Özet:

The National Archives of South Africa contain remarkable documents about the Sahra-Saharan Africa and the Ottoman State relations. In the archives of Meskur we are aware of the wealth of the first official communications about the relations with the South African airport, which began in 1853, as well as the archive documents of the Ottoman State, which also belong to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Moritus and the Comor Islands, are available. The implications related to the promotion of the Ankara typhtic goat and Turkish tobacco in South Africa left the place for religious relations in the second half of the 19th century with the people of the region where the influence of the Ottoman Hilafet was felt. With the Ottoman Men and Girls Messages, which Mederris Ebubekir Efendi opened in Cape Town on 16 January 1863 with the arrival of Hope Burnu, these remarkable relationships have moved to another dimension. It seems that the relations between the Ottoman Consulates Ohannes Majakyan and Mr. Mehmet Remzi, who are in charge in South Africa, are set on a stronger foundation. All of these historical relationships are available in its details in the South African National Archives, and so far our historians working in this field have escaped the attention of the Nazar. This study has made it possible to reveal the importance of the archive records in the South African National Archive in terms of Ottoman history printing.

Özet:

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

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