nişancı (chancellor)
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The nişancı was a high-ranking Ottoman official responsible for overseeing the imperial chancery, state documents, and the sultan’s official seal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| nişancı (chancellor) canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman government office
ⓘ
chancellor ⓘ high-ranking Ottoman official ⓘ |
| abolishedOrWeakenedBy |
Tanzimat
ⓘ
surface form:
Tanzimat reforms
|
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| etymology | from Ottoman Turkish "nişan" meaning mark or sign ⓘ |
| field |
Ottoman law
ⓘ
administration ⓘ bureaucracy ⓘ diplomatics ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ Persian language ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
|
| memberOf |
imperial council of the Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Council (Divan-ı Hümayun)
|
| officeHoldersMust |
be highly literate
ⓘ
be trained in chancery practice ⓘ know imperial law and custom ⓘ |
| oversees | Nişancı Kalemi (chancery bureau) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ottoman court
ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman central administration
|
| rankComparedTo |
among highest-ranking scribal officials
ⓘ
below grand vizier ⓘ below other viziers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
defterdar
ⓘ
Grand Vizier ⓘ
surface form:
grand vizier
reisülküttab ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
application of the kanun (secular law) in documents
ⓘ
authentication of imperial decrees ⓘ chancery scribes ⓘ correct use of titles and formulas in documents ⓘ drafting imperial edicts ⓘ drawing the sultan’s tuğra on documents ⓘ imperial chancery ⓘ keeping official registers ⓘ land registers (tahrir defterleri) ⓘ legal formulation of imperial orders ⓘ recording imperial orders ⓘ state documents ⓘ the sultan’s official seal ⓘ |
| successorRole | modern ministerial bureaucracy in the late Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
15th century
ⓘ
16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ classical period of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| translatedAs |
chancellor
ⓘ
keeper of the seal ⓘ |
| usesSeal |
imperial tughra of Abdulhamid II
ⓘ
surface form:
sultan’s tuğra
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.