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Job title

DH Kuyud Odasi

Group of job titles: Land registry

1 official held the job title DH Kuyud Odasi. Its 18 annual entries run from 1850 to 1868 (AH 1267 to 1284). The median of the 18 recorded monthly salaries is 450 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 1 place, Istanbul.

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1267 to 1284, 18 years with an entry
1850 to 1868
Median monthly salaryfrom 18 recorded salaries
450 kuruş
Places with officials
1

Profile of the group: Land registry

No source read describes DH Kuyud Odasi by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Offices of the Land Registry (Defter-i Hakani), which kept the main registers of land holdings of every kind, fiefs (has, zeamet, timar), freehold (mülk) and endowments (vakıf), and did the daily work on them. The registry became a ministry, the Defter-i Hakani Nezareti, in 1871.

Sources

  1. Afyoncu, Erhan (1994). Defterhâne. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 9, 100-104. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 100, 104. Used for: summary.

Places

Places of DH Kuyud Odasi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province1181850 to 1868

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of DH Kuyud Odasi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Haci Mehmet Sezayi Bey1850 to 186818100 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

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