The Ottoman Tahrir Defters as a Source for Historical Geography

Osman GÜMÜŞÇÜ

doi:https://doi.org/10.37879/belleten.2008.911

Makale detayları

The Ottoman Tahrir Defters as a Source for Historical Geography

Yazarlar:

Osman GÜMÜŞÇÜ

Yayıncı:

Türk Tarih Kurumu

Ana Başlıklar:

Tarih ve Coğrafya

Dergi:

BELLETEN 2008 Vol.72 Issue 265, pp.911-942

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2008

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000885923

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

2791-6472

pISSN:

0041-4255

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37879/belleten.2008.911

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Özet:

 

From its early days, the Ottoman Empire produed large amounts of docuınents, all of which are primary sources for historical research. The most important amongst these groups of documents is without doubt tahrir defters, which can be categorized into three groups: (i) mufassal/detailed (ii) icmal/summarative, and (iii) evkaf/pious foundations tahrir defters. These three groups of documents have been the subject of study for many Turkish and foreign historians. Unfortunately, with very few exceptions, historical geographers have hardly engaged in these defters in their studies. The statistical data found in them are quite diverse, detailed and suitable for establishing spatial distribution, an extremely important aspect of geographical research. Thcse defters provide very rich data on human geography, though they have insufficient information regarding physical geography. As these defters were prepared for the timar system, the Ottoman timar system, it is quite natural to find data focusing on human geography. In this article, the data recorded in tahrir defters are taken up, in line with the classical classification as physical geography, human gcography and economic geography data, and have been dealt with analytically, with a view to examinig tahrir defters as a historical geography source.

 


From its early days, the Ottoman Empire produed large amounts of docuınents, all of which are primary sources for historical research. The most important amongst these groups of documents is without doubt tahrir defters, which can be categorized into three groups: (i) mufassal/detailed (ii) icmal/summarative, and (iii) evkaf/pious foundations tahrir defters. These three groups of documents have been the subject of study for many Turkish and foreign historians. Unfortunately, with very few exceptions, historical geographers have hardly engaged in these defters in their studies. The statistical data found in them are quite diverse, detailed and suitable for establishing spatial distribution, an extremely important aspect of geographical research. Thcse defters provide very rich data on human geography, though they have insufficient information regarding physical geography. As these defters were prepared for the timar system, the Ottoman timar system, it is quite natural to find data focusing on human geography. In this article, the data recorded in tahrir defters are taken up, in line with the classical classification as physical geography, human gcography and economic geography data, and have been dealt with analytically, with a view to examinig tahrir defters as a historical geography source.

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Makale detayları

The Ottoman Tahrir Defters as a Source for Historical Geography

Yazarlar:

Osman GÜMÜŞÇÜ

Yayıncı:

Türk Tarih Kurumu

Ana Başlıklar:

Tarih ve Coğrafya

Dergi:

BELLETEN 2008 Vol.72 Issue 265, pp.911-942

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2008

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000885923

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

2791-6472

pISSN:

0041-4255

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37879/belleten.2008.911

Ottoman

Tahrir Defters

Historical Geography

History

Sayı

Makale detayları

The Ottoman Tahrir Defters as a Source for Historical Geography

Yazarlar: Osman GÜMÜŞÇÜ

Yayıncı: Türk Tarih Kurumu

Ana Başlıklar: Tarih ve Coğrafya

Dergi: BELLETEN 2008 Vol.72 Issue 265, pp.911-942

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 11/2008

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000885923

Sıklık: Üç Yıllık

eISSN: 2791-6472

pISSN: 0041-4255

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37879/belleten.2008.911

Ottoman

Tahrir Defters

Historical Geography

History

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Osman GÜMÜŞÇÜ

Yayıncı:

Türk Tarih Kurumu

Ana Başlıklar:

Tarih ve Coğrafya

Dergi:

BELLETEN 2008 Vol.72 Issue 265, pp.911-942

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

11/2008

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000885923

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

2791-6472

pISSN:

0041-4255

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37879/belleten.2008.911