Osmanlı Belge Yönetiminde Kesilmiş Hatt-ı Hümayunlar

Abstract

Parts of the hatt-ı hümayuns drawn on the margin of some documents (takrirs, fermans etc.) were occasionally cut out from the original documents and stored separately. ?e hatt-ı hümayuns addressed to the grand viziers drawn on blank paper or on the takrirs, and the telhises with documents attached to them, were sent to the Sublime Porte in order to be kept under strict surveillance of the reisülküttaps. ?e takrirs would be circulated among the divisions for the transaction according to the grand viziers’ order after returning to the Sublime Porte, while telhises were never transacted. ?erefore hatt-ı hümayuns were cut out from the takrirs, not from the telhises, so that people outside the Sublime Porte would not observe the imperial autographs during their circulation. In case the transaction of the takrirs were completed within the Sublime Porte, the hatt-ı hümayuns would not be cut out from the takrirs.