Transkription and analysis of Ayintab Şer'iyye Records numbered 47(H.1108-1109)

Thecourtrecords of Şer'iyye Sicilleri (Şeri'iyeRecords) reflects the political and social structure, cultural heritage and the economic structure of its period. This work contributes a great deal to the development of Ottoman history and the urban historiography. Our work covers the Şeri'iye Records of Gazaintep city for the period of H.1108-1109, which has a significant place in the Turkish history and its culture. Numbered 47 AyıntabŞer'iyye Records Book the pages of 1-125 have been throughly studied. In this Court Records Book, there are a total of 318 documents for various cases, such as the debt and liabilities issues, robbery, appointment of guardianship, marriage, inheritance, alimony, and divorce. In addition to this, in the book, there are other documents sent from the central government containing topics such as berat (military rating), imperial orders from sultan as well as records of deeds, obligation for payments, and collection of biographies. These documents, with the help of the court records book, attempted to reveal the social, cultural, economic and administrative status of the period in Ayıntab province.