Osmanlı Arşivinde Bulunan Arapça Belgelerden Örnekler
Examples of Arabic Documents in Ottoman Archives
Yazar: Bilge, Mustafa Lütfi
Dergi: İslam Tetkikleri Dergisi, Vol. 11 No. 1, 2021
Anahtar kelimeler: Religious Studies ; Din Araştırmaları ; Nâme-i Humâyûnlar,Vakfiyeler,Mahzarlar,Mühimme Defterleri,Mısır Mühimmeleri,Manisa  Muradiye  Külliyesi,Sultan  I.  Ahmed  Vakfiyesi,Canfedâ Kethudâ Hatun Vakfiyesi,Kahve vergisi ; Nâme-i Humâyûn (Sultans’ Letters),Waqfiyya (i.e., Waqf deeds),Mahzars (i.e., round robins),Muhimmah registers,(i.e., registers of Egyptian Council),Muradiye Complex at Manisa,Sultan Murad the third,Sultan Ahmad the first,Awqaf of chamberlain Canfeda Hatun,Coffee Beans,Customs Tax

Osmanlı Arşivlerinde Arapça düzenlenmiş olan evrak oldukça çok sayıdadır. Bu  makalede  onlar  hakkında  bilgi  sunmak  ve  Arşivin  hangi  fonlarında  bulundukları  hakkında  bilgi  vermek  istedik.  Sunulan  örneklerin  çok  daha  fazla  üstünde  bir  Arapça  malzemenin  bulunduğu  Osmanlı  Arşivlerinde  öncelikli  olarak  aşağıda  fonlara  öncelik  verdik:  1)  Nâme-i  Humâyûnlar,  2)  Vakfiyeler, 3) Mahzarlar, 4) Mühimme Defterleri (Özellikle Mısır Mühimmeleri) ve  bunun  gibi  belgelerden  örnekler  vermeye  çalıştık.  Makalenin  sonuna  içeride konu edilen bölümlerle ilgili birkaç adet görüntü ekledik. Bu verilen belge  görüntüleri  yukarıda  bahsi  geçen  fonlardaki  belgelere  örnek  olmak  üzere  seçildiklerinden  tetkik  edildiklerinde  bulundukları  fonlar  hakkında  yeterli  bilgiye  ulaşmak  mümkün  olacaktır.  Bu  makale  Arapça  bilmeyen  Türk araştırmacılar ve Osmanlıca bilmeyen Arap araştırmacılar için Osmanlı Arşivlerinde bulunan belgeler arasında Arapça olanların içerikleri hakkında bilgi sahibi olacaklar ve bundan böyle bu tür belgeleri kullanmaya kendilerini hazır hissedeceklerdir. Temennimiz bu konunun ilerleyen zamanlarda daha kapsamlı bir şekilde ele alınması olacaktır.

The aim of this article is to inform researchers that there are many documents in the Ottoman Archives prepared in the Arabic language. Among them, the most  influential  collections  are  Waqf  deeds.  The  number  of  Arabic  Waqf  deeds is more than we expected. They were prepared by the Sultans, Grand viziers,  and  Pashas  of  different  fields  and  several  other  service  persons  at  the Palaces such as Agha-i Dârusse’âde and others at the service of Sultans. Mahdhars are the round robins signed by the many nobles in a community and  emphasize  the  importance  of  interaction  between  the  citizens  and  the  highest  administrators  in  the  Ottoman  Empire.  When  the  people  were  not  happy  with  the  local  administrators,  they  prepared  a  report  to  submit  directly to the Sultan or other high authorities of the administration. Of these round robins (called Mahzars in the Ottoman language), they are in Turkish, Arabic, and other languages used by local people in the wide geography of the Ottoman Empire. Some commonly signed documents are in rarely used languages, such as Serbian, Hebrew, or Greek, because the Ottoman administration did not force their citizens (Teb’a-yı ‘Othmani ) to use the Turkish language in their daily communications. Therefore, today, people rarely speak Turkish in Arab and Balkan countries. Using languages other than Turkish in documents was perhaps a demonstration of the understanding and respect of the Ottoman Administration toward the local languages, religious beliefs, and local cultures. Another collection of Arabic documents in the Ottoman Archives was Nâme-i Humâyûn, namely, Sultan’s letters and correspondence with the rulers of Muslim states. Among the Muslim states are the rulers of Fas (Maghrib), Oman, and Iran. The letters sent to the Ameer of Mecca were in Arabic, accompanied with a Turkish copy. Another important collection in this category was the Muhimme Defterleri (Divan records), which sometimes include the Arabic records, especially the orders sent to the governors of the Arab countries, for example, Egypt and Baghdad. Therefore, Egypt registrations (Muhimme records of Egypt) constitute a crucial source for our subject in this article. Arabic-speaking researchers can  easily  pursue  their  research  work  at  the  Ottoman  Archive  without  difficulty.  Documenting  this  rich  cultural  heritage will enable researchers should they undertake further studies.