1627 Dated Harput Shari?ah Register?s Presentation and Index/ 1627 Tarihli Harput Şer?iyye Sicilinin Tanıtımı ve Fihristi

The Kadis, who were most importand for the Ottoman judicial system, were judge, mayor, police chief, civilian authority, notary, registry officer and social security authority for public problems. The Kadis were posting up on registry decisions, official things and documents were sent from the center, while carrying out all these duties. These registers - common name- is called shari?ah register. The shari?ah registers extremely important resources for enlighten about social, economic, and military history of Ottoman States. In this study, Harput shari?ah registers, which belonging to the year 1627, was introduced and summaries of documents in this shari’ah registers was ranked that Harput was important township of the Ottoman States.