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Bureau Public (Kalim ou) (Public scribes of the Ottoman state) - François Hippolyte Lalaisse (1812-1844) - 1840
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Bureau Public (Kalim ou) (Public scribes of the Ottoman state)

ArtistFrançois Hippolyte Lalaisse (1812-1844)
EngraverAugustin François Lemaitre (1797-1870)-Branche
Date1840
TechniqueCopper Engraving
CategoryOttoman Empire And Turkey
SourceTurkey Volume Of L'Univers Pittoresque, Paris

Description

In the Ottoman Empire, the Public scribes Office was the unit where all kinds of internal and external correspondence related to the state were signed. Public scribes prepared decrees, warrants, decorations, appointments, assignments, and dismissals related to the affiliated units. In addition, while carrying out the bureaucratic work of the Divan meetings, the public scribes also ensured that records kept records of public lands