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Job title

Maliye Kitabeti

Group of job titles: Tax and treasury

7 officials held the job title Maliye Kitabeti. Its 15 annual entries run from 1856 to 1898 (AH 1273 to 1315). The median of the 15 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 80 per cent of the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 33 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 1 different years, and a quarter in 3 or more. It was the first title on record for 71 per cent of the officials and the last for 0 per cent. The entries name 3 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 5.

Officials
7
Years on recordAH 1273 to 1315, 14 years with an entry
1856 to 1898
Median monthly salary0.8× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
400 kuruş
Places with officials
3
First job title on recordfor 5 of the 7 officials
71%

Profile of the group: Tax and treasury

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

Officials of the Ministry of Finance (Maliye) and of the Public Debt Administration (Düyun-ı Umumiye). The Ministry of Finance took the place of the old chief treasurer (defterdar) in 1841; the Public Debt Administration was set up by the decree of 20 December 1881 to manage revenues assigned to the foreign creditors.

Sources

  1. Kütükoğlu, Mübahat S. (1994). Defterdar. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 9, 94-96. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 95. Used for: summary.
  2. Küçük, Cevdet and Ertüzün, Tevfik (1994). Düyûn-ı Umûmiyye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 10, 58-62. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 59-61. Used for: summary.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
29%14%14%14%14%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 Maliye Kitabeti by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 200229%10%
200 to 30000%17%
300 to 400114%18%
400 to 500114%17%
500 to 750114%23%
750 to 1,00000%5%
1,000 to 1,500114%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more114%1%

The median of the 15 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 400 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 0.8× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.32× and 0.95×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 33% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median0.8×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less33%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
3 places with officials on record, 3 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) District (kaza) Office or region
Istanbul (Dersaadet)HicazSöke5 officials1 official

All 3 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)5
Hicaz1
Söke1

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

  1. Hademe1
  2. Zabit Memuru1

Held just after

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

  1. 2. Müdürdirector of the second grade1
  2. 2. Zabit Katibi1
  3. Makine Memurumachine official1
  4. Mevrude Memuruofficial for incoming items1
  5. Müvezzideliverer (postman)1
  6. Nahiye Muduru1
  7. Rusumat Baskitabeti1

Of the 9 moves shown, 2 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
1 yearmedian over 7 officials
A quarter of the officials
3 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
5 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it71%5 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it0%0 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  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 1943%3
  3. 20 to 240%0
  4. 25 to 2943%3
  5. 30 to 340%0
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over14%1

Province of birth

7 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province86%6
  2. Danube (Tuna) 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. Primary43%3
  2. Rüşdiye43%3
  3. Other named school14%1

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

Qualification

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

  1. No100%7
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1858/59 (AH 1275) with 2 officials. Years with an annual entry: 14.
0121857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13142 in 1858/59Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Maliye Kitabeti
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1856/57 (AH 1273)111
1857/58 (AH 1274)101
1858/59 (AH 1275)212
1859/60 (AH 1276)101
1860/61 (AH 1277)101
1862/63 (AH 1279)111
1868/69 (AH 1285)111
1877/78 (AH 1294)111
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)111
1897/98 (AH 1315)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 Maliye Kitabeti, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province5131856 to 1881
HicazHejaz (Hicaz) province111897/98
SökeAydın province111890/91

Ottoman officials recorded

7 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Maliye Kitabeti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdurrahman Şakir Bey1877 to 18815500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Riza Efendi1856 to 1861530 to 375Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1890/911300Lom
Mehmet Bey1862/631400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fazlı Efendi1868/691120Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nazmi Efendi1897/9811,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Nureddin Efendi1858/5912,700Istanbul (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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