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Job title

Bidayet Ceza Dairesi Azasi

Group of job titles: Justice and legal affairs

1 official held the job title Bidayet Ceza Dairesi Azasi. Its 17 annual entries run from 1871 to 1891 (AH 1288 to 1308). The median of the 17 recorded monthly salaries is 2,000 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 3 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 1.

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1288 to 1308, 17 years with an entry
1871 to 1891
Median monthly salaryfrom 17 recorded salaries
2,000 kuruş
Places with officials
3

Profile of the group: Justice and legal affairs

No source read describes Bidayet Ceza Dairesi Azasi by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Officials of the courts and offices of the Ministry of Justice (Adliye), created on 14 February 1870 from the court Divan-ı Ahkam-ı Adliye. The new courts (nizamiye) were set up in the provinces from the 1860s.

History

The regulation of 21 May 1879 organised the ministry as the Ministry of Justice and Sects (Adliye ve Mezahib Nezareti), with an undersecretary, a corresponding secretary, directors for criminal and civil affairs, for the records of officials and for documents, and an accountant. The commercial courts came under the ministry in 1875.

Sources

  1. Findley, Carter V. (1980). Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire: The Sublime Porte, 1789-1922. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Pages or part: 178. Used for: summary.
  2. Yavuz, Hulusi (1988). Adliye Nezâreti. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 1, 389-390. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 389. Used for: summary, history.

Where the job was held

All years
3 places with officials on record, 3 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Other place
BeyoğluIstanbul (Dersaadet)Üsküdar1 official

All 3 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Beyoğlu1
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1
Üsküdar1

Places

Places of Bidayet Ceza Dairesi Azasi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province191871 to 1891
BeyoğluIstanbul (Dersaadet) province171877 to 1884
ÜsküdarIstanbul (Dersaadet) province111879/80

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Bidayet Ceza Dairesi Azasi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Halil Nese Bey1871 to 1891172,000 to 4,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.

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