Job title
Maas Kitabeti
Group of job titles: Accounts and statistics
5 officials held the job title Maas Kitabeti. Its 18 annual entries run from 1880 to 1902 (AH 1298 to 1319). The median of the 18 recorded monthly salaries is 920 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 1.8 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 73 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 4 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 1 place, Istanbul.
- Officials
- 5
- Years on recordAH 1298 to 1319, 14 years with an entry
- 1880 to 1902
- Median monthly salary1.84× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
- 920 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 1
- First job title on recordfor 0 of the 5 officials
- 0%
Profile of the group: Accounts and statistics
No source read describes Maas 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Pay against the whole collection
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 750 to 1,000 kuruş.
The same numbers as a table
| Median monthly salary, kuruş | Officials | Share | Whole collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 100 | 1 | 20% | 3% |
| 100 to 200 | 1 | 20% | 10% |
| 200 to 300 | 0 | 0% | 17% |
| 300 to 400 | 0 | 0% | 18% |
| 400 to 500 | 0 | 0% | 17% |
| 500 to 750 | 0 | 0% | 23% |
| 750 to 1,000 | 2 | 40% | 5% |
| 1,000 to 1,500 | 1 | 20% | 4% |
| 1,500 to 2,500 | 0 | 0% | 2% |
| 2,500 and more | 0 | 0% | 1% |
The median of the 18 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 920 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 1.84× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 1.71× and 1.94×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 73% of the other paid officials of the same year.
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 Maas Kitabeti. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Maas Kitabeti. The 5 titles with most officials, of 5 moves in all.
Held just after
The title of the entries just after a run of Maas Kitabeti. Pay: the change on moving from Maas Kitabeti to that title. The 4 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.
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
- 2 yearsmedian over 5 officials
- A quarter of the officials
- 4 years or moreupper quartile
- Most years of one official
- 10 years
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.
Age at the first annual entry in the job
5 officials with it recorded.
Province of birth
5 officials with it recorded.
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.
Languages
5 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Qualification
5 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.
Places
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 5 | 18 | 1880 to 1902 |
Ottoman officials recorded
5 officials, the one with most annual entries first.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmet Ata Efendi | 1892 to 1902 | 10 | 850 to 975 | Tekirdağ |
| Hacı İsmail Efendi | 1880 to 1884 | 4 | 1,200 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ali Galip Efendi | 1880 to 1882 | 2 | 50 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ahmet Hamdi Efendi | 1899/1900 | 1 | 800 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mustafa Haydar Efendi | 1893/94 | 1 | 190 | Istanbul (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.
Subjects
- Maas Kitabeti
- Ottoman job titles (Osmanlı memuriyet unvanları)
- Labour history (emek tarihi)
- Salaries of officials (memur maaşları)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)