Özet:

In the Islamic world, one of the important institutions of zawiya and dervish lodges during the Ottoman Empire was transformed into a corporate structure. They have seen important services in social assistance and solidarity with jihad and settlement policy. Dervish lodges and zawiya, which are science, art, literature, and educational institutions, were placed under the supervision and control of the Ministry of Evkâf-ı Hümayun after 1826. There are many dervish lodges and zawiya in Kütahya in the 19th century. Auctions were organized to operate the mukataa of dervish lodges and zawiya with a land tenure system. In this study, in the 19th century, the auction transactions of the Eskişehir, İnönü, Seyid Gazi, Karacaşehir, Bilecik and Söğüd districts subjected to the Kütahya Sanjak and the zawiya-foundation revenues in their villages and the data in some accounting documents were analyzed and evaluated based on archive documents.During this period, it is seen that the lodges' foundations in this region did not have the enough resources showing that they played an active role in the life of the society, although they continued their existence. There was a demand for the income of the lodges in direct proportion to the resources they had. Unsolicited foundations due to their lack of income potential were managed by state officials. In the light of these data, it was possible to obtain information about the administrative structure of the Kütahya Sanjak in the 19th century.