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.

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Ottoman bureaucracy 1

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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

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Ottoman chancery partOf Ottoman chancery self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ottoman bureaucracy
Diwani script usedBy Ottoman chancery