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Job title

Asar Basmemuru

Group of job titles: Tax and treasury

2 officials held the job title Asar Basmemuru. Its 3 annual entries run from 1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296). The median of the 3 recorded monthly salaries is 3,000 kuruş, against 600 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 2 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Zor, with 1.

Officials
2
Years on recordAH 1295 to 1296, 2 years with an entry
1878 to 1879
Median monthly salaryfrom 3 recorded salaries
3,000 kuruş
Places with officials
2

Profile of the group: Tax and treasury

No source read describes Asar Basmemuru 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 Basmemuru, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
ZorZor province121878 to 1879
CelebipazariEdirne province111878/79

Ottoman officials recorded

2 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Asar Basmemuru
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Cafer Sadik Efendi1878 to 187923,000Nicosia (Lefkoşa)
Beyovik Arif Efendi1878/791800Hersek

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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