VİDİN’DE TOPLUMSAL HAYAT: 13 NUMARALI ŞER’İYYE SİCİLİNE GÖRE (1698-1699)
SOCIAL LIFE IN VIDIN: BASED ON SERIYYA SICILI NUMBERED 13 (1698-1699)

Summary/Abstract: Ser’iyye Sicilleri, that’s court records, is an important source in revealing the political, judicial and social conditions of Ottoman society. Seri’yye Sicili Numbered 13 of Vidin, the very earliest record book belonging to Vidin at Bulgarian archive ‘National Biblioteque’, forms the backbone of this paper. The record book in question includes 133 documents covering such the economic and social events as heritage cases, family, tutelage, judicial cases, appointment decisions of some officials, tax (jizya, duhan, adat-ı ağnam). The imperial orders (ferman) and emir which all shed light on the military issues have been recorded in the ser’iye sicilleri. Based on the court records between 1698 and 1699 of Vidin as a frontier town, it will be mentioned about the social life of the town.

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