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Defter-i Hakani Kalemi

Land Registry office

Defter-i Hakani Kalemi is the job title in 899 annual entries of 59 officials, from 1843 to 1909 (AH 1259 to 1326). The median of the 899 recorded monthly salaries is 760 kuruş. The entries name 93 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 11.

Officials
59
Annual entries1843 to 1909, AH 1259 to 1326
899
Year with most officials38 officials
1883/84
Median monthly salaryfrom 899 recorded salaries
760 kuruş
Places with officials
93

Stored spellings: Defteri Hakani Kalemi

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1883/84 (AH 1301) with 38 officials. Years with an annual entry: 68.
0102030401844/45AH 12601853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 132038 in 1883/84Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Defter-i Hakani Kalemi
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1843/44 (AH 1259)111
1844/45 (AH 1260)101
1845 (AH 1261)101
1845/46 (AH 1262)101
1846/47 (AH 1263)101
1847/48 (AH 1264)101
1848/49 (AH 1265)101
1849/50 (AH 1266)101
1850/51 (AH 1267)101
1851/52 (AH 1268)101
1852/53 (AH 1269)101
1853/54 (AH 1270)101
1854/55 (AH 1271)101
1855/56 (AH 1272)101
1856/57 (AH 1273)212
1857/58 (AH 1274)313
1858/59 (AH 1275)545
1859/60 (AH 1276)616
1860/61 (AH 1277)606
1861/62 (AH 1278)414
1862/63 (AH 1279)404
1863/64 (AH 1280)404
1864/65 (AH 1281)303
1865/66 (AH 1282)313
1866/67 (AH 1283)202
1867/68 (AH 1284)202
1868/69 (AH 1285)313
1869/70 (AH 1286)202
1870/71 (AH 1287)535
1871/72 (AH 1288)12712
1872/73 (AH 1289)14314
1873/74 (AH 1290)16216
1874/75 (AH 1291)17517
1875/76 (AH 1292)16016
1876/77 (AH 1293)20220
1877/78 (AH 1294)19119
1878 (AH 1295)26426
1878/79 (AH 1296)30430
1879/80 (AH 1297)29329
1880/81 (AH 1298)32232
1881/82 (AH 1299)33133
1882/83 (AH 1300)34234
1883/84 (AH 1301)38438
1884/85 (AH 1302)34034
1885/86 (AH 1303)34134
1886/87 (AH 1304)33133
1887/88 (AH 1305)30030
1888/89 (AH 1306)29029
1889/90 (AH 1307)30030
1890/91 (AH 1308)30130
1891/92 (AH 1309)26026
1892/93 (AH 1310)26026
1893/94 (AH 1311)24024
1894/95 (AH 1312)24024
1895/96 (AH 1313)23023
1896/97 (AH 1314)25125
1897/98 (AH 1315)17017
1898/99 (AH 1316)15015
1899/1900 (AH 1317)14014
1900/01 (AH 1318)13013
1901/02 (AH 1319)12012
1902/03 (AH 1320)11011
1903/04 (AH 1321)11011
1904/05 (AH 1322)10010
1905/06 (AH 1323)10010
1906/07 (AH 1324)919
1907/08 (AH 1325)404
1908/09 (AH 1326)101

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 899 recorded monthly salaries is 760 kuruş, the mean 844 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001,4001844/45AH 12601853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320Median 684 kuruş in 1906/07Defter-i Hakani Kalemi, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the line

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Defter-i Hakani Kalemi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1843/441100100100100700
1844/451100100100100400
18451100100100100350
1845/461100100100100300
1846/471200200200200300
1847/481200200200200250
1848/491200200200200300
1849/501200200200200250
1850/511300300300300175
1851/521300300300300282.5
1852/531300300300300350
1853/541400400400400400
1854/551400400400400400
1855/561400400400400450
1856/572275275162.5387.5375
1857/583250266.67150375475
1858/59510026470100500
1859/606250353.33200315500
1860/616285395212.5380500
1861/624310455275490600
1862/634310480300490500
1863/644335492.5315512.5500
1864/653320540310660625
1865/663320540310660650
1866/672660660490830600
1867/682660660490830600
1868/693350556.67335675600
1869/702750750625875600
1870/7151,0001,2601,0001,000600
1871/72121,000912.59501,000550
1872/73141,000935.719501,000550
1873/7416975946.889501,000500
1874/75171,000988.249501,000535
1875/7616975987.59501,000530
1876/7720950982.59501,000575
1877/7819950959.899501,000560
187826950924.929501,000600
1878/7930950960.779501,000600
1879/8029760818.55760950500
1880/8132760860.887601,000500
1881/82337608367601,000500
1882/8334760819.12760975500
1883/8438760852.84760975500
1884/8534760906.187601,150500
1885/8634760881.767601,075500
1886/8733760868.187601,000500
1887/8830760854.33760940500
1888/8929760895.867601,000500
1889/9030760896760975500
1890/9130760872.33760900500
1891/9226760880.77760900500
1892/9326760832.12760865500
1893/9424760824.38760795500
1894/9524760853.54760820500
1895/9623760881.96760760500
1896/9725684792.2684760500
1897/9817684784.06684684500
1898/9915684797.4684722500
1899/190014684823.29684741500
1900/0113684834684760500
1901/0212684813.5684703500
1902/0311684864.55684900500
1903/0411760888.73684900475
1904/0510750801.6684900450
1905/0610765804.6684900475
1906/079684783.44684900450
1907/0841,2501,2251,0751,400300
1908/0911,4001,4001,4001,400350

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 Defter-i Hakani Kalemi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province11761843 to 1899
Preveza (Preveze)Ioannina (Yanya) province4181874 to 1901
KütahyaHüdavendigâr province4141871 to 1898
GeliboluEdirne province3321873 to 1907
Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)Kosovo (Kosova) province3221861 to 1901
Beirut (Beyrut)Beirut (Beyrut) province3181878 to 1907
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)Aleppo (Halep) province3181875 to 1908
YozgatAnkara province3161871 to 1902
EdirneEdirne province3131856 to 1877
Korçë (Görice)Bitola (Manastır) province3131872 to 1886
NiğdeKonya province3111878 to 1900
BurdurKonya province3101878 to 1891
Damascus (Şam)Syria (Suriye) province371868 to 1883
DramaThessaloniki (Selanik) province371883 to 1898
Komotini (Gümülcine)Edirne province351878 to 1889
ManisaAydın province341890 to 1908
BigaBiga province2241879 to 1903
İzmitİzmit province2241883 to 1906
BasraBasra province2211880 to 1904
Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)Erzurum province2211876 to 1898
Gjirokastër (Ergiri)Ioannina (Yanya) province2201873 to 1891
MuşBitlis province2191871 to 1889
DiyarbakırDiyarbakır province2171887 to 1907
Skopje (Üsküp)Kosovo (Kosova) province2161873 to 1891
TekirdağEdirne province2161882 to 1897
Show the other 68 places
Places of Defter-i Hakani Kalemi, the place with most officials first, continued
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Debar (Debre)Bitola (Manastır) province2141883 to 1900
DenizliAydın province2141883 to 1897
KaresiHüdavendigâr province2121895 to 1907
Mosul (Musul)Mosul (Musul) province291878 to 1887
KırklareliEdirne province281889 to 1894
Sulaymaniyah (Süleymaniye)Mosul (Musul) province281883 to 1891
ZorZor province271877 to 1889
Jerusalem (Kudüs)Jerusalem (Kudüs) province261877 to 1895
KonyaKonya province261902 to 1908
Rhodes (Rodos)Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province261884 to 1895
BeratIoannina (Yanya) province251886 to 1892
AnkaraAnkara province241878 to 1881
KastamonuKastamonu province241876 to 1894
Sjenica (Seniçe)Kosovo (Kosova) province241871 to 1907
ElazığMamuretülaziz province231883 to 1903
MersinAdana province231892 to 1897
PrizrenKosovo (Kosova) province231883 to 1885
Baghdad (Bağdat)Baghdad (Bağdat) province221870 to 1873
HavranSyria (Suriye) province221881 to 1895
Serres (Siroz)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province1241884 to 1909
Shkodër (İşkodra)Shkodër (İşkodra) province1231871 to 1894
MenteseAydın province1201878 to 1897
TrabzonTrabzon province1191878 to 1897
SinopKastamonu province1161881 to 1897
ÇankırıKastamonu province1141879 to 1893
Durrës (Dıraç)Shkodër (İşkodra) province1121883 to 1895
Ioannina (Yanya)Ioannina (Yanya) province181894 to 1902
MalatyaMamuretülaziz province181887 to 1895
BitlisBitlis province171880 to 1887
DersimMamuretülaziz province171880 to 1887
Amarah (Amare)Basra province161878 to 1884
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)Edirne province161880 to 1886
ErzincanErzurum province161870 to 1876
Karbala (Kerbela)Baghdad (Bağdat) province161884 to 1890
Niš (Niş)Danube (Tuna) province161859 to 1865
Acre (Akka)Beirut (Beyrut) province151889 to 1894
Aleppo (Halep)Aleppo (Halep) province151882 to 1887
AmasyaSivas province151878 to 1882
KırşehirAnkara province151874 to 1878
Bitola (Manastır)Bitola (Manastır) province141902 to 1906
Elbasan (İlbasan)Bitola (Manastır) province141902 to 1906
Geyveİzmit province141889 to 1893
Izmir (İzmir)Aydın province141874 to 1878
KarsErzurum province141870 to 1874
KozanAdana province141878 to 1881
SiirtBitlis province141871 to 1875
SivasSivas province141876 to 1879
BursaHüdavendigâr province131858 to 1861
HakkâriVan province131894 to 1897
Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)Danube (Tuna) province131874 to 1877
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Hüdavendigâr province121878 to 1879
ArapgirMamuretülaziz province121882 to 1884
Cebeli bereketAdana province121881 to 1883
Kos (İstanköy)Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province121872 to 1874
PayasAdana province121876 to 1878
SamsunTrabzon province121876 to 1878
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Sivas province121900 to 1902
BereketAdana province111883/84
CanikTrabzon province111878
Chios (Sakız)Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province111878/79
GençBitlis province111882/83
GümüşhaneTrabzon province111906/07
KayseriAnkara province111878
NablusBeirut (Beyrut) province111896/97
Peja (İpek)Kosovo (Kosova) province111881/82
Pirot (Şehirköy)Kosovo (Kosova) province111877/78
TokatSivas province111878/79
Tripoli (Trablusşam)Beirut (Beyrut) province111880/81

Ottoman officials recorded

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

Officials of Defter-i Hakani Kalemi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1858 to 189732100 to 950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdulhamit Afif Efendi1843 to 189129100 to 2,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Refik Efendi1873 to 190129684 to 950Ioannina (Yanya)
Huseyin Mazhar Efendi1870 to 189829684 to 1,000Manisa
Mehmet Salih Efendi1871 to 190029684 to 1,000Gerede
Hafiz Suleyman Efendi1880 to 190828684 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdulkerim Efendi1879 to 190627150 to 900Katrom
Haci Lutfullah Efendi1871 to 189727760 to 1,000Samsun
ibrahim Niyazi Efendi1874 to 190727684 to 1,500Trabzon
Abdurrahman Nuri Efendi1883 to 190926684 to 1,400Serres (Siroz)
Hasan Hilmi Efendi1861 to 188726760 to 1,000Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Mehmet Rifat Efendi1865 to 189726300 to 1,500Edirne
Mehmet Salih Efendi1871 to 189726684 to 1,000Ioannina (Yanya)
Mustafa Muhlis Efendi1874 to 1899261,000 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kamil Efendi1858 to 18992550 to 760Bursa
Mehmet Salim Efendi1871 to 189725680 to 1,000
Suleyman Zeki Efendi1877 to 190725188 to 684Skopje (Üsküp)
Ali Saib Bey1880 to 190424760 to 2,000Hillah (Hille)
Mehmet Zihni Efendi1859 to 189824200 to 1,200Niš (Niş)
Muharrem Bey1883 to 190724684 to 900Korçë (Görice)
Halil Veliyuddîn Efendi1886 to 190620380 to 770Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Hulusi Efendi1882 to 19072050 to 760Arapgir
Mehmet Hayri Efendi1878 to 189719684 to 950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Rifat Necmi Efendi1883 to 190219684 to 760Stara Zagora (Eski Zağra)
Ahmet Sitki Efendi1871 to 189118760 to 950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Show the other 34 officials
Officials of Defter-i Hakani Kalemi, continued
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1883 to 190017684 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
omer Vasfi Efendi1870 to 188917760 to 950Kemaliye (Eğin)
Osman Nuri Efendi1878 to 189717684 to 1,200Izmir (İzmir)
Ali Fehmi Kemali Efendi1856 to 18871650 to 1,200İzmit
ibrahim Hakki Efendi1872 to 189016800 to 1,200Kafkasya
Ahmet Hamdi Bey1873 to 189715250 to 1,200Skopje (Üsküp)
Mehmet Nafiz Efendi1878 to 189215760 to 2,000Burdur
Ali Riza Efendi1874 to 1887141,000 to 1,400Burdur
ibrahim Kamil Efendi1879 to 190814200 to 1,400Kafkasya
Abdurrahman Zekai Bey1858 to 18711370 to 2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Salih Efendi1879 to 189313760Korçë (Görice)
ihsan Efendi1896 to 190812684 to 1,100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Dokmecizade Haci Osman Efendi1874 to 188411760 to 950Manisa
Haci Mehmet Sezayi Bey1872 to 1882101,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nasir Efendi1878 to 188810380 to 475Nablus
Ragib Efendi1870 to 188410760 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet semsettin Efendi1878 to 18868760 to 950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rıza Hicri Efendi1890 to 18977360 to 760Plovdiv (Filibe)
ismail Hakki Efendi1876 to 18805950Balıkesir
Abdulgani Efendi1868 to 18814350 to 950Damascus (Şam)
İbrahim Neşet Bey1885 to 1888330Istanbul (Dersaadet)
imamzade Mehmet Sabri Efendi1871 to 187431,250Sjenica (Seniçe)
Mehmet Mithat Efendi1876 to 187831,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Vafi Efendi1858 to 186131,000Erzurum
Ali Efendi1881 to 18832720Erzurum
Mehmet Ali Efendi1878 to 18792250Arapgir
Muhyiddin Bey1878 to 18812950 to 1,000Damascus (Şam)
Abdulhamit Efendi1874/751950Ioannina (Yanya)
Ahmet Emin Bey1857/581250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kigork Efendi1872/73150Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Ali Bey1871/72150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Efendi1878/791300Tokat
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1906/071675İzmit
Osman Nuri Efendi1882/831760Malatya

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.