Job title
4. Sinif Teftis Memuru
Group of job titles: Police
3 officials held the job title 4. Sinif Teftis Memuru. Its 6 annual entries run from 1865 to 1869 (AH 1282 to 1285). The median of the 6 recorded monthly salaries is 325 kuruş, against 625 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 1 place, Istanbul.
- Officials
- 3
- Years on recordAH 1282 to 1285, 4 years with an entry
- 1865 to 1869
- Median monthly salaryfrom 6 recorded salaries
- 325 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 1
Profile of the group: Police
No source read describes 4. Sinif Teftis Memuru by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.
Officials of the police (polis), which kept order in towns. A police organisation founded in 1845 was soon absorbed by the police command (Zaptiye Müşirliği) of 1846, and from 1881 a police force was set up permanently across the empire.
Requirements for entry
- from 1889 a police course taught candidates some law besides reading and writing
- a police school opened in Salonika in 1907, and others across the empire after 1909
History
From 1879 the Ministry of Police (Zaptiye Nezareti) dealt only with police work. In 1909 the ministry was abolished, and police work passed to the Directorate of Public Security (Emniyet-i Umumiye Müdüriyeti) under the Ministry of the Interior.
Sources
- Özcan, Abdülkadir (2013). Zaptiye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 44, 128-130. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 128-130. Used for: summary, requirements for entry, history.
Places
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 3 | 6 | 1865 to 1869 |
Ottoman officials recorded
3 officials, the one with most annual entries first.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmet Hamdi Efendi | 1865 to 1869 | 4 | 300 to 350 | Kayseri |
| Hasan Rifat | 1865/66 | 1 | 350 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Yekta Efendi | 1865/66 | 1 | 350 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
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.
Subjects
- 4. Sinif Teftis Memuru
- Ottoman job titles (Osmanlı memuriyet unvanları)
- Labour history (emek tarihi)
- Salaries of officials (memur maaşları)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)