The Ottoman Coat of Arms in the Middle of Two Salutations to the Sultan: Padişahım Çok Yaşa = پادشاهم چوق يشا = Long Live My Sultan
Public Domain
Welcome to the Ottoman Studies Research GuideThe Ottoman Empire Surpassed all the previous Islamic States in archiving and preserving its valuable documents. Due to that, and the fact it is the closest Islamic state to our time (Sultanate dissolved in 1922 and the Caliphate was abolished in 1924), researchers and historians are able to access and study millions of valuable documents scattered around several academic institutes located in 39 nations whose territories one time or the other were part of the Ottoman Empire, including 19 nations in the Middle East, 11 in Eastern Europe, three in the Caucasus, two in Central Asia, Cyprus, as well as the Republic of Türkiye. AUB libraries is proud to be one those institutes, holding and preserving a large number of valuable documents, manuscripts (both original and copies), photographs, and some books and maps, that were produced during the Ottoman era, in places that are now part of the Lebanese Republic, or neighbouring Arab countries. This guide aims to shed some light on our collection, and to help researchers find suitable items for their works. |
A 19th Century Message from Ibrahim Pasha to Sheikh Suleiman Abdulhadi, the Mütesellim of Nablus Sanjak, Concerning the Peasants Disarming.
Scanned from: Wathīqat Al-Duzdār Wa-Qaḍīyat Al-Burāq (p. 3). Attributed to Asad Rustum. Public Domain.
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