Job title

Başmüdür Kitabeti

Clerkship of the chief director's office

Başmüdür Kitabeti is the job title in 646 annual entries of 108 officials, from 1876 to 1911 (AH 1293 to 1329). The median of the 646 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş. The entries name 37 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Aydın, with 11.

Officials: 108
Annual entries1876 to 1911, AH 1293 to 1329: 646
Year with most officials35 officials: 1899/1900
Median monthly salaryfrom 646 recorded salaries: 600 kuruş
Places with officials: 37

Stored spellings: Basmudur Kitabeti; basmudur kitabeti

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1899/1900 (AH 1317) with 35 officials. Years with an annual entry: 36.

The same numbers as a table

Officials on record each year, Başmüdür Kitabeti
Year	Officials on record	First recorded	Annual entries
1876/77 (AH 1293)	2	2	2
1877/78 (AH 1294)	3	2	3
1878 (AH 1295)	5	2	5
1878/79 (AH 1296)	6	1	6
1879/80 (AH 1297)	7	1	7
1880/81 (AH 1298)	11	4	11
1881/82 (AH 1299)	12	3	12
1882/83 (AH 1300)	10	1	10
1883/84 (AH 1301)	11	1	11
1884/85 (AH 1302)	13	4	13
1885/86 (AH 1303)	15	3	15
1886/87 (AH 1304)	19	3	19
1887/88 (AH 1305)	26	8	26
1888/89 (AH 1306)	25	2	25
1889/90 (AH 1307)	27	5	27
1890/91 (AH 1308)	29	2	29
1891/92 (AH 1309)	28	3	28
1892/93 (AH 1310)	26	7	26
1893/94 (AH 1311)	26	4	26
1894/95 (AH 1312)	31	7	31
1895/96 (AH 1313)	25	0	25
1896/97 (AH 1314)	27	5	27
1897/98 (AH 1315)	28	3	28
1898/99 (AH 1316)	34	10	34
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	35	5	35
1900/01 (AH 1318)	34	3	34
1901/02 (AH 1319)	28	1	28
1902/03 (AH 1320)	28	5	28
1903/04 (AH 1321)	25	3	25
1904/05 (AH 1322)	17	0	17
1905/06 (AH 1323)	13	2	13
1906/07 (AH 1324)	12	2	12
1907/08 (AH 1325)	1	0	1
1909/10 (AH 1327)	2	2	2
1910/11 (AH 1328)	3	1	3
1911 (AH 1329)	2	1	2

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.

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 646 recorded monthly salaries is 600 kuruş, the mean 598 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table

Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Başmüdür Kitabeti
Year	Recorded salaries	Median	Mean	Lower quartile	Upper quartile	Median of the whole collection
1876/77	2	600	600	600	600	575
1877/78	3	600	616.67	600	625	560
1878	5	760	712	600	800	600
1878/79	6	680	643.33	600	790	600
1879/80	7	570	501.43	425	600	500
1880/81	11	570	525.91	437.5	600	500
1881/82	12	570	534.17	475	600	500
1882/83	10	535	524	425	600	500
1883/84	11	600	547.27	450	600	500
1884/85	13	600	542.31	500	600	500
1885/86	15	500	525.33	400	600	500
1886/87	19	500	491.58	380	600	500
1887/88	26	525	546.92	400	737.5	500
1888/89	25	600	606.4	500	760	500
1889/90	27	600	596.67	450	755	500
1890/91	29	500	550.86	400	750	500
1891/92	28	550	563.82	400	750	500
1892/93	26	600	555.96	400	700	500
1893/94	26	600	573.46	401.25	693.75	500
1894/95	31	600	592.74	400	725	500
1895/96	25	600	624.68	400	700	500
1896/97	27	600	604.15	452.5	687.5	500
1897/98	28	570	608.93	403.75	728.75	500
1898/99	34	575	630.94	510	723.75	500
1899/1900	35	600	645.86	500	722.5	500
1900/01	34	585	620.15	500	747.5	500
1901/02	28	555	603.04	495	695	500
1902/03	28	585	627.68	500	760	500
1903/04	25	610	621	500	750	475
1904/05	17	680	669.71	580	790	450
1905/06	13	700	659.23	540	800	475
1906/07	12	745	723.75	586.25	812.5	450
1907/08	1	700	700	700	700	300
1909/10	2	650	650	575	725	462.5
1910/11	3	800	1,016.67	650	1,275	500
1911	2	1,025	1,025	662.5	1,387.5	500

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.

Places

Places of Başmüdür Kitabeti, the place with most officials first
Place	Province	Officials	Annual entries	Years
Aydın	Aydın province	11	59	1877 to 1907
Istanbul (Dersaadet)	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	10	43	1880 to 1911
Aleppo (Halep)	Aleppo (Halep) province	8	33	1886 to 1905
Diyarbakır	Diyarbakır province	7	59	1877 to 1906
Bursa	Hüdavendigâr province	6	50	1884 to 1907
Thessaloniki (Selanik)	Thessaloniki (Selanik) province	6	46	1878 to 1907
Adana	Adana province	6	30	1893 to 1907
Beirut (Beyrut)	Beirut (Beyrut) province	5	31	1884 to 1903
Suriye	Syria (Suriye) province	5	31	1876 to 1905
Izmir (İzmir)	Aydın province	5	30	1885 to 1904
Ioannina (Yanya)	Ioannina (Yanya) province	5	20	1882 to 1905
Erzurum	Erzurum province	5	19	1894 to 1911
Van	Van province	5	19	1886 to 1906
Baghdad (Bağdat)	Baghdad (Bağdat) province	4	32	1880 to 1907
Kosova	Kosovo (Kosova) province	4	19	1878 to 1904
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)	Tripoli (Trablusgarp) province	4	18	1887 to 1907
Trabzon	Trabzon province	4	13	1893 to 1911
Kastamonu	Kastamonu province	3	21	1881 to 1902
Yemen	Yemen province	3	11	1887 to 1902
Ankara	Ankara province	3	9	1892 to 1899
Edirne	Edirne province	3	9	1880 to 1908
Hicaz	Hejaz (Hicaz) province	2	10	1898 to 1911
Konya	Konya province	2	8	1889 to 1905
Sivas	Sivas province	2	3	1898 to 1901
Cizre	Diyarbakır province	1	6	1884 to 1890

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Places of Başmüdür Kitabeti, the place with most officials first, continued
Place	Province	Officials	Annual entries	Years
Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)	Sivas province	1	3	1886 to 1889
Fizan	Tripoli (Trablusgarp) province	1	2	1903 to 1905
Merzifon	Sivas province	1	2	1898 to 1900
Zile	Sivas province	1	2	1900 to 1902
Bosna	Bosnia (Bosna) province	1	1	1878
Cemcemal	Mosul (Musul) province	1	1	1880/81
Damascus (Şam)	Syria (Suriye) province	1	1	1900/01
Hakkâri	Van province	1	1	1881/82
Harput	Mamuretülaziz province	1	1	1883/84
Silifke	Adana province	1	1	1894/95
Skopje (Üsküp)	Kosovo (Kosova) province	1	1	1894/95
Sofia (Sofya)	Danube (Tuna) province	1	1	1876/77

Ottoman officials recorded

108 officials, the one with most annual entries first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Başmüdür Kitabeti
Official	Years	Annual entries	Kuruş a month	Birthplace
Abdullah Efendi	1878 to 1901	24	690 to 1,000	Kemaliye (Eğin)
Hacı Sadık Efendi	1881 to 1907	24	600 to 850	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
David Efendi	1887 to 1906	19	600 to 820	Diyarbakır
Mehmet Rıza Efendi	1879 to 1897	18	200 to 675	Izmir (İzmir)
Mehmet Lebip Efendi	1880 to 1897	17	475 to 700	Baghdad (Bağdat)
Hafız Bekir Sıdkı Efendi	1877 to 1892	16	600 to 1,000	Izmir (İzmir)
Mustafa Esir Efendi	1887 to 1903	16	800 to 1,200	Cebeli lubnan
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi	1876 to 1907	15	475 to 950	Sofia (Sofya)
Hafız Ahmet Vefik Efendi	1887 to 1902	15	150 to 300	Thessaloniki (Selanik)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi	1889 to 1904	15	500 to 700	Ruse (Rusçuk)
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi	1878 to 1891	13	280 to 600	Serres (Siroz)
Ali Rıza Efendi	1885 to 1899	13	500 to 800	Omurtag (Osmanpazarı)
Mahmut Galib Efendi	1880 to 1892	12	380 to 900	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Celal Efendi	1888 to 1905	12	300 to 540	Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Ali Rıza Efendi	1888 to 1899	11	740 to 942	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Hulusi Efendi	1896 to 1907	11	400 to 800	Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Mehmet Ragıb Efendi	1896 to 1907	11	400 to 790	Tripoli (Trablusgarp)
Mehmet Sabri Efendi	1885 to 1896	11	300 to 400	Niš (Niş)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi	1894 to 1904	10	540 to 700	Erzurum
İbrahim Hakki Efendi	1882 to 1907	10	500 to 545	Trikala (Tırhala)
Mehmet İzzet Efendi	1892 to 1902	10	720 to 900	Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ahmet Halit Efendi	1884 to 1893	9	600 to 700	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi	1894 to 1903	9	300 to 500	Skopje (Üsküp)
Mehmet Hilmi Efendi	1898 to 1908	9	700 to 1,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Vehbi Efendi	1881 to 1892	9	500 to 800	Sivas

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Officials of Başmüdür Kitabeti, continued
Official	Years	Annual entries	Kuruş a month	Birthplace
Musa Kazım Efendi	1892 to 1901	9	540 to 800	Jerusalem (Kudüs)
Hasan Cemal Efendi	1887 to 1895	8	400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Rahmi Efendi	1878 to 1892	8	600 to 1,000	Bitola (Manastır)
Kayser Minir Efendi	1884 to 1892	8	300 to 500	Lubnan
Mehmet Emin Efendi	1898 to 1907	8	540 to 700	Aydın
Tahsin Necati Efendi	1896 to 1904	8	675 to 900	Çemişgezek
Ahmet Refik Efendi	1898 to 1905	7	250 to 800	Crete (Girit)
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi	1883 to 1890	7	750 to 760	Diyarbakır
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi	1898 to 1905	7	420 to 580	Lubnan
Hüseyin Sıtkı Efendi	1892 to 1899	7	405 to 545	Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mahmut Celalettin Efendi	1897 to 1904	7	250	Van
Yosef Sava Efendi	1876 to 1882	7	570 to 600	Deir al-Qamar (Deyrülkamer)
Ahmet Necip Efendi	1892 to 1898	6	500 to 600	Rethymno (Resmo)
Ahmet Rıfat Efendi	1898 to 1904	6	500 to 610	Kazanlak (Kızanlık)
Ahmet Rüştü Efendi	1884 to 1890	6	600	Bursa
Eyüp Sabri Efendi	1887 to 1893	6	300	Tetovo (Kalkandelen)
Hafız Ahmet Efendi	1896 to 1902	6	600 to 740	Bosna
Kigork Zihni Efendi	1893 to 1899	6	475 to 640	Ankara
Lazari John Efendi	1889 to 1895	6	600	Konya
Mehmet Arif Efendi	1891 to 1897	6	600 to 615	Gaziantep (Antep)
Mehmet Arif Efendi	1894 to 1900	6	1,350 to 2,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Sabri Efendi	1892 to 1898	6	630 to 700	Aleppo (Halep)
Abdülhadi Efendi	1896 to 1901	5	600 to 800	Artvin (Livane)
Abdülkadir Ziya Efendi	1897 to 1902	5	540	Sivas
Ahmet Bican Efendi	1902 to 1907	5	400 to 450	Erzurum
Hafiz İbrahim Rüştü Efendi	1889 to 1895	5	400 to 700	Kastamonu
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi	1900 to 1905	5	400 to 500	Adana
İbrahim Edhem Efendi	1884 to 1889	5	500	Sivas
Mehmet Mehdi Efendi	1877 to 1881	5	570 to 600	Diyarbakır
Salim Sabri Efendi	1899 to 1904	5	400 to 500	Edirne
Abdurrezak Bey Efendi	1899 to 1903	4	570	Basra
Ahmet Salih Efendi	1901 to 1905	4	500 to 820	Aleppo (Halep)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi	1898 to 1902	4	1,000	Debrei bala
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi	1898 to 1902	4	550	Sivas
Mehmet Talat Efendi	1899 to 1903	4	600	Edirne
Ömer Fevzi Efendi	1887 to 1891	4	700	Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ali Kazım Efendi	1885 to 1888	3	380	Gelibolu
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi	1889 to 1892	3	150 to 162	Kemaliye (Eğin)
Mehmet Kamil Efendi	1889 to 1892	3	500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Asım Efendi	1894 to 1907	3	200 to 500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yusuf Cemil Efendi	1886 to 1889	3	150 to 200	Aleppo (Halep)
Abdurarhim Rahmi Efendi	1898 to 1900	2	720	Harput
Ali sefik Efendi	1899 to 1906	2	500 to 540	Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Hamza Bahaeddin Efendi	1909 to 1911	2	500	Jeddah (Cidde)
Hüseyin Adil Efendi	1903 to 1905	2	700 to 730	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Niyazi Efendi	1880 to 1882	2	500	Plovdiv (Filibe)
İbrahim Basri Efendi	1890 to 1892	2	50 to 100	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kurtoğlu İsmail Hakkı Efendi	1909 to 1911	2	800	Trabzon
Mahmut Mesut Efendi	1894 to 1896	2	200	Erzurum
Mehmet Akif Efendi	1910 to 1911	2	1,750	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Erşed Efendi	1891 to 1893	2	50 to 150	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fehim Efendi	1890 to 1896	2	100 to 262	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Niyazi Efendi	1893 to 1895	2	500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi	1892 to 1894	2	150 to 180	Sivas
Mustafa Hakkı Efendi	1903 to 1905	2	600	Damascus (Şam)
Şevket Efendi	1886 to 1888	2	300	Urla
Ziya Efendi	1902 to 1904	2	500	Amasya
Abdurrahman Halis Efendi	1900/01	1	540	Sivas
Ali Fevzi Efendi	1899/1900	1	600	Çankırı
Ali Rıza Efendi	1891/92	1	500	Bitola (Manastır)
Antranik Efendi	1897/98	1	600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Devidras Avram Efendi	1906/07	1	800	Izmir (İzmir)
Hacı Mehmet Arif Efendi	1892/93	1	400	Bursa
Hafiz ibrahim Nefʻî Efendi	1902/03	1	900	Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Hasan Neşet Efendi	1887/88	1	500	Niš (Niş)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi	1886/87	1	380	Antalya
Hüseyin Hulusi Efendi	1902/03	1	700	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Hakkı Efendi	1881/82	1	600	Pleven (Plevne)
Mehmed Sami Efendi	1887/88	1	1,000	Kütahya
Mehmet Behiç Efendi	1911	1	300	Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)
Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi	1903/04	1	500	Pristina (Priştine)
Mehmet Rauf Efendi	1906/07	1	600	Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Mehmet Reşat Efendi	1902/03	1	750	Bitola (Manastır)
Mehmet Sait Efendi	1900/01	1	600	Damascus (Şam)
Osman Nuri Efendi	1894/95	1	800	Arapgir
Salih Hayri Efendi	1893/94	1	400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0087_0089, sayfa no:175.)	1898 to 1907	9	410 to 700	Baghdad (Bağdat)
Unnamed official (0067_0239; sayfa no:475)	1893 to 1901	8	400	Trabzon
Unnamed official (0007_0147; 291)	1880 to 1885	5	600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0067_00160; sayfa no:317)	1894/95	1	200	Skopje (Üsküp)
Unnamed official (0067_0248; sayfa no:493)	1898/99	1	540	Chania (Hanya)
Unnamed official (111_67; 131)	1905/06	1	475	Turhal
Unnamed official (90_99; 196)	1905/06	1	700	Aydın

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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