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Muhasebe Kalemi Basmukayyitligi

Group of job titles: Accounts and statistics

1 official held the job title Muhasebe Kalemi Basmukayyitligi. Its 8 annual entries run from 1879 to 1887 (AH 1297 to 1304). The median of the 8 recorded monthly salaries is 1,200 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 1 place, Istanbul.

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1297 to 1304, 8 years with an entry
1879 to 1887
Median monthly salaryfrom 8 recorded salaries
1,200 kuruş
Places with officials
1

Profile of the group: Accounts and statistics

No source read describes Muhasebe Kalemi Basmukayyitligi 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.

Places

Places of Muhasebe Kalemi Basmukayyitligi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province181879 to 1887

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Muhasebe Kalemi Basmukayyitligi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Unnamed official (0007_0144; 285)1879 to 188781,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.

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