Divan-ı Hümayun

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Ottoman political body governmental institution imperial council

Divan-ı Hümayun was the central governing council of the Ottoman Empire, where high-ranking officials met under the sultan’s authority to deliberate and decide on state affairs.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Divan Chamber 1
Divan of the Grand Vizier 1
Divan-i Hümayun 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman political body ⓘ
governmental institution ⓘ
imperial council ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
documentedBy mühimme defterleri ⓘ
governs provinces of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hasFunction administration of justice ⓘ
deliberation on state affairs ⓘ
hearing of petitions ⓘ
implementation of imperial policy ⓘ
management of foreign relations ⓘ
taxation and financial decisions ⓘ
hasProcess recording of decisions in imperial registers ⓘ
hasRole advisory body to the sultan ⓘ
central governing council ⓘ
financial policy council NERFINISHED ⓘ
foreign policy council NERFINISHED ⓘ
highest administrative council ⓘ
supreme judicial body ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody sultan ⓘ
inception 14th century ⓘ
jurisdictionOver diplomatic affairs ⓘ
financial affairs ⓘ
judicial affairs ⓘ
military affairs ⓘ
location Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
Topkapı Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetingFrequency several times a week in the classical period ⓘ
meetingPlace Kubbealtı NERFINISHED ⓘ
member defterdar ⓘ
grand vizier ⓘ
janissary agha NERFINISHED ⓘ
kazaskers ⓘ
nişancı ⓘ
reisülküttab NERFINISHED ⓘ
topçular kethüdası ⓘ
viziers ⓘ
partOf Ottoman central administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidedOverBy grand vizier ⓘ
sultan ⓘ
replacedBy Bab-ı Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sublime Porte NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent reform and decline in the 17th century ⓘ
subordinateTo sultan ⓘ
timePeriod classical period of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Persian ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

imperial council of the Ottoman Empire → alsoKnownAs → Divan-ı Hümayun ⓘ
subject surface form: Imperial Council of the Ottoman Empire
imperial council of the Ottoman Empire → relatedInstitution → Divan-ı Hümayun ⓘ
subject surface form: Imperial Council of the Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Divan of the Grand Vizier
Imperial Council Chamber → alsoKnownAs → Divan-ı Hümayun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Divan Chamber
Ottoman law → administeredBy → Divan-ı Hümayun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Divan-i Hümayun
Grand Vizier → partOf → Divan-ı Hümayun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Divan