Economic and social life in Bursa according to tereke registers (1703-1710)

One of the important document types in the Şeriyye Registers of Ottoman State is the tereke records. These records are the documents created by the kadı in order to protect the rights of the orphans or the applicants who cannot agree on the distribution of goods. Estate records, which show the documents of deceased people, are the important sources in the sense of reflecting the economic and social life of the period. These records, which could be evaluated in a lot of ways to reveal the rich information they contain, arealso valuable to understand the socio-economic activities of the period. The B-188, B-190 and B-155 numbered records, which are included in Bursa Şer'iyye Registers, were evaluated within the scope of this research. Firstly, 657 total estate records were transcribed, and then, these data were evaluated from different perspectives. In these records, there are people who have different professions and religions living in Bursa during this period. The fact that these estate records included reâyâ with the so-called military group makes this study valuable. One of the aims of this study is to determine the economic and social life in Bursa based on the tereke records. Besides, it is also aimed to analyze the wealth of people from different income groups in this thesis. Within these scopes, the mentioned items in these records were examined, and in the beginning of the 18th century, the daily life, wealth structures and prosperity levels of the people in Bursa were emphasized.