The Importance of the National Archives of South Africa for the Ottoman Historiography

Year 2019, Volume: 83 Issue: 298, 933 - 956, 22.12.2019

Halim Gençoğlu

https://doi.org/10.37879/belleten.2019.933

Abstract

National Archives of South Africa (NASA) contain remarkable materials regarding the historical relationship between Turkey and Southern Africa, a fact sometimes overlooked by Turkish scholars. The archival documents particularly provide insightful information with regard to Ottoman traces in Sub-saharan Africa and the establishment of Ottoman relations with states such as Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Comoros, Mozambique and South Africa, the fi rst of which dates back to 1853.
Commercial relations began with the import of Angora goats and Turkish Tobacco to South Africa, while the religious links between South African Muslim and Ottoman Caliphate gained more popularity in the region after the second half of the nineteenth century, with the arrival of the Ottoman theologian Abu Bakr Eff endi to the Cape Colony on the 16th of January 1863, and the establishment of his Theological schools for Muslim males and females. As for diplomatic links, the Ottoman Consul-
Generals Ohannes Bey and Mehmet Remzi Bey strengthened the relations between two countries. Detailed correspondences between Turkey and South Africa have been recorded and are available in the National Archives of South Africa. These important archival materials have yet to be woven into historical accounts about cross-national links by Turkish scholars. This paper attempts to highlight the importance of archival sources in South African National Archives for Ottoman historiography

Keywords

African Studies, Ottoman Empire, South Africa, National Archives, Cape of Good Hope, Ottoman Historiography

Güney Afrika Milli Arşivlerinin Osmanlı Tarih Yazıcılığı Açısından Önemi

Abstract

Güney Afrika Milli Arşivleri, Sahra-altı Afrikası ile Osmanlı Devleti münasebetleri ile ilgili kayda değer belgeler içermektedirler. Mezkur arşivlerde varlıĝından haberdar
oldugumuz 1853 yılında başlayan Güney Afrika havalisiyle ilgili münasebetlere dair ilk resmi yazışmaların yanı sıra Osmanlı Devleti`nin aynı zamanda Mozambik, Zimbabve, Moritus ve Komor adalarına ait arşiv belgeleri mevcuttur. Ankara tiftik keçisi ve Türk tütününün Güney Afrika’da tanıtımıyla ilgili münasebetler 19. yüzyılın ikinci yarısında bölge halkıyla Osmanlı Hilafetinin etkisinin hissedildiği dini ilişkilere yerini bırakmıştır. Müderris Ebubekir Efendi’nin 16 Ocak 1863 tarihinde Ümit Burnu’na varışıyla Cape Town’da açtığı Osmanlı Erkek ve Kız Mektepleri ile bu kayda değer münasebetler başka bir boyuta taşınmıştır. Akabinde Güney Afrika’da vazife
yapan Osmanlı başkonsolosları Ohannes Majakyan ve Mehmet Remzi Bey’le iki ülke arasındaki ilişkilerin daha sağlam temellere oturtulduğu anlaşılıyor. Tüm bu söz
konusu tarihi ilişkilerle ilgili yazışmalar Güney Afrika Milli Arşivlerinde ayrıntılarıyla mevcut olup günümüze kadar bu sahada çalışan tarihçilerimizin nazar-ı dikkatinden
kaçmıştır. Bu çalışma Güney Afrika Milli Arşivindeki mezkur arşiv kayıtlarının Osmanlı tarih yazıcılığı açısından önemini ortaya koymayı gaye edinmiştir.

Keywords

Afrika Çalışmaları, Osmanlı İmparatorluĝu, Güney Afrika, Güney Afrika Milli Arşivleri, Ümit Burnu, Osmanlı Tarih Yazıcılığı

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