Transcryption and evaluation of the Muslim Population Registers of Hafik district, No:2321

While examining the social, economic and cultural structure of the Ottoman Empire, the Population Registers within the Ottoman Archives of the Prime Ministry are of greatim portance in terms of the history of thecity. The first modern census in the Ottoman Empirewas conducted in 1831.Since the censuses made in the Ottoman Empire before 1831 were generaly made for the purpose of taxation, it is not sufficient fort hedetermine the population of the census region. The 1831 census is the first census conducted to identify individuals for military purposes. In this study, there is information given about Muslim Male Population in Hafik District and its villages between 1256-1260 (1841-1845)and their characteristics. The information about the Muslim population in the book has been translated into today's Turkish. As a result, the demographic structure of the region was tried to be revealed by the population registery. Keywords: XIX. Century, Ottoman Empire, Hafik's Kaza, Census, Registery.