Ottoman chancery
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The Ottoman chancery was the central administrative office of the Ottoman Empire responsible for drafting, recording, and issuing official state documents and correspondence.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ottoman bureaucracy | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative institution
ⓘ
bureaucratic body ⓘ government office ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| employer |
Ottoman calligraphers
ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman scribes
calligraphers ⓘ record keepers ⓘ secretaries ⓘ |
| field |
diplomacy
ⓘ
public administration ⓘ record keeping ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ottoman administrative law ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
communication between central and provincial authorities
ⓘ
preservation of legal continuity ⓘ production of berats ⓘ production of diplomatic treaties ⓘ production of firmans ⓘ standardization of official formulas ⓘ |
| influenced | chancery practices in later Middle Eastern states ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Byzantine bureaucratic practices
ⓘ
Islamic administrative traditions ⓘ |
| location | Topkapi Palace ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ottoman chancery
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman bureaucracy
imperial council of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman central administration
|
| responsibleFor |
authentication of documents
ⓘ
diplomatic correspondence ⓘ imperial edicts ⓘ internal administrative orders ⓘ registration of state decisions ⓘ |
| role |
drafting official documents
ⓘ
issuing official documents ⓘ maintaining state archives ⓘ managing state correspondence ⓘ producing imperial decrees ⓘ recording official documents ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Grand Vizier
ⓘ
Ottoman sultan ⓘ
surface form:
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
|
| timePeriod |
classical period of the Ottoman Empire
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ Persian ⓘ |
| usedScript | Arabic script ⓘ |
| usedTool | imperial seal ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ottoman bureaucracy