Transcription and evaluation of the K.K. Ruus Book no. 246 (131-260)

The Dîvân-ı Hümâyun was the highest advisory and decision-making body that formed the basis of the legislative, executive and judicial system in the Ottoman Empire. This institution, where administrative, political, military, legal, sharia, customary and financial issues were discussed and decided, was also the place where all kinds of complaints and lawsuits were accepted and discussed. The decisions taken in the Dîvân meetings were sealed with the Seal-i Hümayun and kept in the Defterhane in Topkapı Palace, and these procedures were carried out by the Beylikçi. The military successes of the Ottoman Umayyads were the basis of their political and economic achievements. The Ottoman-Safavid Wars of 1578-1590 provide an important field for analyzing this situation. Ferhad Pasha earned a great deal of income from the appointments he made during his leadership of the Persian campaign. Ledger No. 246, which contains the ruus records of beylerbeyi, sanjakbeyi, alaybeyi, sipahis with timar, soldiers with ulûfeli and state officials who took part in the Ottoman-Iranian War between 1578-1579, contains the registers of the units that participated and took part in the Ottoman-Iranian War.