Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1800-1900 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
50 letters, 35 documents
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
He was one of the important generals of Abdulhamid's era and was born in Manastir. He joined the army in 1843, served in the Third Army and Bosnia, and became a major. In 1876, he was promoted to general for his services during the Bosnian uprising. While serving under Ahmet Eyüp Pasha, he was appointed commander of the Reserve Forces with the rank of lieutenant general and became commander of Shipka, where he was taken prisoner by Russian forces. When it was later discovered that this captivity had been ordered by the palace, Veysel Pasha was acquitted by the Military Court. In 1885, he was appointed Commander of the Second Army with the rank of Marshal. He died upon his return to Istanbul and was buried in Eyüb. He was known as a brave and valuable soldier.
Name of creator
Biographical history
He is the son of Veysel Pasha. No information about Ali Rıza Pasha, who served in various regions including the Balkans, has been found in the literature.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchase
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Veysel Pasha Papers belong to Veysel Pasha (1866-1892) and his son Ali Rıza Pasha (1901-1923), who were among the last of the Ottoman State’s Grand Mushirs. The collection consists of correspondence regarding their administrative, military, and political activities in the regions of Manastir, Prizren, Yakova, Ipek, and Kosovo in the Balkans, as well as their personal affairs. The collection, dating from 1866 to 1923, is organized in 141 documents, one folder and 85 files.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Since it is a historical document, it will be kept permanently.
Accruals
Closed-end Fund
System of arrangement
The documents of Veysel Pasha and Ali Rıza Pasha have been separated into separate sub-files, and the documents they produced have been divided into series.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open Access. The catalog information and digital images of the documents are available online. The originals of the documents can be examined at İSAM Library upon request.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright belongs to ISAM. It is possible to make copies with permission from the institution.
Language of material
- Ottoman Turkish
Script of material
- Arabic
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The material in the document is all paper.
Finding aids
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Existence and location of originals
The original documents are kept in the İSAM Library Archive (İKA) repository.
Existence and location of copies
Belgelerin dijital kopyaları İSAM Kütüphanesi Arşivi (İKA)'nde mevcut harddisklerde muhafaza edilmektedir.
Related units of description
Digital copies of the documents are kept on hard drives available at the İSAM Library Archive (İKA).
Publication note
There is limited information available in the literature about Veysel Pasha, and no information has been found about Ali Rıza Pasha, who served in various regions, including the Balkans.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Classified according to ISAD-G standard.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
It was opened for research on March 23, 2017.
Language(s)
- Turkish
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Mehmed Süreyya, Sicill-i Osmani, IV, 620-21.
Sinan Kuneralp, Son Dönem, Osmanlı Erkân ve Ricali (1839-1922): Prosopografik Rehber, İSİS, İstanbul 1999.
İbrahim Alâettin Gövsa, Türk Meşhurları Ansiklopedisi, Yedigün Neşriyatı, [t.y.].
Archivist's note
The documents were classified by Dr. Kenan Yıldız and digitized by Volkan Kuru.