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Job title

Icmal Kitabeti

Group of job titles: Accounts and statistics

Stored spellings: icmal kitabeti

7 officials held the job title Icmal Kitabeti. Its 46 annual entries run from 1878 to 1908 (AH 1295 to 1325). The median of the 46 recorded monthly salaries is 270 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 54 per cent of the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 19 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 7 different years, and a quarter in 10 or more. It was the first title on record for 43 per cent of the officials and the last for 29 per cent. No other title is recorded for 14 per cent of them. The entries name 2 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 6.

Officials
7
Years on recordAH 1295 to 1325, 17 years with an entry
1878 to 1908
Median monthly salary0.54× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
270 kuruş
Places with officials
2
First job title on recordfor 3 of the 7 officials
43%

Profile of the group: Accounts and statistics

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

Offices of accounts, collections and statistics. Ministries kept accountants (muhasebeci) among their central officials, as the regulation of 1879 for the Ministry of Justice and the gendarmerie regulation of 1903/04 for the Ministry of Police show.

Hard skillsinferred from the duties

  • bookkeeping (usûl-i defterî, defter tutma usulü), which the Mülkiye taught from 1859 and the rüşdiye from 1869

A field marked "inferred from the duties" is reasoned from the duties or the words of the group; the sources below do not state it.

Sources

  1. Akyıldız, Ali (2019). Mekteb-i Mülkiyye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, supplement vol. 2 (revised third printing), 238-240. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 238. Used for: hard skills.
  2. Yavuz, Hulusi (1988). Adliye Nezâreti. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 1, 389-390. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 389. Used for: summary.
  3. Özcan, Abdülkadir (2013). Zaptiye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 44, 128-130. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 128-130. Used for: summary.
  4. Öztürk, Cemil (2008). Rüşdiye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 35, 300-303. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 301. Used for: hard skills.
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 46 recorded monthly salaries is 270 kuruş, the mean 301 kuruş.
01002003004005001878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324Median 220 kuruş in 1883/84Icmal Kitabeti, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Icmal Kitabeti
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
18781100100100100600
1878/791100100100100600
1879/80195959595500
1880/813380320290380500
1881/826220232.5125345500
1882/836220235.83125345500
1883/846220235.83125345500
1884/853240278.33167.5370500
1885/863240278.33167.5370500
1886/873300298.33197.5400500
1887/883300298.33197.5400500
1888/892525525437.5612.5500
1889/902550550475625500
1890/912550550475625500
1891/922550550475625500
1892/931440440440440500
1907/081100100100100300

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
14%29%14%29%14%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

7 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 (29%) are in the band 100 to 200 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Icmal Kitabeti by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 100114%3%
100 to 200229%10%
200 to 300114%17%
300 to 400229%18%
400 to 50000%17%
500 to 750114%23%
750 to 1,00000%5%
1,000 to 1,50000%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 46 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 270 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 0.54× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.2× and 0.8×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 19% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median0.54×0.13×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less19%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%).

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 Icmal Kitabeti. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Icmal Kitabeti. The 2 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.

  1. Kontrol Kalemicontrol office2
  2. Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office2

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Icmal Kitabeti. Pay: the change on moving from Icmal Kitabeti to that title. The 5 titles with most officials, of 5 moves in all.

  1. Cetvel Mukayyitligi1
  2. Masarifat Kitabeti1
  3. Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1
  4. Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office1
  5. Muvazene Kitabeti1

Of the 9 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
7 yearsmedian over 7 officials
A quarter of the officials
9.5 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
12 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it43%3 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it29%2 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record14%1 official
  4. One place in the jobof 7 officials with a place recorded100%7 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

7 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)100%7

Age at the first annual entry in the job

7 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 1914%1
  3. 20 to 2414%1
  4. 25 to 2971%5
  5. 30 to 340%0
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over0%0

Province of birth

7 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province86%6
  2. Trabzon province14%1

Schooling

7 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. Rüşdiye100%7
  2. Higher or professional29%2

Languages

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

  1. Turkish100%7
  2. Arabic14%1
  3. French14%1
  4. Persian14%1

Qualification

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

  1. No86%6
  2. Yes14%1

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1881/82 (AH 1299) with 6 officials. Years with an annual entry: 17.
02461878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13246 in 1881/82Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Icmal Kitabeti
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1878 (AH 1295)111
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)323
1881/82 (AH 1299)636
1882/83 (AH 1300)606
1883/84 (AH 1301)606
1884/85 (AH 1302)303
1885/86 (AH 1303)303
1886/87 (AH 1304)303
1887/88 (AH 1305)303
1888/89 (AH 1306)202
1889/90 (AH 1307)202
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)101
1907/08 (AH 1325)111

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 Icmal Kitabeti, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province6451878 to 1893
GalataIstanbul (Dersaadet) province111907/08

Ottoman officials recorded

7 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Icmal Kitabeti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdülhamit Efendi1881 to 189312240 to 440Trabzon
Mehmet Şemsettin Efendi1880 to 189212380 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Nuri Efendi1881 to 1888795Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Efendi1878 to 1884795 to 200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1880 to 18844380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nazmi Efendi1881 to 18843100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1907/081100Istanbul (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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