DOCUMENTARY SAMPLES
PROVISIONS BOOK
Provisions Book: There are rules and decrees in several subjects regarding foundations given by courts in these registers.
EDICT
is Sultan's written order and decree bearing Sultan's signature on it and becoming some marks under it. Ferman takes various names as per content. For example charter, special charter, guidance, allocation and assignment ferman etc. All fermans issued regarding various disputes and subjects are registered in Prime Minister Archive. If required, copies may be received from there. As Fermans are above any suspicions and lies, transactions are performed by their content in courts and offices.
PRINTING TYPES BOOKS
Printing Types Books: are daily books to which are written transactions ( appointment, dismiss, death etc.) related to officials of a foundation and they are older than personnel books according to history order.
HUJJAT
Hüccet (evidence or document): It comes to mean evidence in dictionary. While in early days documents issued by judge related to a legal case would be called as hüccet, afterwards documents about events which don't contain any provisions such as acceptance of a decree before judge, appointment of curator and giving permission regarding a matter are called as Hüccet. Judge's seal take places on document in Hüccets and it take places under verdicts.
SUMMATION
Hülasa (Summation): It means special registers related to appointment, dismmisa and death of officials performing charity services in Foundations.
PERSONAGE BOOKS
Personage Books: It is a document showing of appointment and appointment dates of servants and circulation records.
DETAILED BOOKS
They contain explicatory records indicating servants of any foundation, real estates and revenues of any foundation.
CHARTERS
Vakfiye (Charters): It is a document containing decision of founder and oral hearing and judgment of judge regarding foundation.
- Sections of surahs and hadiths regarding thanks God and and good deeds of foundation.
- Dedicated real estates
- How dedicated foundation will be conducted.
- Usage place of income.
- Who will conduct the foundation
- Judge's decisions related foundation's correctness and necessity.
- Last date and judge's seal on certificate
There are several foundation charter certificates some of which are gilded in Kuyûd-ı Kadime ve Foundations Archive of General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre.
