Amasya Şer`iyye Records No: 71

This document is the 71 number of the "Amasya Şer'iyye Records" and it includes the years between 1234-1236 Hegira and 1818-1821 C. Era. At that period of time, Amasya was a Sancakwhich was connected to the state of Sivas. In this study, prioritily, we gave some information about the "court and Kadi" in the state of Ottaman. After that we classified the documents in the record and gave their summary and transcription. In the end we made a short evoluation of the subjects. The town Amasya was the center of the Sancak of Amasya and in during that time it had 109 villages that was connected to 4 subdistricts. With city center, Kadi was the most authorized person of officialdom in the town. There were also some other official persons like "commander of Yeniçeri", Mufti and A'yân. The people of the city center were generally traders, and the villagers kept farming. Amasya was on the important roads and there was a good trade ciiaimstance in the city center. By these factors, Amasya become an important city. During that period the center, population of Amasya was nearly 25.000 and about 5.000 people of this population were non-muslims. The people were tolerancefull to each other in social life. According to economical structures income-expense balances, collecting taxes and records of Sancak expenses were recorded regularly. Keywords: Amasya Şer'iyye Records, Khadı, Town, State, Sancak,