_ 260 _ are also classifications of Khatt-i Humayuns from Mustafa III to 1839, and of Irades from 1839 to 1918. Since 1936 new Tasnifs are in progress, including one of documents of the Tanzimat period, and another of the records from the Yildiz Palace, covering the reign of ‘Abdülhamid II. ٣. The Tapu Defterleri, also known as Defter-i Khaqani(A): This contains cadastral surveys of the provinces of the Empire. It is, so far, the most readily accessible of the collections. It is fairly well classified and is now housed in the main archives buildings, together with the archives of the Sublime Porte. For each province of the Empire there is a set of defters, usually beginning with the period of tration, as Egypt, Lebanon, and Cyprus); Kharijiye (Foreign); Iqtisad (Economics); Ma’arif (Education); Maliye (Finance); Nafi’a (Public Works); Sihhiye (Health); Saray (Palace); Timür; Zalliye (Police). Ibnülemin-’Adliye (Justice); ‘Askeriye (Military); Bahriye (Naval); Dakhiliye (Internal); Meskukat (Coins); Evqaf; Kharijiye (Foreign); Ensab (Genealogies); Khatt-i Humayun; Khilat; Maliye (Finance); Muharrerat-i Khusüsiye (Special Correspondence); Imtiyazat (Privileges); Mukhallefat (Legacies); Müsted’iyat (Petitions); Ma’adin (Mines); Umür-u Nafi’a (Public Works); Sihhiye (Health); Saray (Palace); Shikayat (Complaints); Tevjihat (Appointments); Timar ve Zi’amet. (A) The first name is in current use. The office from which the registers come was known formerly as the Defterkhane, and was situated in the At-Meydanı, opposite the Sultan Ahmed Mosque. Headed by the Defter-emini, under the supreme authority of the Nishanji, it constituted a separate branch of the administration, alongside the Divan-i Humayün and the Finance office.
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