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Job title

Gumruk Mubassiri

Group of job titles: Customs

1 official held the job title Gumruk Mubassiri. Its 18 annual entries run from 1839 to 1856 (AH 1255 to 1272). The median of the 18 recorded monthly salaries is 700 kuruş, against 350 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 1 place, Istanbul.

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1255 to 1272, 18 years with an entry
1839 to 1856
Median monthly salaryfrom 18 recorded salaries
700 kuruş
Places with officials
1

Profile of the group: Customs

No source read describes Gumruk Mubassiri 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 Mubassiri, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province1181839 to 1856

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Gumruk Mubassiri
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ali Avnullah Efendi1839 to 185618200 to 700Çemişgezek

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

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