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Job title

Mahkeme Kalemi

Mahkeme Kalemi is the job title in 23 annual entries of 10 officials, from 1862 to 1898 (AH 1279 to 1315). The median of the 23 recorded monthly salaries is 300 kuruş. The entries name 10 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 2.

Officials
10
Annual entries1862 to 1898, AH 1279 to 1315
23
Year with most officials4 officials
1892/93
Median monthly salaryfrom 23 recorded salaries
300 kuruş
Places with officials
10

Stored spellings: Mahkeme kalemi

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1892/93 (AH 1310) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 18.
012341863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13154 in 1892/93Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Mahkeme Kalemi
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1862/63 (AH 1279)111
1863/64 (AH 1280)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)111
1867/68 (AH 1284)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)111
1873/74 (AH 1290)111
1878 (AH 1295)111
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1888/89 (AH 1306)111
1890/91 (AH 1308)111
1891/92 (AH 1309)212
1892/93 (AH 1310)424
1893/94 (AH 1311)202
1894/95 (AH 1312)101
1895/96 (AH 1313)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1897/98 (AH 1315)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.

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 23 recorded monthly salaries is 300 kuruş, the mean 283 kuruş.
01002003004005006001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 1315540 kuruş in 1897/98Mahkeme Kalemi, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Mahkeme Kalemi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1862/631135135135135500
1863/641135135135135500
1864/651135135135135625
1866/671250250250250600
1867/681250250250250600
1872/731480480480480550
1873/741240240240240500
18781300300300300600
1878/791300300300300600
1888/891300300300300500
1890/911400400400400500
1891/922262.5262.5243.75281.25500
1892/934262.5268.75206.25325500
1893/942275275262.5287.5500
1894/951300300300300500
1895/961300300300300500
1896/971300300300300500
1897/981540540540540500

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.

Places

Places of Mahkeme Kalemi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province241862 to 1873
YozgatAnkara province171891 to 1898
DiyarbakırDiyarbakır province121878 to 1879
GedosHüdavendigâr province121892 to 1894
LubnanBeirut (Beyrut) province121866 to 1868
SasonBitlis province121891 to 1893
BitlisBitlis province111892/93
DersimMamuretülaziz province111888/89
Korçë (Görice)Bitola (Manastır) province111873/74
SungurluAnkara province111890/91

Ottoman officials recorded

10 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Mahkeme Kalemi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Osman Saib Efendi1890 to 18988300 to 540Yozgat
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1862 to 18653135Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Akif Efendi1892 to 18942150 to 250Gediz
Cebrail Cemal Efendi1878 to 18792300Diyarbakır
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1891 to 18932225Siirt
iskender Efendi1866 to 18682250Lubnan
Abrik Nadir Efendi1888/891300Dersim
Mihalaki Efendi1872/731480Kayseri
Ömer Lütfi Efendi1892/931400Diyarbakır
Salih Efendi1873/741240Korçë (Görice)

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.