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Asar 3. Kitabeti

Group of job titles: Tax and treasury

2 officials held the job title Asar 3. Kitabeti. Its 6 annual entries run from 1880 to 1885 (AH 1298 to 1302). The median of the 6 recorded monthly salaries is 240 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 2 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Şanlıurfa (Urfa), with 1.

Officials
2
Years on recordAH 1298 to 1302, 5 years with an entry
1880 to 1885
Median monthly salaryfrom 6 recorded salaries
240 kuruş
Places with officials
2

Profile of the group: Tax and treasury

No source read describes Asar 3. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Places

Places of Asar 3. Kitabeti, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)Aleppo (Halep) province151880 to 1885
Servia (Serfiçe)Bitola (Manastır) province111880/81

Ottoman officials recorded

2 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Asar 3. Kitabeti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ali Sefik Efendi1880 to 18855240Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Mehmet Resmi Efendi1880/811320Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)

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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