Sultanın İhsanı: XVI. Yüzyılda Halilurrahman Surresi
Sultan’s Consent: Halilurrahman’s Surre in the Sixteenth Century

Summary/Abstract: The tradition of sending surre to Muslims living in sacred places, which emerged in the early periods of Islamic civilization, was continued in the Ottoman period. In addition to Mecca and Medina, there is also the city of Hebron, which is administratively bound to Jerusalem, among those who have their share of the surre. The surre, which was sent to the city of Hebron, was distributed entirely to the Halilurrahman Foundation employees. The main function of the Halilurrahman Foundation, the largest foundation institution in the city, was to provide food service to Muslim scholars and the poors. In this respect, the distribution of the Halilurrahman’s surre among the foundation employees shows the importance the Ottoman State gave to the foundation. Foundation employees were financially supported with surre allocations so that the foundation services would not be interrupted. This study aims to determine the state of the surre sent to Halilurrahman, a sub-district of Jerusalem, in the sixteenth century and to reveal information on its details. In the study, the surre registers named as Surre-i Hâkâniye-i Rûmiye-i Cedîde, that is, the allocation of the Ottoman sultans, were taken as basis.

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