AMASYA 05

Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar · ESER VE YAZAR HAKKINDA · 2. AMASYA TARİHİ HAKKINDA · 2.4. Eserin Kaynakları · 2.4.2. Arşiv Kaynakları

Evâmir Registers

Encyclopedia · History of Amasya, Introduction: The Work and Its Author, p. 63 • Edited by: Doç. Dr. Songül KEÇECİ KURT

Original Text (Ottoman Turkish)

38 defterden oluşup H. 1109-1317 (M. 1697-1899) tarihleri arasını kapsayan evâmir defterleri, vakıf akâr, hayrât, tamir, keşif, görevli vb. hususlarla ilgili yazılan emirnâme, ahkâm, nişan, tezkire ve ilmühaber gibi kayıtların bir araya getirildiği defterlerdir. Bu belge türleri dışında evâmir defterlerlerinde berat, muhasebe, tamir ve keşif hücceti gibi kayıtlara da rastlanmaktadır.¹⁰³ Özellikle üçüncü devir tarihinin (dördüncü cilt ve bakıyyesi) sonuna kadar kullandığı kaynaklar arasında bu defterler de vardır.

Footnotes

  • 103 https://www.vgm.gov.tr/kurumsal/vakif-kayitlar-arsivi/belge-ornekleri
Our Research Article Editor: Mevlüt Erdem Öztürk

In Modern English

The evâmir registers, which cover the years 1109-1317 in the hijri calendar (1697-1899 in the Gregorian) and consist of 38 registers, are registers in which records such as emirname, orders, nişan, tezkire and informational letters (ilmühaber) written about waqf income-yielding properties, charitable buildings, repairs, surveys and officials were brought together. Besides these kinds of documents, records such as berats, accounts, and repair and survey hüccets are also found in the evâmir registers. The author included these registers among the sources he used up to the end of the history of the third period (the fourth volume and its remainder).

Notes and Research

Old Words in the Text

  • evâmir: orders; the plural of "emir"
  • akâr: real estate that provides income for a waqf
  • hayrât: charitable buildings built through waqfs (such as mosques, fountains and schools)
  • keşif: inspecting the work to be done on site and working out its cost
  • berat: a document of appointment and privilege issued in the sultan's name
  • hüccet: official document
  • ilmühaber: a letter certifying a situation

The Nature of the Register Series

The introduction to the Waqf Records Archive of the General Directorate of Foundations gives the same description and the same figures for the evâmir registers: 38 registers, 1109-1317 in the hijri calendar. In this respect the range given in the introduction agrees with the archive's own records.

That the registers concern waqf administration also explains why Hüsameddin used them. The repair of a mosque, an official appointed by a waqf, or the condition of a property is written in these registers in the form of orders. Which register was used for which entry cannot always be determined, since the author mostly does not give his sources. That Hüsameddin often does not state his sources is also noted in the entry in the Türkiye Diyanet Foundation Encyclopedia of Islam.

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