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Job title

Gumruk Eminligi

Group of job titles: Customs

1 official held the job title Gumruk Eminligi. Its 6 annual entries run from 1867 to 1873 (AH 1284 to 1289). The median of the 6 recorded monthly salaries is 970 kuruş, against 600 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 1 place, Izmir (İzmir).

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1284 to 1289, 6 years with an entry
1867 to 1873
Median monthly salaryfrom 6 recorded salaries
970 kuruş
Places with officials
1

Profile of the group: Customs

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

Officials of the customs. From 1860 the customs were run by salaried officials instead of tax farmers, and from 1870 by the Customs Administration (Rüsumat Emaneti) in Istanbul with seventeen directorates in the provinces and inspectors to check the work.

History

A regulation of 1891 set the procedures of the customs: hours, loading and unloading, transit, inspection, ships' manifests and bonded stores.

Sources

  1. Kütükoğlu, Mübahat S. (1996). Gümrük (Osmanlılar'da gümrük). TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 14, 263-268. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 263-268. Used for: summary, history.

Places

Places of Gumruk Eminligi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Izmir (İzmir)Aydın province161867 to 1873

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Gumruk Eminligi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdulkadir Efendi1867 to 18736970Damascus (Şam)

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

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