Date:
1792
Manuscripts:
From all the series of these memoranda (Layihalar), asked by Selim III, an abridged treatise was compiled, containing the parts of the individual memoranda which pertain to army reform, brought together under thematic categories (army, military stipends, auxiliary forces and artillery, cavalry). The abridged treatise published by Karal is preserved in two copies:
- Millet Ktp., Ali Emiri Tarih 71
- Topkapı Sarayı Kütüphanesi MS Yeni Gelenler 4050
The original reports are found in Topkapı Sarayı Arşivi, envelope E447.
Editions:
Karal, E. Z., “Nizâm-ı Cedîd’e dâir lâyihalar”, Tarih Vesikaları 1/6 (1941), 414-425; 2/8 (1942), 104-111; 2/11 (1943), 342-351; 2/12 (1943), 424-432 [in fact, the text published by Karal is the abridged treatise]
For full editions:
- Öğreten, A., “Nizâm-ı Cedîd’e dair Islâhât Lâyıhaları”, unpublished Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Istanbul University 1989
- Çağman, E., “III. Selim’e takdim edilen layıhalara göre Osmanlı Devleti’nde iktisadi değişme”, unpublished Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Marmara University 1995
Particular memoranda have also been published:
- “Sultan Selim-i Salis devrinde nizam-ı devlet hakkında mütalaat”, Tarih-i Osmani Encümeni Mecmuası 7/38 (H. 1332), 74-88; 7/41 (H. 1332), 321-346; 8/43 (H. 1333), 15-34
- Çağman, E., “III. Selim’e sunulan bir ıslahat raporu: Mehmet Şerif Efendi layihası”, Divan 7 (1999/2), 217-233
Summary:
Rasih Efendi suggests the translation of European books on the arts of war and the continuous training of the army (“restoring the nomadic conditions in the time of settled life”, vakt-ı hazarda askerimize bedeviyet hâlâtını kesb), with the help of military emissaries from the friendly European countries. Furthermore, the old regulations should be renewed and enforced according to the needs of the present (şimdiki mizac-ı vakte göre, zaruret-i zamana ve iktiza-yı vakta göre), if necessary (Kb107-108). He also proposes detailed measures for securing that the stipends go only to those entitled (Kc348-350). As for the artillery troops, their numbers could be reduced to one half with a respective rise in their wages (Kd425-427).
Thematic units:
Bibliography:
- Aksan, V., “Ottoman Political Writing, 1768-1808”, International Journal of Middle East Studies 25 (1993), 62-63
- Beydilli, K., “Kücük Kaynarca’dan Tanzimât’a ıslâhât düşünceleri”, İlmî Araştırmalar 8 (1999), 30-34
- Çağman, E., “III. Selim’e sunulan bir ıslahat raporu: Mehmet Şerif Efendi layihası”, Dîvân – İlmî Araştırmalar 7 (1999/2), 217-233
- Shaw, S. J., Between Old and New: The Ottoman Empire Under Sultan Selim III, 1789-1807, Cambridge MA 1971, 86-111
- Şakul, K., “Nizâm-ı Cedid düşüncesinde batılılaşma ve İslami modernleşme”, Dîvân – İlmî Araştırmalar 19 (2005), 117-150
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