Evaluation and transcription of Number 1721 population registries of the tribes in Han, Barçın and Sandıklı district of Karahisar-i Sahib Sanjak ((H.1256/M.1840-1841)

Population records take an important palce avong the main archives to be referred to while researching the history of Ottoman Empire. As the human factors, coexist of time and space are together in the population records, they are very important for illuminating demographics and urban history. The fırst population census in the Ottoman Empire was made during the 2nd Hammut period. In this census, especialy muslim for getting military, for taxpayers not only muslims but olso non-muslims records were kept. The previous population censuses have been insufficient in terms of population determination since they're made mostly fort he purpose of detecting taxpayers. In the study, as of 1840-41 information was givin about the mole muslim population living in Han-Barçın and Sandıklı. The tribol population and the phsical charateristics and ages of the people living there were determined and evaluated on the basis of the abtained information. Key Words:Han-Barçın, Sandıklı,Population, The number 1721 Tribal Han Barçın, The population records of Sandıklı Town