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Job title

Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti

Group of job titles: Accounts and statistics

Stored spellings: Muhasebe Kalemi baskitabeti; muhasebe kalemi baskitabeti

7 officials held the job title Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti. Its 34 annual entries run from 1874 to 1909 (AH 1291 to 1326). The median of the 34 recorded monthly salaries is 925 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 2 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 83 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 5 different years, and a quarter in 7 or more. It was the first title on record for 0 per cent of the officials and the last for 57 per cent. The entries name 6 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 4.

Officials
7
Years on recordAH 1291 to 1326, 23 years with an entry
1874 to 1909
Median monthly salary2× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
925 kuruş
Places with officials
6
First job title on recordfor 0 of the 7 officials
0%

Profile of the group: Accounts and statistics

No source read describes Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti 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 34 recorded monthly salaries is 925 kuruş, the mean 1,149 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0002,5001875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 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 13241908/09AH 1326800 kuruş in 1908/09Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1874/7512,5002,5002,5002,500535
1875/7612,5002,5002,5002,500530
1876/7712,5002,5002,5002,500575
1877/7812,5002,5002,5002,500560
187812,5002,5002,5002,500600
1878/7912,5002,5002,5002,500600
1879/8011,2001,2001,2001,200500
1892/933850883.33825925500
1893/943850883.33825925500
1894/9521,0251,0251,012.51,037.5500
1895/9621,1251,1251,087.51,162.5500
1896/973750838717915500
1897/982882882783981500
1898/992882882783981500
1899/190021,0921,0928881,296500
1900/011684684684684500
1901/021684684684684500
1902/031684684684684500
1903/041765765765765475
1904/051436436436436450
1905/061500500500500475
1906/071500500500500450
1908/091800800800800350

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
29%29%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 500 to 750 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti 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 750229%23%
750 to 1,000229%5%
1,000 to 1,500229%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more114%1%

The median of the 34 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 925 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 2× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 1.37× and 2.37×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 83% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median2×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less83%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
6 places with officials on record, 6 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak Other place
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Acre (Akka)Damascus (Şam)Nablus4 officials1 official

All 6 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)4
Acre (Akka)1
Beyoğlu1
Damascus (Şam)1
Galata1
Nablus1

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 Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti. The 7 titles with most officials, of 8 moves in all.

  1. Mal Muduru1
  2. Basmufettis Muavini1
  3. Icmal Baskitabeti1
  4. Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office1
  5. Muhasebe Kalemi Mukayyitligi1
  6. Senedat Baskitabeti1
  7. Tahrirat Kalemicorrespondence office1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti. Pay: the change on moving from Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti to that title. The 4 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.

  1. Butce Kitabeti1
  2. Mal Muduru1
  3. Memurofficial1
  4. Seyyar Mufettis1

Of the 12 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
5 yearsmedian over 7 officials
A quarter of the officials
6.5 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
8 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 it57%4 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 7 officials with a place recorded86%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

7 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)86%6
  2. Christian (Hristiyan)14%1

Age at the first annual entry in the job

7 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 3943%3
  7. 40 and over57%4

Province of birth

6 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province83%5
  2. Konya province17%1

Schooling

6 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. Rüşdiye83%5
  2. Higher or professional17%1
  3. Primary17%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
  3. French14%1
  4. Italian14%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 1892/93 (AH 1310) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 23.
01231875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 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 13241908/09AH 13263 in 1892/93Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1874/75 (AH 1291)111
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)111
1892/93 (AH 1310)333
1893/94 (AH 1311)303
1894/95 (AH 1312)202
1895/96 (AH 1313)202
1896/97 (AH 1314)313
1897/98 (AH 1315)202
1898/99 (AH 1316)202
1899/1900 (AH 1317)202
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)111
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)101
1906/07 (AH 1324)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 Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province4211874 to 1900
GalataIstanbul (Dersaadet) province171896 to 1903
Damascus (Şam)Syria (Suriye) province131904 to 1907
Acre (Akka)Beirut (Beyrut) province111908/09
BeyoğluIstanbul (Dersaadet) province111879/80
NablusBeirut (Beyrut) province111903/04

Ottoman officials recorded

7 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Muhasebe Kalemi Baskitabeti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Tevfik Bey1892 to 190081,000 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ömer Efendi1896 to 19037684Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Efendi1874 to 187962,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafız Mehmet Nuri Efendi1903 to 19095436 to 800Konya
Hüseyin Avni Efendi1892 to 18975750 to 1,050Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Hasib Efendi1892 to 18942800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Edmon Mone Efendi1879/8011,200Marsilya

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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