Edirne şer'iyye records no 153

This thesis is 1 53 number ofthe "Edirne Ser'iyye Records" and the record includes the years between 1 164-1 170 B.C.l1750-1756 A.D.We established that Edirne was in the central "kaza" status and yas subject to the Province of Rumeli. In this our thesis, we presented the transcription and the absracts of the documents that the records contain after we gave datas concerning the charctericts ofthe ~er'iyye records and Ottoman justice organization. Lastly, we evaluated the economic, ethnographic, political ve administrative structme ofEdime oniy on the basis ofthe ~er'iyye records. We determined that Edirne "Kaza" had 4 "mlhiye" and 29 villages which were subject to the "kaza". There are also inventories of the estates in addition to the documents relevant to wakfin the records. We observe that the rental properties ofwaqfvere in ruins on account of another reasons or fire also confiscated to the estate's inventories ofpersons who died without heir by "Beytit' 1 -mal". We observe that phrases pertaining to broom sellers, painters, soapers such as "Sabuncular Hani, Boyahne, Siipiirgeciler Hm" and also the board work which become famous in Edirne today vere mentioned in records. We learn from the records that the martial managers behaved cruelty to raya in Edirne Kaza and in the vicinitv of it.