Ottoman Siyaq Number Two Hundred
Ottoman Siyaq Number Two Hundred at U+1ED14 is a specialist numeric sign for the value 200 in the Ottoman siyaq accounting notation. It belongs to the Ottoman Siyaq Numbers block and is categorized as a numeric character rather than a modern decimal digit. Its real use is in reading, transcribing, and digitally representing Ottoman financial and administrative records. Siyaq numerals were used by scribes in account books, tax registers, treasury documents, waqf records, inventories, and other ledgers, where compact dedicated signs represented values such as ðž´” instead of spelling out the number in ordinary Arabic-script text. Today the character appears mainly in Ottoman paleography, archival cataloging, academic editions, historical databases, and font or OCR work for manuscript material. It is not used for everyday Turkish numbering and will not behave like the digits in ordinary arithmetic entry; many systems also lack fonts that display Ottoman Siyaq signs clearly.