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Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi

Group of job titles: Accounts and statistics

3 officials held the job title Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi. Its 21 annual entries run from 1871 to 1897 (AH 1288 to 1314). The median of the 21 recorded monthly salaries is 2,750 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 2 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 2.

Officials
3
Years on recordAH 1288 to 1314, 19 years with an entry
1871 to 1897
Median monthly salaryfrom 21 recorded salaries
2,750 kuruş
Places with officials
2

Profile of the group: Accounts and statistics

No source read describes Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi 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 21 recorded monthly salaries is 2,750 kuruş, the mean 2,730 kuruş.
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0001871/72AH 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 13141,575 kuruş in 1896/97Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1871/7212,2502,2502,2502,250550
1872/7312,2502,2502,2502,250550
1873/7412,7502,7502,7502,750500
1874/7512,7502,7502,7502,750535
1875/7612,7502,7502,7502,750530
1876/7721,8751,8751,437.52,312.5575
1877/7821,8751,8751,437.52,312.5560
187812,7502,7502,7502,750600
1878/7912,7502,7502,7502,750600
1879/8012,0002,0002,0002,000500
1880/8112,0002,0002,0002,000500
1888/8913,0003,0003,0003,000500
1889/9013,5003,5003,5003,500500
1890/9113,5003,5003,5003,500500
1891/9213,5003,5003,5003,500500
1892/9314,0004,0004,0004,000500
1893/9414,0004,0004,0004,000500
1894/9514,5004,5004,5004,500500
1896/9711,5751,5751,5751,575500

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 Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province2191871 to 1897
ErganiDiyarbakır province121876 to 1878

Ottoman officials recorded

3 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Muhasebe Kalemi Mumeyyizligi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Nurettin Efendi1871 to 1895182,000 to 4,500Tekirdağ
Mustafa Vasfi Efendi1876 to 187821,000Diyarbakır
Salih Tevfik Efendi1896/9711,575Kemaliye (Eğin)

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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