H.1227/M.1812 tarihli Tokat sicil defterinin transkripsiyonu ve indeksi

Abstract

SUMMARY in Ottoman Empire» kadis, in their districts used to hear and try justice and criminal cases o£ society. Besides their şer' Î (the cononical law of Islam) and legal duties» kadis had administrative duties, In their districts, in addition to public order, kadis used to deal with all affairs related to state such as procurement of grain recruiting workers, transportations of live stock, giving postal orders, raising army, economical issues, pricing goods according to local current values, e.g. They also used, to assign regents tu counties, share out someones heritage to heires, perform the seremoigs of marriages, control mukata' as pait to state to assign dismiss trustees. Kadis were obliged to register all judgements and orders (fermans) coming to themselves, their decisions made related to hearing and trials into a notebook (sicil defteri ) by law. Kadi records (kadı sicilleri) are quite rich resaurces for social history researchers in these records there is great deal of information to enlight commercial agricultural minicipal, military and political life of Ottoman Empire. Kadi records also involves informations related the sosyal status of minorities in Ottoman Empire. tn these records names of some mosques» churches, caravansaraies, inns, public baths, etc. were often mentioned, these information help the researchers recognise historical works some of which are well preserved and some of which are ruins now. Şer' iyye records also called kadi records draw attention of a number of Turkish and western historian A number of stadies wre made on them. Tokat Şer' iyye Records are kept in Ankara NationalXI Library as other city şer' iyye records. There are 117 record notebook belonged to Tokat City. The earliest record notebook belongs H.1186 the latest record notebook belongs to H.1139. 15 Numbered Tokat Şer' iyye record notebook have records of judical decrees proofs, trostees and subsistanse assignments j etc.