Job title
Asar 2. Kitabeti
Group of job titles: Tax and treasury
4 officials held the job title Asar 2. Kitabeti. Its 8 annual entries run from 1878 to 1888 (AH 1296 to 1305). The median of the 8 recorded monthly salaries is 245 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 4 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Hillah (Hille), with 1.
- Officials
- 4
- Years on recordAH 1296 to 1305, 7 years with an entry
- 1878 to 1888
- Median monthly salaryfrom 8 recorded salaries
- 245 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 4
Profile of the group: Tax and treasury
No source read describes Asar 2. Kitabeti by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.
Officials of the Ministry of Finance (Maliye) and of the Public Debt Administration (Düyun-ı Umumiye). The Ministry of Finance took the place of the old chief treasurer (defterdar) in 1841; the Public Debt Administration was set up by the decree of 20 December 1881 to manage revenues assigned to the foreign creditors.
Sources
- Kütükoğlu, Mübahat S. (1994). Defterdar. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 9, 94-96. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 95. Used for: summary.
- Küçük, Cevdet and Ertüzün, Tevfik (1994). Düyûn-ı Umûmiyye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 10, 58-62. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 59-61. Used for: summary.
Where the job was held
| Place | Officials | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Hillah (Hille) | 1 | |
| Preševo (Preşova) | 1 | |
| Şanlıurfa (Urfa) | 1 | |
| Veles (Köprülü) | 1 |
Places
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillah (Hille) | Baghdad (Bağdat) province | 1 | 4 | 1884 to 1888 |
| Veles (Köprülü) | Thessaloniki (Selanik) province | 1 | 2 | 1882 to 1884 |
| Preševo (Preşova) | Kosovo (Kosova) province | 1 | 1 | 1878/79 |
| Şanlıurfa (Urfa) | Aleppo (Halep) province | 1 | 1 | 1885/86 |
Ottoman officials recorded
4 officials, the one with most annual entries first.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmet Tevfik Efendi | 1884 to 1888 | 4 | 240 | Baghdad (Bağdat) |
| Mehmet Resmi Efendi | 1882 to 1884 | 2 | 450 | Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener) |
| Ali Sefik Efendi | 1885/86 | 1 | 350 | Şanlıurfa (Urfa) |
| Mehmet Amil Bey | 1878/79 | 1 | 250 | 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
- Asar 2. Kitabeti
- 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)