nişancı

Although the post of the court calligrapher was established during the reign of Orhan (1324–1361), the name {{lang|tr|nişancı}} came into use during the reign of Murat II (1421–1451). According to the law of Mehmet II (1451–1481), the {{lang|tr|nişancı}} was a member of the divan (Ottoman government). Beginning in the mid-18th century, the post lost its former importance, and in 1836, it was abolished.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dallog.net/kurumlar/nisanci.htm |title=Nişancı |lang=tr |access-date=2011-04-03 |website=Türk Tarihi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126022535/http://www.dallog.net/kurumlar/nisanci.htm |archive-date=2012-01-26 |url-status=dead }}

The {{lang|tr|nişancı}} was responsible for sealing the precepts of the sultan and the grand vizier. The {{lang|tr|nişancı}} was also responsible in supervising the divan's archives and keeping the records of the timar system (lands granted and taxation authority by the Ottoman sultans to bureaucrats and sipahi soldiers in return for their services). Up until the 17th century, the post of {{lang|tr|nişancı}} was also the equivalent of foreign minister. However, during the reign of Mehmet IV (1648–1687), reisülküttap (literally "the chief of clerks"), a post previously subordinate to that of the {{lang|tr|nişancı}}, replaced {{lang|tr|nişancı}} as the Ottoman Empire's foreign ministry.Gabor Agoston-Bruce Masters: Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire, {{ISBN|978-0-8160-6259-1}}, pp.50–51

• Karamanlı Mehmet Pasha (1477–1481)
• Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha (1688–1688)
• Elmas Mehmet Pasha (1695–1697)
• Nişancı Süleyman Pasha (1709-1712)
• Nişancı Ahmet Pasha (1740–1742)

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