The Orphan Funds in the Ottoman Empire – the Tran Fund 1872 – 1875 Cover Image

Сирашките каси в Османската империя – Трънската каса 1872 – 1875 г.
The Orphan Funds in the Ottoman Empire – the Tran Fund 1872 – 1875

Author(s): Nadya Manolova-Nikolova
Subject(s): History, Economy, Micro-Economics, Economic history, Local History / Microhistory, Modern Age, Financial Markets
Published by: Център за стопанско-исторически изследвания
Keywords: the Ottoman Empire; Orphan's Fund; Bulgaria; Bulgarian settlements

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to publish and analyze a valuable Ottoman document from 1872 to 1875. The document is kept in the State Archives of the town of Pernik. It represents an official register of loans granted by property for orphans. The register is the so-called Orphan's Fund in the town of Tran (today in Bulgaria), in the document – Iznebol . The creation of orphan's funds in between 60s and 70s of the ХІХ century was done by the reformers in the Danube Vilayet (Province) of the Ottoman Empire. Their set-up and importance is very poorly studied.

  • Issue Year: II/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 375-387
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bulgarian