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Earlier unit continuityOttoman and republican lira are grouped as one continuing account unit. The 1925 law replaced Ottoman paper with paper of the same amount and legal character. CBRT dates the Republic first issue to 5 December 1927. In 1844 silver kuruş and gold lira were convertible at 100:1. The 1927 note replacement is an instrument transition; this continuity assessment remains qualified.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier unit continuityBy the mid-eighteenth century, Ottoman prices and state obligations were expressed in kuruş. Its association with the continuing lira profile is qualified through the retained kuruş–lira accounting structure; circa 1750 is an observation, not a birth date.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier unit continuityThe esedi account unit reported in 1690 is associated with the continuing Ottoman kuruş/lira identity. Regular coin minting in 1719 and later lira-scale changes do not create separate currency nodes.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier unit continuityAn April–May 1704 mint account reckons output and profit in esedi kuruş, corroborating account use before regular kuruş coin production. Association with the continuing identity remains qualified.
Sources and qualifications → Gap review findingAkçe accounting is documented by 1525, and a 1704 mint order specifies 120 akçe per esedi kuruş. That ratio alone cannot decide whether akçe and kuruş require distinct currency identities or a same-unit scale history.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier unit continuityUnder the project policy that rescaling and subdivision changes do not create currencies, the retained akçe account scale supports a qualified continuation within the Ottoman kuruş/lira profile. Extend the profile to 1431–1432 fiscal evidence; do not create a denomination-only akçe predecessor node.
Sources and qualifications → Gap review findingThe published 1431–1432 Arvanid register excerpt records estimated revenue of 531 akçe for Lagos village within Petro's timar. This is fiscal accounting evidence, not a mint-date proxy.
Sources and qualifications → Gap review findingSahillioğlu describes akçe becoming the third of a para and surviving as an account unit after the monetary focus shifted to kuruş and para. Pamuk describes the new kuruş scale as 120 akçe and the continuing use of its lower subdivisions.
Sources and qualifications → Gap review findingUnder the project policy that rescaling and subdivision changes do not create currencies, the retained akçe account scale supports a qualified continuation within the Ottoman kuruş/lira profile. Extend the profile to 1431–1432 fiscal evidence; do not create a denomination-only akçe predecessor node.
Sources and qualifications → Gap review findingWith qualified akçe continuity admitted, the Dutch lion-dollar contribution around 1690 is a later account-unit contribution to an already existing Ottoman system, not the founding origin of that system.
Sources and qualifications → Modern account-unit reviewThe Hejazi Saudi account system adapted Ottoman theoretical gold-piastre reckoning in 1928. The March 1936 finance instructions explicitly superseded that gold-piastre revenue unit with Saudi piastres, doubling stated revenue amounts. Direct contemporary account-unit lineage and later legal revenue conversion support regional ancestry. Do not generalize it to every currency circulating in Najd.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceİnalcık reports the Arvanid fiscal register assigning 25 akçe to married non-Muslim householders and 6 akçe to widows, with corresponding amounts retained in MehmedII’s code. Association with the modern currency profile remains qualified. Association with the later continuous currency identity remains qualified.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceIstanbul court records retain akçe account use as physical coin output recedes. Official bookkeeping increasingly uses a domestically managed kuruş of 120 akçe after 1690. Association with the modern currency profile remains qualified. Association with the later continuous currency identity remains qualified.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceLater fiscal codes continue akçe-denominated ispence: Mora 1716 and Gence 1727 supply dated account observations beyond the kuruş transition. Association with the modern currency profile remains qualified. Association with the later continuous currency identity remains qualified.
Sources and qualifications → Modern account-unit reviewThe Dutch esedi convention contributed to domestically managed Ottoman kuruş accounting; retain it as an external contribution to an existing Ottoman identity, not its founding parent. The new study confirms accounting influence but generic kuruş records cannot prove a universal Dutch-to-Ottoman obligation conversion.
Sources and qualifications → Unit-of-account identity reviewThe same akçe scale remains documented in fiscal obligations after the kuruş emerges, supporting retained-denomination continuity rather than a coin-only bridge. Retain the existing 1431–1432 qualified extension and add supporting observation anchors.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceIstanbul’s official price list denominated bread and meat prices in akçe, while gold pieces had a separate akçe exchange value. Association with the modern Ottoman/Turkish profile remains qualified.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceSultani and ducat served large-sum accounting concurrently; akçe remained the basic unit for budgets, inventories and valuation of gold.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceKuruş became the dominant core account scale gradually; retained subdivisions were 40 para or 120 akçe. Mid-century dominance is not a founding date.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceSilver kuruş and gold lira were legal tender, convertible at 100:1. Kuruş continued in daily accounting after later standard changes. Pamuk explicitly states that the 100 kuruş/lira currency unit was retained in the Republic.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceThe coin-unification law standardized 100 silver kuruş per gold lira for all purposes and removed pre 1844 coinage.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceArticles 1,3 and 5 authorize replacement of existing Ottoman paper with the same amount and legal character, require exchange by treasuries and banks, and carry forward compulsory acceptance. This establishes an instrument replacement within the continuing unit.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceThe Republic’s first banknote issue implemented the replacement on 5 December 1927; this is not a new account-unit founding.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceSerbia introduced local tax and market groš conventions in 1833, initially related 2:1 and divided into 40 and 20 tax para respectively. They belong in one local account profile under the no-scale-only-node policy.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceThe 1400 supplement to Murad I’s Bursa Kaplıca foundation deed assigns daily stipends expressed by its scholarly editor in akçe:12 to the teacher,1 per student and 2 to the elementary-school teacher. These are specified obligations, not merely circulating coins. The edition distinguishes this supplement from the 1385 deed. Association with the modern Ottoman/Turkish profile remains qualified.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceMurad II’s Bursa foundation deed dated 14 July 1430 specifies monetary salaries, called dirhem in its Arabic copy and akçe in its later Ottoman translation. The comparative edition supports a local akçe obligation anchor; original is not extant to the researcher and one stipend translation is erroneous. Association with the modern Ottoman/Turkish profile remains qualified.
Sources and qualifications → Modern account-unit reviewRetain Dutch esedi influence as a later contribution to an existing Ottoman system, not its founding parent. Foreign accounting influence is documented, but generic kuruş and payment/account overlap prevent a universal obligation-conversion claim.
Sources and qualifications → Unit-of-account identity reviewRetain the canonical Ottoman/Turkish profile. Its 1844-to-Republic core account association is supported; the 1431–1432 extension stays qualified. Akçe, para, kuruş and lira are historical account scales under the project rescaling policy; do not insert a sequential sultani predecessor.
Sources and qualifications → Unit-of-account identity reviewExplain the historical accounting scales separately from coin introductions. Gold accounting overlapped silver-based core accounts; neither all Ottoman provinces nor all gold obligations were the same scope.
Sources and qualifications → Account-unit observations
Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
1690qualifiedThe esedi account unit reported in 1690 is associated with the continuing Ottoman kuruş/lira identity. Regular coin minting in 1719 and later lira-scale changes do not create separate currency nodes.
C1216 1704qualifiedAn April–May 1704 mint account reckons output and profit in esedi kuruş, corroborating account use before regular kuruş coin production. Association with the continuing identity remains qualified.
C1217 1431–1432qualifiedUnder the project policy that rescaling and subdivision changes do not create currencies, the retained akçe account scale supports a qualified continuation within the Ottoman kuruş/lira profile. Extend the profile to 1431–1432 fiscal evidence; do not create a denomination-only akçe predecessor node.
C1282 1432qualifiedİnalcık reports the Arvanid fiscal register assigning 25 akçe to married non-Muslim householders and 6 akçe to widows, with corresponding amounts retained in MehmedII’s code. Association with the modern currency profile remains qualified. Association with the later continuous currency identity remains qualified.
C1757 1650–1710qualifiedIstanbul court records retain akçe account use as physical coin output recedes. Official bookkeeping increasingly uses a domestically managed kuruş of 120 akçe after 1690. Association with the modern currency profile remains qualified. Association with the later continuous currency identity remains qualified.
C1758 1716–1727qualifiedLater fiscal codes continue akçe-denominated ispence: Mora 1716 and Gence 1727 supply dated account observations beyond the kuruş transition. Association with the modern currency profile remains qualified. Association with the later continuous currency identity remains qualified.
C1759 1525qualifiedIstanbul’s official price list denominated bread and meat prices in akçe, while gold pieces had a separate akçe exchange value. Association with the modern Ottoman/Turkish profile remains qualified.
C1867 1844supportedSilver kuruş and gold lira were legal tender, convertible at 100:1. Kuruş continued in daily accounting after later standard changes. Pamuk explicitly states that the 100 kuruş/lira currency unit was retained in the Republic.
C1870 1916supportedThe coin-unification law standardized 100 silver kuruş per gold lira for all purposes and removed pre 1844 coinage.
C1871 1925supportedArticles 1,3 and 5 authorize replacement of existing Ottoman paper with the same amount and legal character, require exchange by treasuries and banks, and carry forward compulsory acceptance. This establishes an instrument replacement within the continuing unit.
C1872 1927supportedThe Republic’s first banknote issue implemented the replacement on 5 December 1927; this is not a new account-unit founding.
C1873 1400qualifiedThe 1400 supplement to Murad I’s Bursa Kaplıca foundation deed assigns daily stipends expressed by its scholarly editor in akçe:12 to the teacher,1 per student and 2 to the elementary-school teacher. These are specified obligations, not merely circulating coins. The edition distinguishes this supplement from the 1385 deed. Association with the modern Ottoman/Turkish profile remains qualified.
C1878 1430qualifiedMurad II’s Bursa foundation deed dated 14 July 1430 specifies monetary salaries, called dirhem in its Arabic copy and akçe in its later Ottoman translation. The comparative edition supports a local akçe obligation anchor; original is not extant to the researcher and one stipend translation is erroneous. Association with the modern Ottoman/Turkish profile remains qualified.
C1879
Monetary history 1 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
2005Currency rescaling reportedThe central bank reports that the 2005 currency reform removed six zeros from the currency.
C577
Evidence & research notes 33 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C577
The central bank reports that the 2005 currency reform removed six zeros from the currency.
Inference C1186
Ottoman and republican lira are grouped as one continuing account unit. The 1925 law replaced Ottoman paper with paper of the same amount and legal character. CBRT dates the Republic first issue to 5 December 1927. In 1844 silver kuruş and gold lira were convertible at 100:1. The 1927 note replacement is an instrument transition; this continuity assessment remains qualified.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 30 directly supports the 1844-to-Republic account continuity; earlier akçe association remains separately qualified. Replacement evidence: C1870.
TBMM Zabit Ceridesi · TBMM Zabit Ceridesi, DevreII Cilt20 İçtima33,30December 1341/1925 Citation S555 ·
Open source ↗printed p305, PDF page17(index16), voted Article1; debate pp299–310; First Emission Group section, paragraphs before E1 banknotes; pp95–96,159–165,177,208
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Article 1 and immediately surrounding proceedings inspected; numerical totals OCR inconsistent, do not transcribe totals
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Article 1 and immediately surrounding proceedings inspected; numerical totals OCR inconsistent, do not transcribe totals
OCR totals intentionally omitted.
Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye · Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, Emission Group Citation S556 ·
Open source ↗printed p305, PDF page17(index16), voted Article1; debate pp299–310; First Emission Group section, paragraphs before E1 banknotes; pp95–96,159–165,177,208
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗printed p305, PDF page17(index16), voted Article1; debate pp299–310; First Emission Group section, paragraphs before E1 banknotes; pp95–96,159–165,177,208
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
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Inference C1187
By the mid-eighteenth century, Ottoman prices and state obligations were expressed in kuruş. Its association with the continuing lira profile is qualified through the retained kuruş–lira accounting structure; circa 1750 is an observation, not a birth date.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗pp95–96,159–165,177,208
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Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inference C1206
Domestically managed Ottoman esedi/kuruş accounting developed from the Dutch esedi trade-unit convention. This qualified regional transition compresses local stages; it does not assert universal redemption of Dutch coins or obligations.
Metin Coşgel · Metin Coşgel, Ellen Nye and Emre Özer, Currency transition: the use of foreign coins and dollarization in seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul Citation S601 ·
Open source ↗pp6–7 foundation; pp7–8 methods; pp9–10 akçe persistence and Dutch account use; Türklük Araştırmaları Dergisi3(2),217–224,p219; pp67–68; p160fn7; p165
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Ömerül Faruk Bölükbaşı · Ömerül Faruk Bölükbaşı, Darbhâne-i Âmire Para Basımından Nasıl Gelir Elde Ediyordu? Citation S599 ·
Open source ↗pp6–7 foundation; pp7–8 methods; pp9–10 akçe persistence and Dutch account use; Türklük Araştırmaları Dergisi3(2),217–224,p219; pp67–68; p160fn7; p165
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗pp6–7 foundation; pp7–8 methods; pp9–10 akçe persistence and Dutch account use; Türklük Araştırmaları Dergisi3(2),217–224,p219; pp67–68; p160fn7; p165
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inference C1208
Saudi reckoning adapted Ottoman gold-piastre accounting in the Hejazi monetary system. Contemporary reporting describes the 1928 substitution and inherited theoretical piastres; the qualified branch concerns this local account tradition, not uniform replacement across Najd or ancestry inferred from coin weight.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V24-004. Direct contemporary account-unit lineage and later legal revenue conversion support regional ancestry. Do not generalize it to every currency circulating in Najd. Replacement evidence: C1626.
British Minister at Jedda · Report on Saudi monetary regulations, 29 March 1936 Citation S611 ·
Open source ↗British Library IOR/R/15/2/310, fol.120v, printed p.17, paragraphs 2–4; British Library IOR/R/15/2/310, fol.121r, printed p.18, translated enclosure, clauses 1–7
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full Qatar Digital Library transcription inspected.
Saudi Ministry of Finance; translated diplomatic enclosure · Saudi currency instructions effective 23 March 1936 Citation S612 ·
Open source ↗British Library IOR/R/15/2/310, fol.120v, printed p.17, paragraphs 2–4; British Library IOR/R/15/2/310, fol.121r, printed p.18, translated enclosure, clauses 1–7
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full archival transcription inspected; translated original instructions, not a newly inspected Arabic decree.
Inference C1216
The esedi account unit reported in 1690 is associated with the continuing Ottoman kuruş/lira identity. Regular coin minting in 1719 and later lira-scale changes do not create separate currency nodes.
Ömerül Faruk Bölükbaşı · Ömerül Faruk Bölükbaşı, Darbhâne-i Âmire Para Basımından Nasıl Gelir Elde Ediyordu? Citation S599 ·
Open source ↗Türklük Araştırmaları Dergisi3(2),217–224,p219; Türk Kültürü İncelemeleri Dergisi53,79–116,p90; pp100–101; pp6–7 foundation; pp7–8 methods; pp9–10 akçe persistence and Dutch account use
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Hüseyin Al and Mehmet Çetin · Hüseyin Al and Mehmet Çetin,18.Yüzyılda İzmir ve Çevresinde Para Tedavülü, Sorunlar ve Çözüm Arayışları Citation S600 ·
Open source ↗Türklük Araştırmaları Dergisi3(2),217–224,p219; Türk Kültürü İncelemeleri Dergisi53,79–116,p90; pp100–101; pp6–7 foundation; pp7–8 methods; pp9–10 akçe persistence and Dutch account use
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Metin Coşgel · Metin Coşgel, Ellen Nye and Emre Özer, Currency transition: the use of foreign coins and dollarization in seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul Citation S601 ·
Open source ↗Türklük Araştırmaları Dergisi3(2),217–224,p219; Türk Kültürü İncelemeleri Dergisi53,79–116,p90; pp100–101; pp6–7 foundation; pp7–8 methods; pp9–10 akçe persistence and Dutch account use
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Inference C1217
An April–May 1704 mint account reckons output and profit in esedi kuruş, corroborating account use before regular kuruş coin production. Association with the continuing identity remains qualified.
Ömerül Faruk Bölükbaşı · Ömerül Faruk Bölükbaşı, Darbhâne-i Âmire Para Basımından Nasıl Gelir Elde Ediyordu? Citation S599 ·
Open source ↗Türklük Araştırmaları Dergisi3(2),217–224,p219
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Qualified C1227
Akçe accounting is documented by 1525, and a 1704 mint order specifies 120 akçe per esedi kuruş. That ratio alone cannot decide whether akçe and kuruş require distinct currency identities or a same-unit scale history.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗Pamuk pp.67–68; Al and Çetin pp.100–101, citing BOA DRB.d164 p.383
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Hüseyin Al and Mehmet Çetin · Hüseyin Al and Mehmet Çetin,18.Yüzyılda İzmir ve Çevresinde Para Tedavülü, Sorunlar ve Çözüm Arayışları Citation S600 ·
Open source ↗Pamuk pp.67–68; Al and Çetin pp.100–101, citing BOA DRB.d164 p.383
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Inference C1282
Under the project policy that rescaling and subdivision changes do not create currencies, the retained akçe account scale supports a qualified continuation within the Ottoman kuruş/lira profile. Extend the profile to 1431–1432 fiscal evidence; do not create a denomination-only akçe predecessor node.
Halil Berktay and Bogdan Murgescu (eds.); Hasan Tahsin Özkaya (Turkish translator), CDRSEE; primary excerpt after Halil İnalcık · Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, Çalışma Kitabı 1 (Thessaloniki, 2008), I-7: Arvanid fiscal register, 1431/1432 Citation S636 ·
Open source ↗Printed p.44, PDF p.46, I-7, register entry 153 (Timar-i Petro); source İnalcık 1987 p.59; bibliography identifies Hicrî 835 Tarihli Sûret-i Defter-i Sancak-i Arvanid, second ed., Ankara 1987; Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Halil Sahillioğlu · Akçe, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 2 (1989), pp.224–227 Citation S637 ·
Open source ↗Printed p.44, PDF p.46, I-7, register entry 153 (Timar-i Petro); source İnalcık 1987 p.59; bibliography identifies Hicrî 835 Tarihli Sûret-i Defter-i Sancak-i Arvanid, second ed., Ankara 1987; Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗Printed p.44, PDF p.46, I-7, register entry 153 (Timar-i Petro); source İnalcık 1987 p.59; bibliography identifies Hicrî 835 Tarihli Sûret-i Defter-i Sancak-i Arvanid, second ed., Ankara 1987; Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Supported C1316
The published 1431–1432 Arvanid register excerpt records estimated revenue of 531 akçe for Lagos village within Petro's timar. This is fiscal accounting evidence, not a mint-date proxy.
Halil Berktay and Bogdan Murgescu (eds.); Hasan Tahsin Özkaya (Turkish translator), CDRSEE; primary excerpt after Halil İnalcık · Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, Çalışma Kitabı 1 (Thessaloniki, 2008), I-7: Arvanid fiscal register, 1431/1432 Citation S636 ·
Open source ↗Printed p.44, PDF p.46, I-7, register entry 153 (Timar-i Petro); source İnalcık 1987 p.59; bibliography identifies Hicrî 835 Tarihli Sûret-i Defter-i Sancak-i Arvanid, second ed., Ankara 1987
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1317
Sahillioğlu describes akçe becoming the third of a para and surviving as an account unit after the monetary focus shifted to kuruş and para. Pamuk describes the new kuruş scale as 120 akçe and the continuing use of its lower subdivisions.
Halil Sahillioğlu · Akçe, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 2 (1989), pp.224–227 Citation S637 ·
Open source ↗Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inference C1318
Under the project policy that rescaling and subdivision changes do not create currencies, the retained akçe account scale supports a qualified continuation within the Ottoman kuruş/lira profile. Extend the profile to 1431–1432 fiscal evidence; do not create a denomination-only akçe predecessor node.
Halil Berktay and Bogdan Murgescu (eds.); Hasan Tahsin Özkaya (Turkish translator), CDRSEE; primary excerpt after Halil İnalcık · Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, Çalışma Kitabı 1 (Thessaloniki, 2008), I-7: Arvanid fiscal register, 1431/1432 Citation S636 ·
Open source ↗Printed p.44, PDF p.46, I-7, register entry 153 (Timar-i Petro); source İnalcık 1987 p.59; bibliography identifies Hicrî 835 Tarihli Sûret-i Defter-i Sancak-i Arvanid, second ed., Ankara 1987; Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Halil Sahillioğlu · Akçe, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 2 (1989), pp.224–227 Citation S637 ·
Open source ↗Printed p.44, PDF p.46, I-7, register entry 153 (Timar-i Petro); source İnalcık 1987 p.59; bibliography identifies Hicrî 835 Tarihli Sûret-i Defter-i Sancak-i Arvanid, second ed., Ankara 1987; Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗Printed p.44, PDF p.46, I-7, register entry 153 (Timar-i Petro); source İnalcık 1987 p.59; bibliography identifies Hicrî 835 Tarihli Sûret-i Defter-i Sancak-i Arvanid, second ed., Ankara 1987; Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Ömerül Faruk Bölükbaşı · Ömerül Faruk Bölükbaşı, Darbhâne-i Âmire Para Basımından Nasıl Gelir Elde Ediyordu? Citation S599 ·
Open source ↗Printed p.44, PDF p.46, I-7, register entry 153 (Timar-i Petro); source İnalcık 1987 p.59; bibliography identifies Hicrî 835 Tarihli Sûret-i Defter-i Sancak-i Arvanid, second ed., Ankara 1987; Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Hüseyin Al and Mehmet Çetin · Hüseyin Al and Mehmet Çetin,18.Yüzyılda İzmir ve Çevresinde Para Tedavülü, Sorunlar ve Çözüm Arayışları Citation S600 ·
Open source ↗Printed p.44, PDF p.46, I-7, register entry 153 (Timar-i Petro); source İnalcık 1987 p.59; bibliography identifies Hicrî 835 Tarihli Sûret-i Defter-i Sancak-i Arvanid, second ed., Ankara 1987; Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Inference C1319
With qualified akçe continuity admitted, the Dutch lion-dollar contribution around 1690 is a later account-unit contribution to an already existing Ottoman system, not the founding origin of that system.
Metin Coşgel · Metin Coşgel, Ellen Nye and Emre Özer, Currency transition: the use of foreign coins and dollarization in seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul Citation S601 ·
Open source ↗Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Halil Sahillioğlu · Akçe, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 2 (1989), pp.224–227 Citation S637 ·
Open source ↗Paragraphs following weight table: shift to guruş/zolota/para; akçe as third of para; subsequent account-only persistence; legal-document discussion before table
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Supported C1626
The Hejazi Saudi account system adapted Ottoman theoretical gold-piastre reckoning in 1928. The March 1936 finance instructions explicitly superseded that gold-piastre revenue unit with Saudi piastres, doubling stated revenue amounts.
British Minister at Jedda · Report on Saudi monetary regulations, 29 March 1936 Citation S611 ·
Open source ↗British Library IOR/R/15/2/310, fol.120v, printed p.17, paragraphs 2–4; British Library IOR/R/15/2/310, fol.121r, printed p.18, translated enclosure, clauses 1–7
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Full Qatar Digital Library transcription inspected.
Saudi Ministry of Finance; translated diplomatic enclosure · Saudi currency instructions effective 23 March 1936 Citation S612 ·
Open source ↗British Library IOR/R/15/2/310, fol.120v, printed p.17, paragraphs 2–4; British Library IOR/R/15/2/310, fol.121r, printed p.18, translated enclosure, clauses 1–7
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Full archival transcription inspected; translated original instructions, not a newly inspected Arabic decree.
Inference C1757
İnalcık reports the Arvanid fiscal register assigning 25 akçe to married non-Muslim householders and 6 akçe to widows, with corresponding amounts retained in MehmedII’s code. Association with the modern currency profile remains qualified. Association with the later continuous currency identity remains qualified.
Halil İnalcık · İspence, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (2001) Citation S908 ·
Open source ↗İspenceparagraphs 2–3; registeredition 1954 ppXXXII–XXXIII
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Halil Berktay and Bogdan Murgescu (eds.); Hasan Tahsin Özkaya (Turkish translator), CDRSEE; primary excerpt after Halil İnalcık · Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, Çalışma Kitabı 1 (Thessaloniki, 2008), I-7: Arvanid fiscal register, 1431/1432 Citation S636 ·
Open source ↗İspenceparagraphs 2–3; registeredition 1954 ppXXXII–XXXIII
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Inference C1758
Istanbul court records retain akçe account use as physical coin output recedes. Official bookkeeping increasingly uses a domestically managed kuruş of 120 akçe after 1690. Association with the modern currency profile remains qualified. Association with the later continuous currency identity remains qualified.
Metin Coşgel, Ellen Nye and Emre Özer · Currency transition: the use of foreign coins and dollarization in seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, Financial History Review, 3 August 2026 Citation S907 ·
Open source ↗SectionsII–III
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Inference C1759
Later fiscal codes continue akçe-denominated ispence: Mora 1716 and Gence 1727 supply dated account observations beyond the kuruş transition. Association with the modern currency profile remains qualified. Association with the later continuous currency identity remains qualified.
Halil İnalcık · İspence, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (2001) Citation S908 ·
Open source ↗İspenceparagraph 5
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Inference C1793
The Dutch esedi convention contributed to domestically managed Ottoman kuruş accounting; retain it as an external contribution to an existing Ottoman identity, not its founding parent.
Metin Coşgel, Ellen Nye and Emre Özer · Currency transition: the use of foreign coins and dollarization in seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, Financial History Review, 3 August 2026 Citation S907 ·
Open source ↗SectionsII–III
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Inference C1807
The same akçe scale remains documented in fiscal obligations after the kuruş emerges, supporting retained-denomination continuity rather than a coin-only bridge. Retain the existing 1431–1432 qualified extension and add supporting observation anchors.
Halil İnalcık · İspence, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (2001) Citation S908 ·
Open source ↗İspenceparagraphs 2–5; courtssectionsII–III; inherited 1844/1925 evidence
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Metin Coşgel, Ellen Nye and Emre Özer · Currency transition: the use of foreign coins and dollarization in seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, Financial History Review, 3 August 2026 Citation S907 ·
Open source ↗İspenceparagraphs 2–5; courtssectionsII–III; inherited 1844/1925 evidence
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Halil Sahillioğlu · Akçe, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 2 (1989), pp.224–227 Citation S637 ·
Open source ↗İspenceparagraphs 2–5; courtssectionsII–III; inherited 1844/1925 evidence
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗İspenceparagraphs 2–5; courtssectionsII–III; inherited 1844/1925 evidence
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
TBMM Zabit Ceridesi · TBMM Zabit Ceridesi, DevreII Cilt20 İçtima33,30December 1341/1925 Citation S555 ·
Open source ↗İspenceparagraphs 2–5; courtssectionsII–III; inherited 1844/1925 evidence
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Article 1 and immediately surrounding proceedings inspected; numerical totals OCR inconsistent, do not transcribe totals
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Article 1 and immediately surrounding proceedings inspected; numerical totals OCR inconsistent, do not transcribe totals
OCR totals intentionally omitted.
Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye · Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, Emission Group Citation S556 ·
Open source ↗İspenceparagraphs 2–5; courtssectionsII–III; inherited 1844/1925 evidence
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Inference C1867
Istanbul’s official price list denominated bread and meat prices in akçe, while gold pieces had a separate akçe exchange value. Association with the modern Ottoman/Turkish profile remains qualified.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗p67 and note30
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Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
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Supported C1868
Sultani and ducat served large-sum accounting concurrently; akçe remained the basic unit for budgets, inventories and valuation of gold.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗pp66–71
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Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
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Inference C1869
Kuruş became the dominant core account scale gradually; retained subdivisions were 40 para or 120 akçe. Mid-century dominance is not a founding date.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗Pamuk pp159–165; Kuruş paragraphs on new unit; courts sectionIII
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Şevket Pamuk (2002) · Kuruş, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi26,458–459 Citation S979 ·
Open source ↗Pamuk pp159–165; Kuruş paragraphs on new unit; courts sectionIII
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Metin Coşgel, Ellen Nye and Emre Özer · Currency transition: the use of foreign coins and dollarization in seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, Financial History Review, 3 August 2026 Citation S907 ·
Open source ↗Pamuk pp159–165; Kuruş paragraphs on new unit; courts sectionIII
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Supported C1870
Silver kuruş and gold lira were legal tender, convertible at 100:1. Kuruş continued in daily accounting after later standard changes. Pamuk explicitly states that the 100 kuruş/lira currency unit was retained in the Republic.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗Pamuk pp208,218; Kuruş1844andRepublic paragraphs
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Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Şevket Pamuk (2002) · Kuruş, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi26,458–459 Citation S979 ·
Open source ↗Pamuk pp208,218; Kuruş1844andRepublic paragraphs
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Supported C1871
The coin-unification law standardized 100 silver kuruş per gold lira for all purposes and removed pre 1844 coinage.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗pp222–223 and note46
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Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
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Supported C1872
Articles 1,3 and 5 authorize replacement of existing Ottoman paper with the same amount and legal character, require exchange by treasuries and banks, and carry forward compulsory acceptance. This establishes an instrument replacement within the continuing unit.
TBMM Zabit Ceridesi · TBMM Zabit Ceridesi, DevreII Cilt20 İçtima33,30December 1341/1925 Citation S555 ·
Open source ↗Printed pp305,307–308; articles1,3,5
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Article 1 and immediately surrounding proceedings inspected; numerical totals OCR inconsistent, do not transcribe totals
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Article 1 and immediately surrounding proceedings inspected; numerical totals OCR inconsistent, do not transcribe totals
OCR totals intentionally omitted.
Supported C1873
The Republic’s first banknote issue implemented the replacement on 5 December 1927; this is not a new account-unit founding.
Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye · Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, Emission Group Citation S556 ·
Open source ↗CBRT FirstEmissionGroup;1925law articles1,3,5
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TBMM Zabit Ceridesi · TBMM Zabit Ceridesi, DevreII Cilt20 İçtima33,30December 1341/1925 Citation S555 ·
Open source ↗CBRT FirstEmissionGroup;1925law articles1,3,5
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Article 1 and immediately surrounding proceedings inspected; numerical totals OCR inconsistent, do not transcribe totals
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Article 1 and immediately surrounding proceedings inspected; numerical totals OCR inconsistent, do not transcribe totals
OCR totals intentionally omitted.
Supported C1876
Serbia introduced local tax and market groš conventions in 1833, initially related 2:1 and divided into 40 and 20 tax para respectively. They belong in one local account profile under the no-scale-only-node policy.
Dragana Gnjatović · The Introduction of a Limping Gold Standard in the Principality of Serbia, Balcanica XXXVIII(2007),91–104 Citation S983 ·
Open source ↗pp92,94–95,§1.2; note11 cites Petrović1901p530
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Underlying nineteenth-century enactments cited by author were not independently inspected.
Inference C1878
The 1400 supplement to Murad I’s Bursa Kaplıca foundation deed assigns daily stipends expressed by its scholarly editor in akçe:12 to the teacher,1 per student and 2 to the elementary-school teacher. These are specified obligations, not merely circulating coins. The edition distinguishes this supplement from the 1385 deed. Association with the modern Ottoman/Turkish profile remains qualified.
M. Tayyib Gökbilgin · Murad I. Tesisleri ve Bursa İmareti Vakfiyesi, Türkiyat Mecmuası10 (1951–53) Citation S984 ·
Open source ↗p222, paragraph beginning Vakfiyeye evâhir-i ramazan802; dated25May1400 by editor
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Inference C1879
Murad II’s Bursa foundation deed dated 14 July 1430 specifies monetary salaries, called dirhem in its Arabic copy and akçe in its later Ottoman translation. The comparative edition supports a local akçe obligation anchor; original is not extant to the researcher and one stipend translation is erroneous. Association with the modern Ottoman/Turkish profile remains qualified.
Fatma Gül Altun · Sultan II. Murad’ın Bursa Vakfiyesi (2022) Citation S985 ·
Open source ↗pp583–586 provenance; p602 salary-unit comparison; p598n70 translation discrepancy; p612 transcription
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Arabic original inaccessible to author; two archival copies compared; Turkish translation 1907.
Inference C1881
Retain Dutch esedi influence as a later contribution to an existing Ottoman system, not its founding parent.
Metin Coşgel, Ellen Nye and Emre Özer · Currency transition: the use of foreign coins and dollarization in seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, Financial History Review, 3 August 2026 Citation S907 ·
Open source ↗SectionIII, generic-kuruş discussion after Figure2
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Supported C1882
Serbian local groš accounting differentiated from Ottoman reckoning in 1833 under separately regulated fiscal and commercial valuations. Its tax and market conventions remain scales within one regional identity.
Dragana Gnjatović · The Introduction of a Limping Gold Standard in the Principality of Serbia, Balcanica XXXVIII(2007),91–104 Citation S983 ·
Open source ↗pp92,94–95,§1.2
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Underlying nineteenth-century enactments cited by author were not independently inspected.
Qualified C1886
Retain the canonical Ottoman/Turkish profile. Its 1844-to-Republic core account association is supported; the 1431–1432 extension stays qualified. Akçe, para, kuruş and lira are historical account scales under the project rescaling policy; do not insert a sequential sultani predecessor.
Halil Sahillioğlu · Akçe, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi 2 (1989), pp.224–227 Citation S637 ·
Open source ↗See individual observations
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Şevket Pamuk (2002) · Kuruş, TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi26,458–459 Citation S979 ·
Open source ↗See individual observations
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗See individual observations
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
TBMM Zabit Ceridesi · TBMM Zabit Ceridesi, DevreII Cilt20 İçtima33,30December 1341/1925 Citation S555 ·
Open source ↗See individual observations
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Article 1 and immediately surrounding proceedings inspected; numerical totals OCR inconsistent, do not transcribe totals
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Article 1 and immediately surrounding proceedings inspected; numerical totals OCR inconsistent, do not transcribe totals
OCR totals intentionally omitted.
Supported C1887
Explain the historical accounting scales separately from coin introductions. Gold accounting overlapped silver-based core accounts; neither all Ottoman provinces nor all gold obligations were the same scope.
Şevket Pamuk · Şevket Pamuk, A Monetary History of the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge 2000 Citation S557 ·
Open source ↗Pamuk pp66–71,165; courts sectionIII
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Inherited inspected evidence from published v 27, metadata reviewed in this pass: Relevant passages inspected from complete scholarly book mirror; primary original scholarship; use publisher bibliographic identity
Metin Coşgel, Ellen Nye and Emre Özer · Currency transition: the use of foreign coins and dollarization in seventeenth-century Ottoman Istanbul, Financial History Review, 3 August 2026 Citation S907 ·
Open source ↗Pamuk pp66–71,165; courts sectionIII
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.