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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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative institution
bureaucratic body
government office
country Ottoman Empire
employer 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 bureaucracy
linked to: Ottoman chancery

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
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman sultan
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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Diwani script usedBy Ottoman chancery
Ottoman chancery partOf Ottoman bureaucracy
linked to: Ottoman chancery
Hatt-ı Hümayun of 1856 issuedBy Ottoman imperial chancery
linked to: Ottoman chancery
Imperial Council of the Ottoman Empire relatedInstitution Imperial Chancery of the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman chancery
Chamber of Deputies (Ottoman Empire) relatedInstitution Sublime Porte
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Ottoman chancery
Ottoman Interior Ministry seat Sublime Porte
linked to: Ottoman chancery
Ottoman flag usedIn Ottoman diplomatic missions
linked to: Ottoman chancery
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem directlySubjectTo Sublime Porte
linked to: Ottoman chancery
Grand Vizier residence Sublime Porte
linked to: Ottoman chancery
Grand Vizier seatOfGovernment Sublime Porte
linked to: Ottoman chancery
Ottoman governorship of Tunis hasCentralGovernment Sublime Porte
linked to: Ottoman chancery