Digest transcription and analysis of the 1826 numbered Trabzon court record

ABSTRACTThe aim of this thesis is to put forward a study which can be a source for future researches on the history of the Ottomans and Trabzon by transcribing and classifying Trabzon Sharia Court Record numbered 1826.Sharia court records become important since they are first order sources and give reliable and concrete information without comment about the period they were registered. Classifying sharia court records, making them comprehensible by transcribing and using them in historical studies will increase their reliability.This study consists of two parts. In the first part, the lists of the names of person, place, institution in the records and records according to their kinds are gathered under titles and their statistics are made. The second part is stated by making short analyses related to their contents. According to the information obtained as a result of the study, the place of Trabzon in the analyzed period is mentioned briefly.Key Words: Sharia court records, Trabzon.