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2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti

Group of job titles: Justice and legal affairs

12 officials held the job title 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti. Its 51 annual entries run from 1860 to 1910 (AH 1277 to 1327). The median of the 51 recorded monthly salaries is 2,000 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 4 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 90 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 7 or more. It was the first title on record for 8 per cent of the officials and the last for 25 per cent. The entries name 14 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 2.

Officials
12
Years on recordAH 1277 to 1327, 32 years with an entry
1860 to 1910
Median monthly salary4× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
2,000 kuruş
Places with officials
14
First job title on recordfor 1 of the 12 officials
8%

Profile of the group: Justice and legal affairs

No source read describes 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Officials of the courts and offices of the Ministry of Justice (Adliye), created on 14 February 1870 from the court Divan-ı Ahkam-ı Adliye. The new courts (nizamiye) were set up in the provinces from the 1860s.

History

The regulation of 21 May 1879 organised the ministry as the Ministry of Justice and Sects (Adliye ve Mezahib Nezareti), with an undersecretary, a corresponding secretary, directors for criminal and civil affairs, for the records of officials and for documents, and an accountant. The commercial courts came under the ministry in 1875.

Sources

  1. Findley, Carter V. (1980). Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire: The Sublime Porte, 1789-1922. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Pages or part: 178. Used for: summary.
  2. Yavuz, Hulusi (1988). Adliye Nezâreti. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 1, 389-390. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 389. Used for: summary, history.
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 51 recorded monthly salaries is 2,000 kuruş, the mean 1,949 kuruş.
01,0002,0003,0004,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13253,500 kuruş in 1909/102. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1860/6111,0001,0001,0001,000500
1861/6211,0001,0001,0001,000600
1862/6311,0001,0001,0001,000500
1863/6411,0001,0001,0001,000500
1864/6511,0001,0001,0001,000625
1865/6611,5001,5001,5001,500650
1867/6812,5002,5002,5002,500600
1869/7011,0001,0001,0001,000600
1870/7111,0001,0001,0001,000600
1872/7311,5001,5001,5001,500550
1873/7412,0002,0002,0002,000500
1874/7512,0002,0002,0002,000535
1875/7622,0002,0002,0002,000530
1876/7722,0002,0002,0002,000575
1877/7812,0002,0002,0002,000560
187822,0002,0002,0002,000600
1878/7912,0002,0002,0002,000600
1879/8022,0002,0002,0002,000500
1880/8132,0002,0002,0002,000500
1881/8242,0002,0002,0002,000500
1882/8332,0002,0002,0002,000500
1883/8422,0002,0002,0002,000500
1884/8522,0002,0002,0002,000500
1885/8612,0002,0002,0002,000500
1886/8712,0002,0002,0002,000500
1895/9622,2502,2501,8752,625500
1896/9722,1752,1751,762.52,587.5500
1897/9822,1752,1751,762.52,587.5500
1898/9922,6002,6002,5502,650500
1899/190022,2502,2502,0252,475500
1900/0122,2502,2502,0252,475500
1909/1013,5003,5003,5003,500462.5

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
17%58%25%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

12 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 (58%) are in the band 1,500 to 2,500 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti 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 75000%23%
750 to 1,00000%5%
1,000 to 1,500217%4%
1,500 to 2,500758%2%
2,500 and more325%1%

The median of the 51 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 2,000 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 4× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 3.33× and 4×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 90% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median4×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×8×Share of paid officials earning less90%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
14 places with officials on record, 14 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) Other place
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)Beirut (Beyrut)Bitola (Manastır)ÇanakkaleCanikErzurumIzmir (İzmir)2 officials1 official

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. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti. Pay: the change on moving from that title to 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti. The 8 titles with most officials, of 13 moves in all.

  1. Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti3
  2. 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti2
  3. Askersoldier1
  4. Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi1
  5. Bidayet Mahkemesi Baskitabeti1
  6. Ceza Dairesi Mulazimi1
  7. Mahkeme Azasi1
  8. Mesalihi Iflasiye Riyaseti1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti. Pay: the change on moving from 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti to that title. The 8 titles with most officials, of 11 moves in all.

  1. 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti2
  2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Muaviniassistant at a court of first instance2
  3. 1. Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi1
  4. Asar Muduru1
  5. Istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi1
  6. Istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti1
  7. Tahkik Memuru1
  8. Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi1

Of the 21 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
3.5 yearsmedian over 12 officials
A quarter of the officials
6.25 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
10 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it8%1 official
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it25%3 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 12 officials with a place recorded83%10 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

12 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)83%10
  2. Armenian Christian (Ermeni)8%1
  3. Greek Orthodox Christian (Rum)8%1

Age at the first annual entry in the job

12 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 190%0
  3. 20 to 240%0
  4. 25 to 298%1
  5. 30 to 3442%5
  6. 35 to 3933%4
  7. 40 and over17%2

Province of birth

12 officials with it recorded. 2 other values not shown.

  1. Erzurum province17%2
  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province17%2
  3. Aydın province8%1
  4. Baghdad (Bağdat) province8%1
  5. Biga province8%1
  6. Danube (Tuna) province8%1
  7. Ioannina (Yanya) province8%1
  8. Konya province8%1

Schooling

12 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. Higher or professional42%5
  2. Primary33%4
  3. Community school17%2
  4. Religious school (medrese)8%1

Languages

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

  1. Turkish100%12
  2. French33%4
  3. Greek (Rum)25%3
  4. Arabic17%2
  5. Armenian8%1
  6. English8%1
  7. Persian8%1

Qualification

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

  1. No67%6
  2. Yes33%3

Source of the record

12 officials with it recorded.

  1. Post and Telegraph75%9
  2. Cross-ministry workbook25%3

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1881/82 (AH 1299) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 32.
012341863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13254 in 1881/82Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1860/61 (AH 1277)111
1861/62 (AH 1278)101
1862/63 (AH 1279)101
1863/64 (AH 1280)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1869/70 (AH 1286)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)111
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)202
1876/77 (AH 1293)202
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)212
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)212
1880/81 (AH 1298)303
1881/82 (AH 1299)414
1882/83 (AH 1300)303
1883/84 (AH 1301)202
1884/85 (AH 1302)202
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)212
1896/97 (AH 1314)202
1897/98 (AH 1315)212
1898/99 (AH 1316)212
1899/1900 (AH 1317)212
1900/01 (AH 1318)202
1909/10 (AH 1327)111

An official is counted once in a year. First recorded is the first year in which the collection has an annual entry of the official on this page. It is not a hiring date.

Ottoman officials recorded

12 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Haci Lutfullah Bey1860 to 1883101,000 to 2,000Erzurum
İsmail Hakki Efendi1872 to 187871,500 to 2,000Erzincan
Kapril Efendi1878 to 189872,000 to 3,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Agop Efendi1879 to 188562,000Izmir (İzmir)
Ahmet Lutfu Efendi1881 to 188762,000Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Huseyin Sevki Efendi1869 to 187741,000 to 2,000Volos (Golos)
Musa Kazim Efendi1898 to 190132,700Baghdad (Bağdat)
Halil Kamil Efendi1895 to 189721,350 to 1,500Akşehir
Mehmet Ali Efendi1899 to 190121,800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fuat Paşa1897 to 189921,350 to 2,500Mosul (Musul)
İsmail Hakki Bey1867/6812,500Ioannina (Yanya)
Mehmet Memduh Bey1909/1013,500Ezine

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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