Maarif-i Umumiye Nezareti
Maarif-i Umumiye Nezareti (1857 - November 4, 1922), or Maarif-i Nezareti for short, was the Ministry of Public Education in the closing decades of the Ottoman Empire. As part of Ottoman administrative reforms and modernization efforts in the early 19th century, a bureaucracy for managing education developed in stages, with a dedicated office (Mekatib-i Rüştiye Nezareti) established in 1838. With the Tanzimat reforms, this office was elevated to a ministry in 1857. It oversaw important changes to the education system in the 19th century, including the establishment of secondary schools and universities and the increasing secularization of education.
Ottoman Irredentism in Africa.
مفصل افريقا خريطة / [Detailed Map of Africa].
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This is a rare, large-format Ottoman Turkish wall map of Africa, produced c. 1908 by the empire's Ministry of Public Education. It reflects the efforts of Ottoman reformers to disseminate geographic knowledge through the education system while also reinforcing pride in the empire through irredentism and maximalist territorial claims. (more details)
Dying Days of the Ottoman Empire.
عثمانلي وطن / [Ottoman Homeland].
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A scarce, large-format folding map of the Ottoman Empire, produced c. 1917 by the Ministry of Public Education (Maarif-i Umumiye Nezareti) to demonstrate the empire's historical territorial changes. Produced at a time of drastic transition, the map harkens to the Ottomans' glorious history as well as their precarious contemporary situation, as a modern, territorial sense of nationhood was supplanting an older system of suzerainty and adaptive rule over diverse, multiethnic populations. (more details)