The transcription and evaluation of the Erzurum Provinceprovisions Book dated 1276-1281/1859-1864 numbered 18

The aim of this study is making the translation into Latin characters and evaluation of all judgements in the Erzurum Province Provisions Books numbered 18. This study consist of three parts. In its first part, there are the history of Erzurum Province and the role of the province in the Ottoman Administrative organization after giving information about political situation of Ottoman State in Tanzimat era. In the second part, the definition, development process, formal peculiarities, content of the provisions book and the regions whose provisions book were kept were mentioned by giving information about the Ottoman archive and book system. Later, the evaluation of the Erzurum Province Provisions Books Numbered 18 was made in terms of judgements form, diplomatic and language. In the third part, there are the summares of the judgements being in the book and their translation into Latin characters as a full text. At the result of this study, in the light of the translated text, the important savings belonging to social, administrative and economical matters in the Erzurum province and its prefectures(sancak), sub-provinces(kaza), sub-districts(nahiye) and the villages(köy) in the XIXthcentury were determined. Key Words: Provisions Book, Erzurum Province, Ottoman State, Tanzimat Era, Judgement