A salname (also called ''nevsal'') was an official annal of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

in the 19th century.

History

The first salname was published in 1847. It was prepared by Ahmed Vefik Pasha,

Ahmed Cevdet Pasha Ahmed Cevdet Pasha or Jevdet Pasha in English (22 March 1822 – 25 May 1895) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman scholar, intellectual, bureaucrat, administrator, and historian who was a prominent figure in the Tanzimat reforms of the Ottoman Empir ...

and Hayrullah. It was sponsored by the grand vizier Mustafa Reşit Pasha, a well known reformer.

Types of the salname

The main salname was the salname of the state. Beginning by 1866 the

vilayet A vilayet (, "province"), also known by #Names, various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat reform movement initiated b ...

(province) administrations also published salnames about the province. There were also salnames of other institutions both governmental and non governmental. The most important salnames were reportedly the second type salnames. Because by these salnames the government could determine the resources and the conditions of the provinces.Gabor Agoston and Bruce Masters: ''Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire'', pp.501-502

References

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