Job title

DH Muduru

Stored spellings: DH Muduru; Dh Muduru

11 officials held the job title DH Muduru. Its 39 annual entries run from 1863 to 1911 (AH 1280 to 1329). The median of the 39 recorded monthly salaries is 2,800 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 5.6 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 95 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 2 different years, and a quarter in 5 or more. It was the first title on record for 9 per cent of the officials and the last for 73 per cent. The title held just before it by most officials is Defter-i Hakani Kalemi (6 officials). The entries name 11 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Suriye, with 2.

Officials: 11
Years on recordAH 1280 to 1329, 27 years with an entry: 1863 to 1911
Median monthly salary5.6× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş): 2,800 kuruş
Places with officials: 11
First job title on recordfor 1 of the 11 officials: 9%

Profile of the group: Land registry

No source read describes DH Muduru 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

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.

All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 39 recorded monthly salaries is 2,800 kuruş, the mean 3,447 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table

Monthly salary each year in kuruş, DH Muduru
Year	Recorded salaries	Median	Mean	Lower quartile	Upper quartile	Median of the whole collection
1863/64	1	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	500
1864/65	1	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	625
1865/66	1	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	650
1866/67	1	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	600
1867/68	1	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	600
1868/69	1	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	600
1869/70	2	5,250	5,250	4,125	6,375	600
1870/71	2	5,250	5,250	4,125	6,375	600
1871/72	2	2,000	2,000	1,500	2,500	550
1872/73	2	2,000	2,000	1,500	2,500	550
1873/74	2	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	500
1884/85	1	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,800	500
1885/86	1	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,800	500
1886/87	1	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,800	500
1887/88	1	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,800	500
1890/91	1	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	500
1893/94	1	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	500
1894/95	1	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	500
1895/96	1	2,500	2,500	2,500	2,500	500
1896/97	1	2,250	2,250	2,250	2,250	500
1897/98	1	2,250	2,250	2,250	2,250	500
1898/99	1	2,250	2,250	2,250	2,250	500
1907/08	4	2,250	2,125	1,875	2,500	300
1908/09	3	2,000	2,166.67	2,000	2,250	350
1909/10	2	2,250	2,250	2,125	2,375	462.5
1910/11	2	2,250	2,250	1,875	2,625	500
1911	1	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	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.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job

Officials of this jobWhole collection

11 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 (55%) are in the band 2,500 kuruş and more.

The same numbers as a table

Officials of DH Muduru by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruş	Officials	Share	Whole collection
0 to 100	0	0%	3%
100 to 200	0	0%	10%
200 to 300	0	0%	17%
300 to 400	0	0%	18%
400 to 500	0	0%	17%
500 to 750	0	0%	23%
750 to 1,000	0	0%	5%
1,000 to 1,500	1	9%	4%
1,500 to 2,500	4	36%	2%
2,500 and more	6	55%	1%

The median of the 39 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 2,800 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 5.6× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 5× and 7.74×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 95% of the other paid officials of the same year.

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

11 places with officials on record, 11 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.

Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak Office or region

The 10 places with most officials, of 11, all years
Place	Officials	Remark
Baghdad (Bağdat)	2
Sivas	2
Suriye	2
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)	2
Beirut (Beyrut)	1
Bursa	1
Diyarbakır	1
Erzurum	1
Ioannina (Yanya)	1
Kosova	1

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 DH Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to DH Muduru. The 4 titles with most officials, of 11 moves in all.

Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office6pay +1,108 kuruş (+124%)
Arazi Kalemiland office2
DH Mufettisi2
Ticaret Nezareti Baskitabeti1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of DH Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from DH Muduru to that title. The 2 titles with most officials, of 3 moves in all.

Defter-i Hakani KalemiLand Registry office2
DH Mumeyyiz1

Of the 14 moves shown, 1 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: 2 yearsmedian over 11 officials
A quarter of the officials: 5 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official: 12 years

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

11 officials with it recorded.

Age at the first annual entry in the job

11 officials with it recorded.

Province of birth

10 officials with it recorded.

Schooling

10 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.

Languages

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

Qualification

11 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1907/08 (AH 1325) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 27.

The same numbers as a table

Officials on record each year, DH Muduru
Year	Officials on record	First recorded	Annual entries
1863/64 (AH 1280)	1	1	1
1864/65 (AH 1281)	1	0	1
1865/66 (AH 1282)	1	0	1
1866/67 (AH 1283)	1	0	1
1867/68 (AH 1284)	1	0	1
1868/69 (AH 1285)	1	0	1
1869/70 (AH 1286)	2	1	2
1870/71 (AH 1287)	2	0	2
1871/72 (AH 1288)	2	1	2
1872/73 (AH 1289)	2	0	2
1873/74 (AH 1290)	2	1	2
1884/85 (AH 1302)	1	0	1
1885/86 (AH 1303)	1	0	1
1886/87 (AH 1304)	1	0	1
1887/88 (AH 1305)	1	0	1
1890/91 (AH 1308)	1	1	1
1893/94 (AH 1311)	1	1	1
1894/95 (AH 1312)	1	0	1
1895/96 (AH 1313)	1	0	1
1896/97 (AH 1314)	1	0	1
1897/98 (AH 1315)	1	0	1
1898/99 (AH 1316)	1	0	1
1907/08 (AH 1325)	4	4	4
1908/09 (AH 1326)	3	1	3
1909/10 (AH 1327)	2	0	2
1910/11 (AH 1328)	2	0	2
1911 (AH 1329)	1	0	1

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.

Places

Places of DH Muduru, the place with most officials first
Place	Province	Officials	Annual entries	Years
Suriye	Syria (Suriye) province	2	10	1884 to 1899
Baghdad (Bağdat)	Baghdad (Bağdat) province	2	9	1863 to 1891
Sivas	Sivas province	2	3	1908 to 1911
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)	Tripoli (Trablusgarp) province	2	2	1873 to 1911
Bursa	Hüdavendigâr province	1	5	1869 to 1874
Beirut (Beyrut)	Beirut (Beyrut) province	1	2	1907 to 1909
Erzurum	Erzurum province	1	2	1871 to 1873
Ioannina (Yanya)	Ioannina (Yanya) province	1	2	1909 to 1911
Trabzon	Trabzon province	1	2	1907 to 1909
Diyarbakır	Diyarbakır province	1	1	1907/08
Kosova	Kosovo (Kosova) province	1	1	1907/08

Ottoman officials recorded

11 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of DH Muduru
Official	Years	Annual entries	Kuruş a month	Birthplace
Osman Vafi Efendi	1863 to 1888	12	2,800 to 7,500	Erzurum
Mehmet Nafiz Efendi	1893 to 1899	6	2,250 to 2,500	Burdur
Muharrem Bey	1907 to 1911	5	1,500 to 2,500	Korçë (Görice)
Mustafa Muhlis Efendi	1869 to 1874	5	3,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İhsan Efendi	1908 to 1911	3	2,000 to 3,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Riza Efendi	1871 to 1873	2	1,000	Burdur
İbrahim Niyazi Efendi	1907 to 1909	2	2,000	Trabzon
Ahmet Refik Efendi	1907/08	1	2,500	Ioannina (Yanya)
İbrahim Hakki Efendi	1890/91	1	3,000	Kafkasya
Mehmet Mithat Efendi	1873/74	1	3,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Hulusi Efendi	1907/08	1	1,500	Arapgir

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.

Subjects

DH Muduru
Ottoman job titles (Osmanlı memuriyet unvanları)
Labour history (emek tarihi)
Salaries of officials (memur maaşları)
Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)

Profile of the group: Land registry#

Sources

Monthly salary each year#

Pay against the whole collection#

Where the job was held#

Career paths: the titles just before and after#

Held just before

Held just after

Time in the job#

Who held the job#

Community

Age at the first annual entry in the job

Province of birth

Schooling

Languages

Qualification

Officials on record each year#

Places#

Ottoman officials recorded#

Subjects

Profile of the group: Land registry

Monthly salary each year

Pay against the whole collection

Where the job was held

Career paths: the titles just before and after

Time in the job

Who held the job

Officials on record each year

Places

Ottoman officials recorded