Transcryption and analysis of numbered 2782 Muslim Population Registers of Central Kaza of Kars

Papulation is the number of people who live in a bordered region within a specific time. A census was conducted at certain intervals in the 15th and 16th centuries of the Ottoman Empire. In these censuses called tahrir (writing) determining the hauses that would pay tax were taxen as basis. Population census in the Ottoman Empire has been done ford he first time in the provinces of, Rumelia and Anatolia by Mahmud II in 1831. Censuses have taken place at regular intervals in the ongoing process. With the raising interest and curiosity of people about their family origin, archive research has come to the foretront in recent years. In this respect, the fact that the archive documents have been opered to researchers today is of great importance in terms of accesing the right in formation and documents about our past. Population boks, wich are among these archival records, give us detailed information about the periods. The archive record I have been working on is the Kars Central District population register numbered 02783 in the population registers catalog in the Prime Ministry Ottoman Archive. In this study, we will have information about the Muslim zukûr population living in the central district of Kars in 1835 and the population movements, occupations, age information, etc. Tehe records in the document have been translated according to the original text. Keywords: Ottoman Empire, Population, Notebook, Kars Accident, Tahrir, Census