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  "schema": 1,
  "accessed": "2026-10-12",
  "title": "Public archival document pilot",
  "scope": "A bounded selection of publicly accessible manuscript images, archival copies and a thesis reproduction. Descriptions identify their evidence basis; these are discovery records, not new salary observations or automatic identity matches.",
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      "contentBasis": "Catalogue description; scan visually inspected without an Ottoman transcription.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Not transcribed in this pilot",
      "personLinks": [],
      "id": "hhp-0648",
      "title": "Salary increase petition of Hüseyin Hilmi Efendi",
      "collection": "Hüseyin Hilmi Paşa papers",
      "archiveReference": "İKA HHP-A-1-dos.3-0648",
      "sourceUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/index.php/huseyin-hilmi-efendinin-maasinin-arttirilmasi",
      "digitalUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/uploads/r/ika-isam-k-ut-uphanesi-arsivi-15/e/0/4/e0444a54229c88a076844f3940324e1716825adc6ce757cb8bb6904ab5095992/hhp_0648.pdf",
      "evidenceType": "manuscript_scan",
      "evidenceLabel": "Manuscript scan",
      "catalogueDateLabels": [
        "1 Mart 1298",
        "13 March 1882"
      ],
      "catalogueExtent": "1 document",
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      "description": "A petition addressed to the Midilli mutasarrıf requesting an increase in salary.",
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    {
      "contentBasis": "Catalogue description; scan visually inspected without an Ottoman transcription.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Not transcribed in this pilot",
      "personLinks": [],
      "id": "hhp-1380",
      "title": "Appointment of Halil Bey, chief clerk of the Imperial Museum",
      "collection": "Hüseyin Hilmi Paşa papers",
      "archiveReference": "İKA HHP-H-1-e-1380",
      "sourceUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/index.php/muze-i-humayun-baskatibi-halil-beyin-tayini",
      "digitalUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/uploads/r/ika-isam-k-ut-uphanesi-arsivi-15/8/0/d/80d804db5362df13bf4cd1a3da773f21c0685b845255b057b22ee261597146e4/hhp_1380.pdf",
      "evidenceType": "manuscript_scan",
      "evidenceLabel": "Manuscript scan",
      "catalogueDateLabels": [
        "6 Nisan 1324",
        "19 April 1908"
      ],
      "catalogueExtent": "1 document",
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        2
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      "description": "Correspondence from Grand Vizier Mehmed Ferid to Hüseyin Hilmi Paşa concerning Halil Bey's appointment to an inspection clerical office.",
      "visualObservation": "Two images show a handwritten letter on Bâbıâli/Sadaret stationery and its reverse.",
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    },
    {
      "contentBasis": "Catalogue description; scan visually inspected without an Ottoman transcription.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Not transcribed in this pilot",
      "personLinks": [],
      "id": "hhp-1346",
      "title": "Provincial salary certificates for Hüseyin Hilmi Efendi",
      "collection": "Hüseyin Hilmi Paşa papers",
      "archiveReference": "İKA HHP-B-dos.1-1346",
      "sourceUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/index.php/huseyin-hilmi-efendinin-maaslari",
      "digitalUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/uploads/r/ika-isam-k-ut-uphanesi-arsivi-15/8/6/a/86a2f560fcde0019b83ff9d649801b389c617370eb38bc86f990b661375aee09/hhp_1346.pdf",
      "evidenceType": "manuscript_scan",
      "evidenceLabel": "Manuscript scans",
      "catalogueDateLabels": [
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        "27 August 1896"
      ],
      "catalogueExtent": "3 documents",
      "pdfPages": 3,
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        3
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      "description": "Certificates from the Aydın and Syria provincial councils concerning his salary while serving as a provincial secretary (mektupçu).",
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    {
      "contentBasis": "Catalogue description; scan visually inspected without an Ottoman transcription.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Not transcribed in this pilot",
      "personLinks": [],
      "id": "hhp-0358",
      "title": "Letter concerning Nuri Efendi and the imperial estates in Damascus",
      "collection": "Hüseyin Hilmi Paşa papers",
      "archiveReference": "İKA HHP-B-dos.1-0358",
      "sourceUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/index.php/arazi-i-seniyye-muduru-nuri-efendinin-yolsuzlugu",
      "digitalUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/uploads/r/ika-isam-k-ut-uphanesi-arsivi-15/1/a/a/1aab469c0ab5093adbe29281c6c5d3a3a1ef3abc1c1196edf3b32249941e26bb/hhp_0358.pdf",
      "evidenceType": "manuscript_scan",
      "evidenceLabel": "Manuscript scan",
      "catalogueDateLabels": [
        "15 Şubat 1305",
        "27 February 1890"
      ],
      "catalogueExtent": "1 letter",
      "pdfPages": 1,
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      "description": "A letter concerning alleged irregularities involving Nuri Efendi, an imperial-estates director in Damascus.",
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    },
    {
      "contentBasis": "Catalogue description; scan visually inspected without an Ottoman transcription.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Not transcribed in this pilot",
      "personLinks": [],
      "id": "ze-0119",
      "title": "Personnel account, honour correspondence and career list of Ebüzziya Mehmed Tevfik",
      "collection": "Ebüzziya family papers",
      "archiveReference": "İKA ZE-A-1-a-0119",
      "sourceUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/index.php/ebuzziya-mehmed-tevfik-in-sicill-i-ahvali",
      "digitalUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/uploads/r/ika-isam-k-ut-uphanesi-arsivi-15/d/a/2/da2449b20e4001f5e604ee923fa050e84dcfcca09e5daaced08acb77b9339ab8/ZE_0119.pdf",
      "evidenceType": "archival_copy_and_compilation",
      "evidenceLabel": "Archival copies and later compilation",
      "catalogueDateLabels": [
        "3 Ağustos 1314 – 8 Mart 1328",
        "16 August 1898 – 21 March 1912"
      ],
      "catalogueExtent": "3 documents; 4 pages in the catalogue",
      "pdfPages": 5,
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        2,
        3,
        4,
        5
      ],
      "description": "An archival copy of his personnel account, correspondence concerning a French education honour, and a chronological service list.",
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      "contentBasis": "Catalogue description; scan visually inspected without an Ottoman transcription.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Not transcribed in this pilot",
      "personLinks": [],
      "id": "mesihat-1747",
      "title": "Meclis-i Meşâyih memorandum and marginal-note register 1747",
      "collection": "Meşihat / Meclis-i Meşâyih",
      "archiveReference": "İKA MŞH MMD-1-a-1747-orj.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/index.php/1747-numarali-defter-orijinal",
      "digitalUrl": "https://arsiv.isam.org.tr/uploads/r/ika-isam-k-ut-uphanesi-arsivi-15/9/0/0/90053836ddde110d8f368cad5456dcfce69fa181173e34cd5172a5c2945513a1/1747-O.pdf",
      "evidenceType": "manuscript_scan",
      "evidenceLabel": "Complete manuscript facsimile",
      "catalogueDateLabels": [
        "1922 CE",
        "AH 1340–1341",
        "Rumi 1338"
      ],
      "catalogueExtent": "245 manuscript pages in the catalogue",
      "pdfPages": 291,
      "viewedPdfPages": [
        2,
        3,
        11,
        101,
        291
      ],
      "description": "A complete publicly downloadable register from the administration of Sufi institutions under the Meşihat.",
      "visualObservation": "Sample images show Ottoman handwriting and signatures. PDF pages 2, 3, 11 and 101 correspond to written pages 1, 2, 10 and 99; the final PDF page is the cover. PDF image count and catalogue extent are different units.",
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      "contentBasis": "Catalogue description; scan visually inspected without an Ottoman transcription.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Not transcribed in this pilot",
      "personLinks": [],
      "id": "istanbul-court-334",
      "title": "A manuscript spread from İstanbul Mahkemesi register 334",
      "collection": "İstanbul Kadı Sicilleri",
      "archiveReference": "İstanbul Mahkemesi 334; image selector 1a; asset ist334o577",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.kadisicilleri.org/?blm=yayin&kategori=defter&nerede=ist334&vrkno=ist334o577",
      "digitalUrl": "https://www.kadisicilleri.org/veri/gorselx/orj/ist334/ist334o577.pdf",
      "evidenceType": "manuscript_scan",
      "evidenceLabel": "Manuscript image in a scholarly edition",
      "catalogueDateLabels": [
        "AH 1280–1329",
        "1863–1911 CE"
      ],
      "catalogueExtent": "One manuscript spread, reproduced on edition page 577",
      "pdfPages": 1,
      "viewedPdfPages": [
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      ],
      "description": "A court-register comparator for legal and institutional research, with the original image available alongside a modern edition.",
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    {
      "id": "hasan-ali-thesis",
      "title": "Hasan Ali's personnel-register entry reproduced in Akyıldız's thesis",
      "collection": "BOA DH.SAİD.d / Marmara thesis reproduction",
      "archiveReference": "BOA DH.SAİDd.2/182; written page 363; facing page 364",
      "sourceUrl": "https://katalog.marmara.edu.tr/veriler/yordambt/cokluortam/1F/6773a160dab88.pdf#page=37",
      "digitalUrl": "https://katalog.marmara.edu.tr/veriler/yordambt/cokluortam/1F/6773a160dab88.pdf#page=37",
      "evidenceType": "thesis_reproduction",
      "evidenceLabel": "Archival image reproduced in a thesis",
      "catalogueDateLabels": [],
      "catalogueExtent": "Resim 1, printed page 21 / PDF page 37",
      "pdfPages": 308,
      "viewedPdfPages": [
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      ],
      "description": "Akyıldız identifies the reproduced register entry as Hasan Ali's. The image and thesis citation provide a documentary association with his existing dossier.",
      "visualObservation": "The visible archive strip reads DH.SAİDd.00002 and the spread is numbered 363–364. The thesis caption cites 2/182. The meaning of 182 has not been established.",
      "contentBasis": "Thesis caption and citations, checked against the reproduced image.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Ottoman text not independently transcribed",
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          "label": "Hasan Ali Efendi",
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      "contentBasis": "Catalogue description; scan visually inspected without an Ottoman transcription.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Not transcribed in this pilot",
      "personLinks": [],
      "id": "boa-said-7-445",
      "title": "Public personnel-register spread 7-445",
      "collection": "BOA / OpenJerusalem selection",
      "archiveReference": "TR-BOA/DH-SAİDd/7-445",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/dosya-7-gomlek-445-no-gregorian-date-29-zilhicce-1269-ottoman-calendar",
      "digitalUrl": "https://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/uploads/r/ottoman-archives-of-prime-ministers-office/a/b/e/abecd3a89a57a7588814bf3dcc725e7bfcab4a2a65563c778bb2ae3976acc636/TR-BOA__DH-SA__Dd__7-445.pdf",
      "evidenceType": "manuscript_scan",
      "evidenceLabel": "Manuscript scan hosted by OpenJerusalem",
      "catalogueDateLabels": [
        "29 Zilhicce 1269 (catalogue label)"
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      ],
      "description": "A publicly viewable image from a selected set of BOA personnel-register records. The item description does not identify the official.",
      "visualObservation": "An open manuscript register spread carries a visible DH.SAİD 0007 strip. The individual item number comes from the catalogue; the name and Ottoman text have not been read.",
      "sha256": null
    },
    {
      "contentBasis": "Catalogue description; scan visually inspected without an Ottoman transcription.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Not transcribed in this pilot",
      "personLinks": [],
      "id": "boa-said-7-449",
      "title": "Public personnel-register spread 7-449",
      "collection": "BOA / OpenJerusalem selection",
      "archiveReference": "TR-BOA/DH-SAİDd/7-449",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/dosya-7-gomlek-449-no-gregorian-date-29-zilhicce-1282-ottoman-calendar",
      "digitalUrl": "https://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/uploads/r/ottoman-archives-of-prime-ministers-office/7/b/9/7b9649e909b0b4e3bf7e20d59711485a35ad35e05bc275c773d251252684f4a9/TR-BOA__DH-SA__Dd__7-449.pdf",
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      "evidenceLabel": "Manuscript scan hosted by OpenJerusalem",
      "catalogueDateLabels": [
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      "description": "A publicly viewable image from a selected set of BOA personnel-register records. The item description does not identify the official.",
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    },
    {
      "contentBasis": "Catalogue description; scan visually inspected without an Ottoman transcription.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Not transcribed in this pilot",
      "personLinks": [],
      "id": "boa-said-7-451",
      "title": "Public personnel-register spread 7-451",
      "collection": "BOA / OpenJerusalem selection",
      "archiveReference": "TR-BOA/DH-SAİDd/7-451",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/dosya-7-gomlek-451-no-gregorian-date-29-zilhicce-1277-ottoman-calendar",
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      "sha256": null
    },
    {
      "contentBasis": "Catalogue description; scan visually inspected without an Ottoman transcription.",
      "transcriptionStatus": "Not transcribed in this pilot",
      "personLinks": [],
      "id": "boa-eum-mh-54-10",
      "title": "Transfer and salary correspondence concerning Ahmed Tevfik Efendi",
      "collection": "BOA / OpenJerusalem selection",
      "archiveReference": "TR-BOA/DH-EUM-MH/54-10",
      "sourceUrl": "https://archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/dosya-54-gomlek-10-april-16-1913-gregorian-calendar-9-cemaziyelevvel-1331-ottoman-calendar",
      "digitalUrl": "https://archives.openjerusalem.org/uploads/r/ottoman-archives-of-prime-ministers-office/a/8/0/a804489e287c6bf9a795bf93aad60f747c04d17d8aa987b2510593c74cd25eb6/TR-BOA__DH-EUM-MH__54-10.pdf",
      "evidenceType": "manuscript_scan",
      "evidenceLabel": "Administrative document scan",
      "catalogueDateLabels": [
        "9 Cemaziyelevvel 1331",
        "16 April 1913 (catalogue label)"
      ],
      "catalogueExtent": "1 source page",
      "pdfPages": 2,
      "viewedPdfPages": [
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        2
      ],
      "description": "The catalogue describes Ahmed Tevfik Efendi's transfer from Jerusalem to Karasi and a consequence for two months of salary.",
      "visualObservation": "The PDF contains a modern BOA cover and one handwritten document on an Ottoman administrative form. The catalogue's reading has not been independently transcribed.",
      "sha256": null
    }
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}