From the estate of captain Jovan Veljković (1789-1874) on the occasion of two hundred years from the establishment of the princely chancery

Abstract

Archival source materials as a type of movable cultural property form part of the cultural heritage of a nation and the world, and constitute lasting records of interest to culture, science and other social purposes. The documents of Jovan Veljković in Ottoman Turkish contained in the Papers of Vojislav Veljković (1865-1931) kept in the Historical Archives of Belgrade provide information about tribute col­lecting in the districts of Ražanj, Paraćin and Aleksinac, the reception of Vedjihi Pasha, and the purchase of land and shop sites from Ottoman Turks. The house of Jovan Veljković, now home to the Centre for Cultural Decontamination, testifies to the history of a family whose members 'managed to keep up their home through all changes Serbia underwent between 1804 and 1904, remaining a political presence throughout the turbulent century.'.

Keywords

• captain
• prince
• archival documents in Ottoman Turkish
• hüccet
• Jovan Veljković