Özet:

Hurufat records, one of the most important funds in the Vakif (Foundation) Archive, have primarily been the subject of scholarly discussion in relation to Turkey's urban historiography and settlement policies. However, the Hurufat records also contain information about the socio-economic and religious circumstances of the regions to which they belong. This study aims to reveal what the Hurufat records say about the district of Haji Bektash, which is an administrative unit but has a religious identity as Ser-çeşme, Haji Bektash Veli lodge. With the religious aspect, the Bektashi villages and non-Bektashi villages in the district, their mosques, masjids, madrasas, zawiyas, lodges, and foundations, if any, are described. For this purpose, the records of Haji Bektash and Mucur district in the Hurufat registers were analyzed. In the findings obtained, first of all, the district designations as Haji Bektash, Mucur mea Haji Bektash, and the associated neighborhoods and villages were revealed. Then, in terms of being a ser-çeşme, the Haji Bektash dervish lodge and the neighborhoods and villages connected to the dervish lodge are discussed. At this point, it can be said that the Haji Bektash Hurufat records contain much more information about the administrative size and structure of the kaza, particularly regarding the villages that were not regarded as Bektashī. On the other hand, information on the Bektashi villages and neighborhoods in the district, the Haji Bektash Dervish Lodge, its postnishins, dervishes, income and expenditures is quite limited The Hurufat records contain no information about the lodges and dervish lodges of the Bektashī order in other regions of the Ottoman Empire.

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