The transcription and evaluation of ayniyat register no.614

Since its establishment, the Ottoman Empire has attached great importance to archival work. Archival documents are among the most important sources that help us understand that period. Ayniyat Registers are books in which copies of correspondences sent from the Grand Vizierate (Sadaret) to other state departments, districts (kazas), and provinces (vila-yets) were recorded verbatim. The Ayniyat Registers, located within the Bâb-ı Âlî Archi-ves Department fund, are cataloged under the general number 595 in the Ottoman Archi-ves. Currently, there are 1,717 registers listed in the Ayniyat Registers Catalog. These re-gisters cover the years H. 1228–1320 (A.D. 1812–1903) and contain documents on a wide range of subjects including administrative, civil, legal, military, and financial matters. The Ayniyat Registers are classified into four groups. The focus of this thesis is the 614th Ay-niyat Register, which is the third of seven registers (numbers 612–618) dealing with the Ottoman-Russian War. It covers the year H. 1245 (A.D. 1829). This study includes the transcription and evaluation of the documents found in the 614th Ayniyat Register. This register, which pertains to the 1828–1829 Ottoman-Russian War, contains numerous documents on topics such as the recruitment of soldiers for the newly established Asakir-i Mansure-i Muhammediye army, the provisioning, weapons and am-munition status of the soldiers, the funding of war expenses, and the handling of issues related to deserters or those engaged in banditry. These documents were traslated into mo-dern Turkish and provided data for historical research.