Prisoners of war in the Ottoman Empire üsârâ-yı mîrî (1650-1720)

It is common for enemy soldiers to be captured at the end of the war and to be used as labor force from the early ages. The Ottoman Empire has also taken many prisoners from the "gaza" and wars it has made since its foundation. The main subject of the study is the üârâ-yı mîrî, which can be called public slaves. Although there are many documents in the Ottoman archive records regarding the Miri prisoners, there is no detailed research about them. With this study, it has been tried to understand the nature of the miri captives that the Ottoman Empire owned, disposed of and appeared almost everywhere. In line with this purpose, the subject has been tried to be examined under basic headings such as how the miri captives took place in the Ottoman State system, how they were taken prisoners, the legal rules / fatwas applied to them, the places where the state kept the prisoners, meeting their daily needs, the business branches they were employed in, and their escape from captivity.