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Job title

Belediye Kitabeti

Group of job titles: Provincial administration

5 officials held the job title Belediye Kitabeti. Its 13 annual entries run from 1875 to 1908 (AH 1292 to 1325). The median of the 13 recorded monthly salaries is 200 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 36 per cent of the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 18 per cent of the other officials with a salary in the same year. Half of the officials have an entry in it in no more than 3 different years, and a quarter in 3 or more. It was the first title on record for 20 per cent of the officials and the last for 20 per cent. No other title is recorded for 20 per cent of them. The entries name 5 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Korçë (Görice), with 1.

Officials
5
Years on recordAH 1292 to 1325, 13 years with an entry
1875 to 1908
Median monthly salary0.36× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
200 kuruş
Places with officials
5
First job title on recordfor 1 of the 5 officials
20%

Profile of the group: Provincial administration

No source read describes Belediye Kitabeti by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Officials of provincial administration. Under the provincial law of 1864 a province (vilayet) was divided into sancaks under a mutasarrıf, kazas under a kaymakam, and nahiyes under a nahiye müdürü.

Requirements for entry

  • kaymakams were usually chosen from graduates of the Mekteb-i Mülkiyye, the school opened in 1859 to train district governors and directors of districts and of finance

Sources

  1. Akyıldız, Ali (2019). Mekteb-i Mülkiyye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, supplement vol. 2 (revised third printing), 238-240. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 238. Used for: requirements for entry.
  2. Örenç, Ali Fuat (2020). Mutasarrıf. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 31, 377-379. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 378. Used for: summary.
  3. Özkaya, Yücel (2022). Kaymakam. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 25, 84-85. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 84-85. Used for: summary, requirements for entry.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
40%20%20%20%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

5 officials with a salary, each counted once in the band of the median of the official's salaries in this job. A bar runs from its number to the next; the last is 2,500 kuruş and more. Most officials (40%) are in the band 100 to 200 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Belediye Kitabeti by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 200240%10%
200 to 300120%17%
300 to 400120%18%
400 to 50000%17%
500 to 750120%23%
750 to 1,00000%5%
1,000 to 1,50000%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 13 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 200 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 0.36× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.33× and 0.7×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 18% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median0.36×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less18%0%25%50%75%100%

The dot is the median, the box the middle half of the entries. Dashed lines: the collection median of the same years (1×) and the middle of the paid officials (50%).

Where the job was held

All years
5 places with officials on record, 5 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Korçë (Görice)Kozani (Kozana)NallıhanSinop1 official

All 5 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Korçë (Görice)1
Kozani (Kozana)1
Nallıhan1
Sinop1

Career paths: the titles just before and after

The number is the officials who made the move. Under it, the median change of the monthly salary: the first salary of the later title less the last salary of the earlier one, where at least 5 moves have both.

Held just before

The title of the entries just before a run of Belediye Kitabeti. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Belediye Kitabeti. The 3 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.

  1. Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)2
  2. Mahkeme Kalemi1
  3. Mal Muduru Refaketi1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Belediye Kitabeti. Pay: the change on moving from Belediye Kitabeti to that title. The 3 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.

  1. Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)2
  2. DH Baskitabeti1
  3. Mübeyyizfair-copy clerk1

Of the 8 moves shown, 4 cross at least one year without an annual entry; nothing is known about those years. Two posts held in the same years are not counted as a move.

Time in the job

Years with an entry in the job
3 yearsmedian over 5 officials
A quarter of the officials
3 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
4 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it20%1 official
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it20%1 official
  3. No other job titlein the whole record20%1 official
  4. One place in the jobof 5 officials with a place recorded100%5 officials

Years are years with an annual entry in the job, each counted once for an official. They need not follow one another, and nothing is known about a year without an entry. With two posts in the first or last year, both count.

Who held the job

Officials of this jobWhole collection

Community

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)100%5

Age at the first annual entry in the job

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 190%0
  3. 20 to 2460%3
  4. 25 to 290%0
  5. 30 to 3420%1
  6. 35 to 3920%1
  7. 40 and over0%0

Province of birth

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Kastamonu province40%2
  2. Bitola (Manastır) province20%1
  3. Eastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî) province20%1
  4. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province20%1

Schooling

5 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%. The groups of the schools recorded for each official.

  1. Rüşdiye80%4
  2. Primary20%1

Languages

5 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

  1. Turkish100%5
  2. Albanian20%1
  3. Greek (Rum)20%1

Source of the record

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Post and Telegraph80%4
  2. Cross-ministry workbook20%1

Places

Places of Belediye Kitabeti, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Korçë (Görice)Bitola (Manastır) province141875 to 1878
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province131905 to 1908
SinopKastamonu province131878 to 1881
Kozani (Kozana)Bitola (Manastır) province121885 to 1887
NallıhanAnkara province111893/94

Ottoman officials recorded

5 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Belediye Kitabeti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Salih Efendi1875 to 18784200Korçë (Görice)
Bekir Sami Efendi1878 to 18813560Sinop
Huseyin Mirat Efendi1905 to 19083100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1885 to 18872325 to 350Sliven (İslimiye)
Mehmet Hayri Efendi1893/941150Mudurnu

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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