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Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini

Group of job titles: Justice and legal affairs

Stored spellings: istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini

8 officials held the job title Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini. Its 41 annual entries run from 1879 to 1909 (AH 1297 to 1326). The median of the 41 recorded monthly salaries is 2,000 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 4.2 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 95 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 3 different years, and a quarter in 8 or more. It was the first title on record for 0 per cent of the officials and the last for 12 per cent. The entries name 8 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 4.

Officials
8
Years on recordAH 1297 to 1326, 28 years with an entry
1879 to 1909
Median monthly salary4.21× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
2,000 kuruş
Places with officials
8
First job title on recordfor 0 of the 8 officials
0%

Profile of the group: Justice and legal affairs

No source read describes Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Officials of the courts and offices of the Ministry of Justice (Adliye), created on 14 February 1870 from the court Divan-ı Ahkam-ı Adliye. The new courts (nizamiye) were set up in the provinces from the 1860s.

History

The regulation of 21 May 1879 organised the ministry as the Ministry of Justice and Sects (Adliye ve Mezahib Nezareti), with an undersecretary, a corresponding secretary, directors for criminal and civil affairs, for the records of officials and for documents, and an accountant. The commercial courts came under the ministry in 1875.

Sources

  1. Findley, Carter V. (1980). Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire: The Sublime Porte, 1789-1922. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Pages or part: 178. Used for: summary.
  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, history.
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 41 recorded monthly salaries is 2,000 kuruş, the mean 2,242 kuruş.
01,0002,0003,0004,0001880/81AH 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 13241908/09AH 13263,500 kuruş in 1908/09Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1879/8021,4001,4001,3001,500500
1880/8121,4001,4001,3001,500500
1881/8221,6001,6001,6001,600500
1882/8311,6001,6001,6001,600500
1883/8411,6001,6001,6001,600500
1884/8511,6001,6001,6001,600500
1885/8611,6001,6001,6001,600500
1888/8913,0003,0003,0003,000500
1889/9013,0003,0003,0003,000500
1890/9133,0002,5002,2503,000500
1891/9223,0003,0003,0003,000500
1892/9323,0003,0003,0003,000500
1893/9423,0003,0003,0003,000500
1894/9513,0003,0003,0003,000500
1895/9633,0002,466.672,2003,000500
1896/9722,013.52,013.51,670.252,356.75500
1897/9822,013.52,013.51,670.252,356.75500
1898/9911,3271,3271,3271,327500
1899/190011,4271,4271,4271,427500
1900/0112,0002,0002,0002,000500
1901/0212,0002,0002,0002,000500
1902/0312,0002,0002,0002,000500
1903/0412,0002,0002,0002,000475
1904/0512,0002,0002,0002,000450
1905/0612,0002,0002,0002,000475
1906/0722,5002,5002,2502,750450
1907/0813,5003,5003,5003,500300
1908/0913,5003,5003,5003,500350

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
50%50%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

8 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 (50%) are in the band 1,500 to 2,500 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini 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 1,50000%4%
1,500 to 2,500450%2%
2,500 and more450%1%

The median of the 41 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 4.21× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 3.2× and 6×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 95% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median4.21×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×8×Share of paid officials earning less95%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
8 places with officials on record, 8 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)AydınBitlisDiyarbakırEdirneElazığErzurumVan4 officials1 official

All 8 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4
Aydın1
Bitlis1
Diyarbakır1
Edirne1
Elazığ1
Erzurum1
Van1

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 Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini. The 4 titles with most officials, of 7 moves in all.

  1. Bidayet Mahkemesi Muaviniassistant at a court of first instance3
  2. 2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Riyaseti2
  3. Istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi Muavini1
  4. Istinaf Mahkemesi Zabit Katibi1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini. Pay: the change on moving from Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini to that title. The 4 titles with most officials, of 7 moves in all.

  1. Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi3
  2. Istinaf Mahkemesi Riyaseti2
  3. Adliye Mufettisi1
  4. Istinaf Mahkemesi Muddei Umumi1

Of the 14 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
3.5 yearsmedian over 8 officials
A quarter of the officials
7.25 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 it0%0 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it13%1 official
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 8 officials with a place recorded75%6 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

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)100%8

Age at the first annual entry in the job

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 190%0
  3. 20 to 240%0
  4. 25 to 290%0
  5. 30 to 340%0
  6. 35 to 3913%1
  7. 40 and over88%7

Province of birth

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province38%3
  2. Adana province13%1
  3. Aleppo (Halep) province13%1
  4. Bosnia (Bosna) province13%1
  5. Danube (Tuna) province13%1
  6. Sivas province13%1

Schooling

8 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. Primary25%2
  2. Religious school (medrese)25%2
  3. Rüşdiye25%2
  4. Higher or professional13%1
  5. Other named school13%1

Languages

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

  1. Turkish100%8
  2. Bulgarian13%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

Source of the record

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Post and Telegraph63%5
  2. Cross-ministry workbook38%3

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1890/91 (AH 1308) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 28.
01231880/81AH 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 13241908/09AH 13263 in 1890/91Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1879/80 (AH 1297)222
1880/81 (AH 1298)202
1881/82 (AH 1299)202
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)111
1889/90 (AH 1307)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)323
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1893/94 (AH 1311)202
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)323
1896/97 (AH 1314)202
1897/98 (AH 1315)202
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)101
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)101
1906/07 (AH 1324)212
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)101

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 Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province4231879 to 1907
DiyarbakırDiyarbakır province161888 to 1894
ErzurumErzurum province141890 to 1894
EdirneEdirne province131906 to 1909
BitlisBitlis province121896 to 1898
AydınAydın province111895/96
ElazığMamuretülaziz province111894/95
VanVan province111895/96

Ottoman officials recorded

8 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Istinaf Mahkemesi Muavini
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ali Riza Bey1895 to 1907121,327 to 2,000Anamur
Mehmet Tayyip Bey1888 to 189683,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Cemal Bey1879 to 188671,200 to 1,600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Lutfu Efendi1890 to 189443,000Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Ahmet Tevfik Bey1879 to 188231,600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Cafer Bey1906 to 190933,000 to 3,500Bosna
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1895 to 189832,700 to 3,000Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)
Ali Sefik Efendi1890/9111,500Divriği

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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