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Job title

2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru

Group of job titles: Customs

5 officials held the job title 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru. Its 21 annual entries run from 1856 to 1903 (AH 1273 to 1320). The median of the 21 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 1.9 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 74 per cent of the other officials with a salary in the same year. Half of the officials have an entry in it in no more than 3 different years, and a quarter in 4 or more. It was the first title on record for 0 per cent of the officials and the last for 20 per cent. The entries name 9 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Parga, with 1.

Officials
5
Years on recordAH 1273 to 1320, 21 years with an entry
1856 to 1903
Median monthly salary1.89× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
1,000 kuruş
Places with officials
9
First job title on recordfor 0 of the 5 officials
0%

Profile of the group: Customs

No source read describes 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Officials of the customs. From 1860 the customs were run by salaried officials instead of tax farmers, and from 1870 by the Customs Administration (Rüsumat Emaneti) in Istanbul with seventeen directorates in the provinces and inspectors to check the work.

History

A regulation of 1891 set the procedures of the customs: hours, loading and unloading, transit, inspection, ships' manifests and bonded stores.

Sources

  1. Kütükoğlu, Mübahat S. (1996). Gümrük (Osmanlılar'da gümrük). TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 14, 263-268. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 263-268. Used for: summary, history.
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 21 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş, the mean 855 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320980 kuruş in 1902/032. Rusumat Kaza Muduru, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1856/5711,0001,0001,0001,000375
1857/5811,0001,0001,0001,000475
1872/731900900900900550
1873/7411,0001,0001,0001,000500
1874/7511,0001,0001,0001,000535
1875/7611,0001,0001,0001,000530
1878/7911,0001,0001,0001,000600
1879/8011,0001,0001,0001,000500
1880/8111,0001,0001,0001,000500
1881/8211,0001,0001,0001,000500
1888/8911,0001,0001,0001,000500
1889/901600600600600500
1890/911600600600600500
1891/9211,0001,0001,0001,000500
1892/9311,0001,0001,0001,000500
1893/941600600600600500
1894/951600600600600500
1895/961600600600600500
1896/971540540540540500
1897/981540540540540500
1902/031980980980980500

Salaries are nominal monthly amounts in kuruş, as assigned. The thick line is the median of each year and the thin line the mean. A year with fewer than 5 recorded salaries is drawn as an open mark and is not joined to the line.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
20%20%60%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

5 officials with a salary, each counted once in the band of the median of the official's salaries in this job. A bar runs from its number to the next; the last is 2,500 kuruş and more. Most officials (60%) are in the band 1,000 to 1,500 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 20000%10%
200 to 30000%17%
300 to 40000%18%
400 to 50000%17%
500 to 750120%23%
750 to 1,000120%5%
1,000 to 1,500360%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 21 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 1,000 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 1.89× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 1.2× and 2×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 74% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median1.89×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less74%0%25%50%75%100%

The dot is the median, the box the middle half of the entries. Dashed lines: the collection median of the same years (1×) and the middle of the paid officials (50%).

Where the job was held

All years
9 places with officials on record, 9 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Office or region
AydınKuşadasıOsmaneli (Lefke)PargaPilmarSalahoraVanVidin1 official

All 9 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Aydın1
Kuşadası1
Osmaneli (Lefke)1
Parga1
Pilmar1
Salahora1
Van1
Vidin1
Yemen1

Career paths: the titles just before and after

The number is the officials who made the move. Under it, the median change of the monthly salary: the first salary of the later title less the last salary of the earlier one, where at least 5 moves have both.

Held just before

The title of the entries just before a run of 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru. The 5 titles with most officials, of 5 moves in all.

  1. Gumruk Eminligi1
  2. Gumruk Mubassiri1
  3. Mukayyitregistry clerk1
  4. Rüsumat Memurucustoms official1
  5. Rusumat Muduru1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru to that title. The 4 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.

  1. Gumruk Kitabeti1
  2. Gumruk Muduru1
  3. Rusumat Kaza Muduru1
  4. Rusumat Muduru1

Of the 9 moves shown, 0 cross at least one year without an annual entry; nothing is known about those years. Two posts held in the same years are not counted as a move.

Time in the job

Years with an entry in the job
3 yearsmedian over 5 officials
A quarter of the officials
4 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
11 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it0%0 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it20%1 official
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 5 officials with a place recorded60%3 officials

Years are years with an annual entry in the job, each counted once for an official. They need not follow one another, and nothing is known about a year without an entry. With two posts in the first or last year, both count.

Who held the job

Officials of this jobWhole collection

Community

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)100%5

Age at the first annual entry in the job

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 190%0
  3. 20 to 240%0
  4. 25 to 290%0
  5. 30 to 3420%1
  6. 35 to 3940%2
  7. 40 and over40%2

Province of birth

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Trabzon province60%3
  2. Mamuretülaziz province20%1
  3. Syria (Suriye) province20%1

Schooling

5 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%. The groups of the schools recorded for each official.

  1. Primary60%3
  2. Higher or professional40%2

Languages

5 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

  1. Turkish100%5
  2. Arabic20%1
  3. French20%1

Qualification

5 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.

  1. No80%4
  2. Yes20%1

Places

Places of 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
PargaIoannina (Yanya) province161889 to 1897
Osmaneli (Lefke)Hüdavendigâr province141878 to 1882
AydınAydın province121874 to 1876
SalahoraIoannina (Yanya) province121891 to 1893
VidinDanube (Tuna) province121856 to 1858
KuşadasıAydın province111873/74
PilmarArchipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province111897/98
VanVan province111902/03
YemenYemen province111872/73

Ottoman officials recorded

5 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mustafa Musli Efendi1888 to 190311540 to 1,000Tirebolu
Mehmet Sukru Efendi ibn-i Ali1878 to 188241,000Trabzon
Abdulkadir Efendi1873 to 187631,000Damascus (Şam)
Ali Avnullah Efendi1856 to 185821,000Çemişgezek
Haci Tahsin Efendi1872/731900Trabzon

Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.

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