Turkish Bibliographies of Manuscripts
Delailü'l-Hayrat ve Şevarükü'l-Envar. Ebu Abdullah Muhammed b. Süleyman el-Cuzuli (died
1465)
Guidebooks
Muhteva bakimindan basvekâlet arsivi / Archive of Basvekalet
Midhat
Sertoglu
1955
Turkish; Book xv, 90 p.
Ankara: Turk tarih kurumu basimevi,
UIUC
This guidebook, published by Ankara University "Faculty of Language, History, and Geography",
comprises of information about the records (defterler) in Ottoman Archives.
These records are mainly divided into 3 sections:
- Divan-ı Hümayun ve kalemleri (comprises of the records of Divan-ı Hümayun, the court which was
in charge with any political, administrative, economical, military, and other cases.)
- Bab-ı Asafi ve kalemleri (comprises of the records of Bab-ı Asafi, the secondary court which
was in charge with the transmitted cases from Divan-ı Hümayun.)
- Bab-ı Defteri ve kalemler (comprises of the records of Bab-ı Defteri, the institution which was
in charge with all of the economical situation of the government.)
The guidebook lists all the records with information about record numbers, dates, and their
contents.
There are 5 sections:
- Divan-ı Hümayun
- Bab-ı Asafi
- Bab-ı Defteri
- Arsivde halen mevcud olan tasnifler (classifications which are still in archives)
- Arsive ait diger hususlar (other classifications about archives)
Divan. Turabi Baba, Hacı Ali (died. 25 August 1868)
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Basbakanlik Arsivi kilavuzu / A guidebook for Prime Ministry
Archives
A. Alâaddin
Çetin
1979
Istanbul : Enderun Kitabevi
This guidebook, published by Enderun Bookstore, comprises information about the documents on the
Ottoman Empire at the Prime Ministry Archives.
- 7 Sections:
- Materials open to researchers and their features
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Defter (record) series open to researchers
- Document groups open to researchers
- Other sections and materials in the archive
- Materials still in classification process and their features
- Other important archives and institutions holding materials on Ottoman Empire in Turkey
- Practical information for the users of the archive
- Bibliography used for this book is included.
- No index.
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al-Arshif al-'Uthmani: fihris shamil li-wathaiq al-dawlah al-'Uthmaniyah
al-mahfuzah bi-Dar al-Wathaiq al-Tabi'ah li-Riasat al-Wuzara bi-Istanbul
Necati
Aktas; Ismet
Binark
1986
Arabic; Book 521 p. ; 25 cm.
Istanbul : Markaz al-Abhath lil-Tarikh wa-al-Funun wa-al-Thaqafah al-Islamiyah
This bibliography, published by "Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA)",
comprises of Ottoman Archives in "Prime Ministry, General Directorate of State Archives".
This Arabic-language guide to Ottoman archives was published for the member countries of IRCICA.
Information about the organization of this guide will be added as it becomes available.
Information about the guidebooks for Ottoman Archives is available online at
http://www.devletarsivleri.gov.tr/yayin/osmanli/rehber_osm/003_sunus.htm.
Catalog searching in IRCICA Library is available online at
http://library.ircica.org/.
Simple searching
Advanced searching
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Basbakanlik Osmanli Arsivi rehberi / A Guidebook to Ottoman
Archives
Necati
Aktas; Necati
Gültepe; Mustafa
Kaplan; Yusuf Ihsan
Genç
2000
2. baski.
Turkish; Book lii, 558 p. ; 24 cm.
Istanbul: T.C. Basbakanlik Devlet Arsivleri Genel Müdürlügü, ; ISBN:
9751925274
9789751925275
(The first edition was published in 1992)
This guidebook, published by Prime Ministry "General Directorate of State Archives", gives
bibliographic information about Ottoman Archives. It also has explanations about archival
materials. The sections are:
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Introduction. Ottoman State Organization (Osmanli Devlet Teskilati), Record Keeping,
Ottoman Archives, and Classifications.
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I. Classifications of the records (defter) in Ottoman Archives.
- Information about records, which are the government documents, of "Divan-i Humayun", Bab-i
Asafi, Bab-i Ali, and Defterhane.
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II. Classifications of the documents in Ottoman Archives.
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III. Other materials in Ottoman Archives.
- Information about maps, designs, projects, albums, photographs, and existing newspaper
collections.
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IV. General Directorate of the State Archives.
- Information about the regulations for the researchers.
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V. Catalogs.
- Catalog list of documents and records.
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VI. Terminology of the Ottoman Archives and Writing Types.
- Explanatory information about Ottoman archival terminology and writing types.
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Appendixes:
- a) Dynasty years of sultans and grand viziers
- b) Calendars from Kanuni to the collapse of Ottoman Empire
- c) Documents
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Bibliography.
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Index.
This edition is online at:
http://www.devletarsivleri.gov.tr/source.cms.docs/devletarsivleri.gov.tr.ce/docs/Yayinlar/29_arsivrehber.pdf
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Online searching of Ottoman Archives
Online searching for Republican and Ottoman Archives is available at
http://www.devletarsivleri.gov.tr/. The website is
in Turkish; English website is in process (2007-07-05). But when going for catalog searching
(KATALOG TARAMA), English searching is available.
- Click on KATALOG TARAMA.
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- Select "English".
- Username:
uiuc_trp
- Password:
slavic
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- Catalog searching...
- by group name:
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- by index name:
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Publications of General Directorate of State Archives
The publications of the General Directorate of State Archives are also listed at the website in
Turkish (click on Yayinlar).
Publications listed are:
- General Directorate (GENEL MUDURLUK YAYINLARI)
- Ottoman Archives (OSMANLI ARSIVI DAIRE BASKANLIGI YAYINLARI)
- Republican Archives (CUMHURIYET ARSIVI DAIRE BASKANLIGI YAYINLARI
- Documentations (DOKUMANTASYON DAIRE BASKANLIGI YAYINLARI)
All are arranged chronologically by publication date. Some of the publications that are
underlined on the list are online as well.
General Directorate (GENEL MUDURLUK YAYINLARI)
Ottoman Archives (OSMANLI ARSIVI DAIRE BASKANLIGI YAYINLARI)
Republican Archives (CUMHURIYET ARSIVI DAIRE BASKANLIGI YAYINLARI)
Documentations (DOKUMANTASYON DAIRE BASKANLIGI YAYINLARI)
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Umdetü'l-Hisab. Matrakçı Nasûh (Öl.1536)
Oher Publications
Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi katalogları rehberi
Ismet
Binark
1995
Turkish; Book xxvii, 320 p. ; 24 cm.
Ankara : T.C. Basbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, ; ISBN:
9751912474
9789751912473
This guidebook, published by General Directorate of Ottoman Archives, comprises of information
about the catalogs and records (defterler) in Ottoman Archives. Preface gives information about
what classifications had been done before this guidebook for the Ottoman Archives. There are
annotations of these records and catalogs as well as charts explaining each document's
- volume number (fon/cilt nu),
- classification code (Tasnif kodu),
- classification name (Tasnif adi),
- years in Mohammedan and Gregorian calendar (ihtiva ettigi yillar),
- explanations (Aciklamalar), and
- number of pages (Sayfa adedi).
Catalogs and records are arranged alphabetically by title. Combined index by title and subject
is alphabetically arranged.
There is an appendix on
- a) the codes (abbreviations) used for Ottoman Archives.
- b) a table of all the sultans and grand viziers and their administration years (from the
foundation to the corruption)
- c) the publications by General Directorate of State Archives, Ottoman Archives Unit, Republican
Archives Unit, Documentation Unit (within each section, they are arranged chronologically)
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Osmanli fermanlari / Ottoman fermans
Ismet Binark; Necati Aktas
1994
This bibliography, published by The General Directorate of the State Archives, comprises of
selected manuscripts from Prime Ministry Ottoman Archives, which carry great historical and
artistic value. These selected manuscripts about Ottoman Empire (1281-1922) are listed
chronologically. In the bibliography, the earliest selected manuscript was written in 1575, and the
last one was written in 1848. The information below is listed for each entry:
- Period
- Date
- Type of Script
- Size
- Imperial Cipher (Tugra) and Illumination
- Arrangement and Issuing
- Subject
- Repository
No index at the end, but there is a Glossary for some Ottoman words and a bibliography.
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Eski harfli Türkçe basma eserler bibliografyasi 1584-1986 / The
bibliography of Turkish works printed in non-Latin (Arabic, Armenian and Greek characters)
1584-1986.
Milli Kütüphane (Turkey); Nüvis Beseri Arastirmalar ve Yayincilik Ltd. Sti.
2001 (ILL- UCLA)
Eski Harfli Basma Türkçe Eserler Bibliyografyasi is prepared by Nüvis Beseri Araþtirmalar ve
Yayincilik Ltd. Sti. for National Library of Turkey. The bibliography covers 50,760 bibliographical
records of the 37,359 Turkish printed materials published between 1584-1986 in Arabic, Armenian and
Greek characters.
This work is prepared in two parts:
- Bibliographical works published on this subject;
- The archives of main libraries in Turkey are scanned ie: National Library of Turkey, Bayezid
State Library, and Nation Library.
Searching through the CD
Search available in English and Turkish.
The entries should be made with Turkish characters.
Authors, printing places and printing houses are listed in the search box.
User's manual link on top.
Turkish National Library link directs to its webpage.
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Bibliography on manuscript libraries in Turkey and the publications on
the manuscripts located in these libraries.
Nimet
Bayraktar; Ekmeleddin
Ihsanoglu; Mihin
Lugal
1995
Turkish; Book xxix p., 337 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Istanbul: Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture
This bibliography, published by Research Centre for Islamic History Art and Culture (IRCICA),
comprises of manuscripts in Turkish libraries. This work focuses on the publications dated until
the end of 1990. However, as an exception to this limitation, the available information on some
catalogues of manuscripts in the related sections of this book is added.
There are 3 sections:
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Libraries of Manuscript Works, and the Bibliography on them. A guide to the libraries,
where Islamic manuscripts are located, lists the libraries under study according to their location
in the present administrative units of Turkey such as provinces and counties, which are arranged
alphabetically.
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Bibliography on Libraries. Lists 136 books and articles and books located more than one
library, in alphabetical order of the names of the authors.
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Bibliography of Publications about the Manuscript Works located in the Libraries of
Turkey. Lists 1390 publications about the works located in the collections of these libraries
in alphabetical order of the names of authors
6 indexes:
- Index of the Names of Authors, Translators, Compilers, etc.
- Index of Personal Names
- Index of the titles of Articles and Books
- Titles of Works and Supplementary words in the title
- Index of the names of Institutions
- Index of Place Names
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Die arabischen, persischen und türkischen Handschriften der
Universitätsbibliothek zu Uppsala / The Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts in the Library of
Uppsala University.
K V
Zetterstéen
1930-
German; Book v. 27 cm.
Uppsala [Almgvist & Wiksells]
This bibliography, published by Library of Uppsala University, comprises of Arabic, Persian, and
Turkish manuscripts. Turkish manuscripts, listed p. 321-412, are arranged in 2 main
sections:
- A. Ottoman (Osmanisch).
- Linguistics (Sprachwissenschaft)
- Theology and Jurisprudence (Theologie und Jurisprudenz)
- Sufism (Sufismus)
- History (Geschichte)
- Recreational literature (Unterhaltungsliteratur)
- Poetry (Poesie)
- Poetic, Stylistic, Letters (Poetik, Stilistik, Briefe)
- Manuscripts with various contents (Handschriften vermischen Inhalte)
- B. Osttürkisch.
- Theology (Theologie)
- Confidential science? (Geheimwissenschaften)
- Recreational literature (Unterhaltungsliteratur)
- Poetry (Poesie)
- Manuscripts with various contents (Handschriften vermischen Inhalte)
There are 643 entries of manuscripts.
There are 6 indexes at the end:
- Concordance of old and new numbers (Konkordanz der alten und der neuen Nummern)
- Title index (Titel)
- Author index (Verfasser)
- Editor index (Schreiber)
- Other people (Sonstige Personennamen)
- Chronological index of the manuscript dates (Chronologisches Verzeichnis der datierten
Handschriften)
No database online.
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Die arabischen, persischen und türkischen handschriften der
Kaiserlich-königlichen hofbibliothik zu Wien; im auftrage der vorgesetzten k. k. Behörde geordnet
und beschrieben.
Gustav
Flügel
1865-1867
German; Book 3 v.
Wien, K.K. Hof- und staatsdruckerei
This bibliography, published by Georg Olms Verlag, is in 3 volumes and comprises of the Arabic,
Persian, and Turkish manuscripts in (from...to...) Kaiserlich-Königlichen Royal Library. The second
volume of this medieval bibliography can be found online:
Some information about the books on Turkish manuscripts online:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.ksbm.oeaw.ac.at/wienonb/kat.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFL%25C3%259CGEL,%2BGustav:%2BDie%2Barabischen,%2Bpersischen%2Bund%2Bt%25C3%25BCrkischen%2B%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
In each volume, there are several sections on different subjects. The manuscripts are arranged
by country within each section.
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First Volume
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Second Volume
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Third Volume
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- Encyclopedias
- Bibliographies
- Graphics
- Lexicography
- Grammar
- Dialogistic
- Metric, Rhyme doctrine, poetic
- Rhetoric
- Stylistic
- Gnomic
- Fine literature
- Poetry
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- Romans and Stories
- Universal history
- Special history
- Biography
- Geography, Regional Geography, Ethnology and Travel Writings and Statistics
- Turkish counting books
- War science and weaponry
- Arithmetic
- Astronomy, Astrology, Study of Calendars
- Nature science
- Medicine
- Veterinary Science
- Mythology and folklore Kabbala studies, and alchemy
- Music
- Logic, Philosophy, and metaphysics
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- Christian Theology
- Druze studies
- Koran
- Koran reading art and Koran criticism
- Exegesis of Koran
- Traditions doctrine
- Belief doctrine and theological collection
- Blessing books
- Law
- Ethics
- Mysticism
- Collected - or so called Mixed Works
- Appendix
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Two indexes are at the end:
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