ISSN: 1308-6200 | Publisher: Kültür Ajans 

Karadeniz International Scientific Journal

This is an internationally refereed social science journal that is published every three months (quarterly) in electronic-based and print-based since 2009. The journal publishes four issues each year (March, June, September, and December).

The publication language of this journal is Turkish, English, or Russian.

This is an open-access journal. Therefore, all issues and articles published so far can be accessed free of charge from the journal's website.

 

Issue 14
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SOCİAL LİFE İN VIDIN: BASED ON SERİYYA SİCİLİ NUMBERED 13 (1698-1699)

 Hava SELÇUK

Şer'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.

Key Words: Vidin, ser'iyye sicili, Ottoman, social life, tax

 

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