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Job title

Gumruk Muduru

Group of job titles: Customs

5 officials held the job title Gumruk Muduru. Its 9 annual entries run from 1860 to 1891 (AH 1277 to 1308). The median of the 9 recorded monthly salaries is 2,000 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 4 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 85 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 2 or more. It was the first title on record for 0 per cent of the officials and the last for 20 per cent. The entries name 3 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Izmir (İzmir), with 3.

Officials
5
Years on recordAH 1277 to 1308, 9 years with an entry
1860 to 1891
Median monthly salary4× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
2,000 kuruş
Places with officials
3
First job title on recordfor 0 of the 5 officials
0%

Profile of the group: Customs

No source read describes Gumruk Muduru 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.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
40%20%40%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

5 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 (40%) are in the band 1,000 to 1,500 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Gumruk Muduru by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 20000%10%
200 to 30000%17%
300 to 40000%18%
400 to 50000%17%
500 to 75000%23%
750 to 1,00000%5%
1,000 to 1,500240%4%
1,500 to 2,500120%2%
2,500 and more240%1%

The median of the 9 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 2,000 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 4× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 2× and 4.17×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 85% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median4×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×8×Share of paid officials earning less85%0%25%50%75%100%

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
3 places with officials on record, 3 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a sancak
Izmir (İzmir)MardinRhodes (Rodos)3 officials1 official

All 3 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Izmir (İzmir)3
Mardin1
Rhodes (Rodos)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 Gumruk Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Gumruk Muduru. The 4 titles with most officials, of 5 moves in all.

  1. Rusumat Muduru2
  2. 2. Rusumat Kaza Muduru1
  3. Memurofficial1
  4. Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Gumruk Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from Gumruk Muduru to that title. The 4 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.

  1. Rüsumat Memurucustoms official1
  2. Rusumat Muduru1
  3. Rusumat Nezareti1
  4. Rusumet Mudur1

Of the 9 moves shown, 0 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 5 officials
A quarter of the officials
2 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
3 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it0%0 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it20%1 official
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 5 officials with a place recorded100%5 officials

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

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)100%5

Age at the first annual entry in the job

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 190%0
  3. 20 to 240%0
  4. 25 to 2940%2
  5. 30 to 340%0
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over60%3

Province of birth

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province40%2
  2. Trabzon province40%2
  3. Syria (Suriye) province20%1

Schooling

5 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.

  1. Primary80%4
  2. Higher or professional20%1

Languages

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

  1. Turkish100%5
  2. Arabic40%2
  3. Persian20%1

Qualification

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

  1. No80%4
  2. Yes20%1

Places

Places of Gumruk Muduru, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Izmir (İzmir)Aydın province361878 to 1891
MardinDiyarbakır province121861 to 1863
Rhodes (Rodos)Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province111860/61

Ottoman officials recorded

5 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Gumruk Muduru
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Haci Tahsin Efendi1888 to 189132,000Trabzon
Mehmet Mazhar Bey1861 to 186321,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sukru Efendi ibn-i Ali1882 to 188422,500Trabzon
Abdulkadir Efendi187812,500Damascus (Şam)
El-Hac Ahmet Nafiz Efendi1860/6111,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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.

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