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Job title

Gumruk Nezareti

Group of job titles: Customs

1 official held the job title Gumruk Nezareti. Its 3 annual entries run from 1871 to 1874 (AH 1288 to 1290). The median of the 3 recorded monthly salaries is 3,000 kuruş, against 550 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 1 place, Galata.

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1288 to 1290, 3 years with an entry
1871 to 1874
Median monthly salaryfrom 3 recorded salaries
3,000 kuruş
Places with officials
1

Profile of the group: Customs

No source read describes Gumruk Nezareti 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 Nezareti, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
GalataIstanbul (Dersaadet) province131871 to 1874

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Gumruk Nezareti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Zuhtu Bey1871 to 187433,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

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