, court registers, waqf deed and cihet registers, çavuş and kitchen records. What they have in common is that, unlike written works narrating historical events, they are sequential records of daily administrative transactions. Since Hüsameddin worked at the Evkâf-ı Hümâyun Nezâreti, he was close to waqf records; in the following headings of the book's introduction it is shown how this accumulated knowledge was used in the work. No separate information completing this section was found in other sources.

Bibliography

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