Job title

Muhasebe Kalemi

Accounts office

Muhasebe Kalemi is the job title in 1,816 annual entries of 258 officials, from 1850 to 1912 (AH 1267 to 1330). The median of the 1,816 recorded monthly salaries is 335 kuruş. The entries name 44 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 192.

Officials: 258
Annual entries1850 to 1912, AH 1267 to 1330: 1,816
Year with most officials73 officials: 1899/1900
Median monthly salaryfrom 1,816 recorded salaries: 335 kuruş
Places with officials: 44

Stored spellings: Muhasebe Kalemi; muhasebe kalemi

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1899/1900 (AH 1317) with 73 officials. Years with an annual entry: 64.

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Officials on record each year, Muhasebe Kalemi
Year	Officials on record	First recorded	Annual entries
1850/51 (AH 1267)	2	2	2
1851/52 (AH 1268)	2	0	2
1852/53 (AH 1269)	1	0	1
1853/54 (AH 1270)	4	3	4
1854/55 (AH 1271)	4	0	4
1855/56 (AH 1272)	5	1	5
1856/57 (AH 1273)	5	0	5
1857/58 (AH 1274)	5	0	5
1858/59 (AH 1275)	7	2	7
1859/60 (AH 1276)	3	0	3
1860/61 (AH 1277)	9	3	9
1861/62 (AH 1278)	6	1	6
1862/63 (AH 1279)	5	0	5
1863/64 (AH 1280)	7	3	7
1864/65 (AH 1281)	7	1	7
1865/66 (AH 1282)	8	2	8
1866/67 (AH 1283)	8	1	8
1867/68 (AH 1284)	10	1	10
1868/69 (AH 1285)	10	2	10
1869/70 (AH 1286)	14	6	14
1870/71 (AH 1287)	14	2	14
1871/72 (AH 1288)	14	5	14
1872/73 (AH 1289)	14	3	14
1873/74 (AH 1290)	23	10	23
1874/75 (AH 1291)	28	8	28
1875/76 (AH 1292)	35	9	35
1876/77 (AH 1293)	35	3	35
1877/78 (AH 1294)	39	9	39
1878 (AH 1295)	38	1	38
1878/79 (AH 1296)	38	4	38
1879/80 (AH 1297)	37	4	37
1880/81 (AH 1298)	31	6	31
1881/82 (AH 1299)	27	1	27
1882/83 (AH 1300)	31	6	31
1883/84 (AH 1301)	33	2	33
1884/85 (AH 1302)	30	4	30
1885/86 (AH 1303)	33	4	33
1886/87 (AH 1304)	34	2	34
1887/88 (AH 1305)	33	4	33
1888/89 (AH 1306)	36	8	36
1889/90 (AH 1307)	49	16	49
1890/91 (AH 1308)	44	1	44
1891/92 (AH 1309)	46	9	46
1892/93 (AH 1310)	58	16	58
1893/94 (AH 1311)	60	10	60
1894/95 (AH 1312)	65	11	65
1895/96 (AH 1313)	61	3	61
1896/97 (AH 1314)	70	13	70
1897/98 (AH 1315)	69	4	69
1898/99 (AH 1316)	72	5	72
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	73	5	73
1900/01 (AH 1318)	73	7	73
1901/02 (AH 1319)	72	5	72
1902/03 (AH 1320)	71	7	71
1903/04 (AH 1321)	65	6	65
1904/05 (AH 1322)	57	4	57
1905/06 (AH 1323)	42	3	42
1906/07 (AH 1324)	26	4	26
1907/08 (AH 1325)	9	2	9
1908/09 (AH 1326)	4	1	4
1909/10 (AH 1327)	1	1	1
1910/11 (AH 1328)	1	1	1
1911 (AH 1329)	2	1	2
1911/12 (AH 1330)	1	0	1

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 1,816 recorded monthly salaries is 335 kuruş, the mean 416 kuruş.

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Muhasebe Kalemi
Year	Recorded salaries	Median	Mean	Lower quartile	Upper quartile	Median of the whole collection
1850/51	2	30	30	30	30	175
1851/52	2	90	90	85	95	282.5
1852/53	1	80	80	80	80	350
1853/54	4	65	65	45	85	400
1854/55	4	75	75	65	85	400
1855/56	5	100	94	90	100	450
1856/57	5	110	122	100	150	375
1857/58	5	150	140	120	150	475
1858/59	7	200	255.71	175	245	500
1859/60	3	250	233.33	200	275	500
1860/61	9	350	474.44	280	600	500
1861/62	6	475	440.83	200	712.5	600
1862/63	5	600	490	350	600	500
1863/64	7	500	428.57	250	550	500
1864/65	7	480	480.57	367	575	625
1865/66	8	367	403.62	162.5	686.25	650
1866/67	8	392	424.5	312.5	571.5	600
1867/68	10	392	485.3	357.5	606.75	600
1868/69	10	450	567.3	388	884.75	600
1869/70	14	400	454.21	100	631.75	600
1870/71	14	475	493.86	118.75	644.25	600
1871/72	14	535	540.36	313.75	615	550
1872/73	14	632.5	600.36	412.5	813.75	550
1873/74	23	450	515	120	775	500
1874/75	28	340	486.96	160	737.5	535
1875/76	35	280	480	185	700	530
1876/77	35	400	512.71	230	600	575
1877/78	39	400	521.92	250	600	560
1878	38	400	534.34	262.5	600	600
1878/79	38	400	558.82	300	737.5	600
1879/80	37	380	485.54	300	600	500
1880/81	31	400	496.77	285	720	500
1881/82	27	400	477.78	285	600	500
1882/83	31	320	439.68	200	600	500
1883/84	33	320	424.39	200	600	500
1884/85	30	390	438.33	212.5	575	500
1885/86	33	380	438.03	220	600	500
1886/87	34	400	450.15	200	600	500
1887/88	33	400	443.64	200	600	500
1888/89	36	310	410.42	142.5	610	500
1889/90	49	250	332.76	90	500	500
1890/91	44	272.5	345.57	87.5	525	500
1891/92	46	200	319.57	75	500	500
1892/93	58	182.5	323.79	100	537.5	500
1893/94	60	200	333.83	100	496.25	500
1894/95	65	250	364.92	100	545	500
1895/96	61	250	384.18	100	570	500
1896/97	70	245	329.36	125	500	500
1897/98	69	275	337.67	125	500	500
1898/99	72	262.5	352.76	100	500	500
1899/1900	73	300	406.49	200	550	500
1900/01	73	300	414.73	200	500	500
1901/02	72	340	427.15	200	512.5	500
1902/03	71	350	430.35	200	567.5	500
1903/04	65	350	444.38	225	600	475
1904/05	57	375	464.39	250	540	450
1905/06	42	400	508.67	271.25	565	475
1906/07	26	400	428.81	262.5	530	450
1907/08	9	300	333.89	170	460	300
1908/09	4	235	255	165	325	350
1909/10	1	400	400	400	400	462.5
1910/11	1	800	800	800	800	500
1911	2	600	600	500	700	500
1911/12	1	800	800	800	800	900

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, the place with most officials first
Place	Province	Officials	Annual entries	Years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	192	1,552	1850 to 1912
Beyoğlu	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	12	50	1860 to 1906
Galata	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	5	16	1880 to 1907
Thessaloniki (Selanik)	Thessaloniki (Selanik) province	4	43	1880 to 1904
Baghdad (Bağdat)	Baghdad (Bağdat) province	4	15	1858 to 1871
Ioannina (Yanya)	Ioannina (Yanya) province	3	17	1892 to 1905
Aydın	Aydın province	3	4	1869 to 1901
Edirne	Edirne province	2	26	1877 to 1903
Konya	Konya province	2	8	1896 to 1904
Yeni camii postanesi	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	2	5	1885 to 1891
Damascus (Şam)	Syria (Suriye) province	2	2	1860 to 1895
Hudavendigar	Hüdavendigâr province	2	2	1889 to 1907
Kosova	Kosovo (Kosova) province	2	2	1880 to 1888
Mytilene (Midilli)	Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province	1	14	1855 to 1869
Babi seraskeri	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	1	5	1885 to 1890
Ma'an (Maan)	Syria (Suriye) province	1	5	1893 to 1898
Necid	Basra province	1	4	1877 to 1880
Sivas	Sivas province	1	4	1901 to 1905
Tersanei amire	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	1	4	1872 to 1876
Bergama	Aydın province	1	3	1893 to 1896
Erzurum	Erzurum province	1	3	1878 to 1880
Sana'a (Sana)	Yemen province	1	3	1899 to 1902
Tuna	Danube (Tuna) province	1	3	1865 to 1868
Ankara	Ankara province	1	2	1880 to 1882
Mentese	Aydın province	1	2	1876 to 1878

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Places of Muhasebe Kalemi, the place with most officials first, continued
Place	Province	Officials	Annual entries	Years
Van	Van province	1	2	1888 to 1890
Yozgat	Ankara province	1	2	1850 to 1852
Beirut (Beyrut)	Beirut (Beyrut) province	1	1	1889/90
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)	Edirne province	1	1	1879/80
Hakkâri	Van province	1	1	1883/84
Kadıköy	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	1	1	1908/09
Kos (İstanköy)	Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province	1	1	1871/72
Malazgirt	Bitlis province	1	1	1881/82
Merzifon	Sivas province	1	1	1906/07
Siirt	Bitlis province	1	1	1889/90
Skopje (Üsküp)	Kosovo (Kosova) province	1	1	1887/88
Tarabya	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	1	1	1901/02
Trabzon	Trabzon province	1	1	1906/07
Varna	Danube (Tuna) province	1	1	1867/68
Yemen	Yemen province	1	1	1877/78
İzmit	İzmit province	1	1	1892/93
İğneada	Edirne province	1	1	1889/90
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)	Aleppo (Halep) province	1	1	1873/74
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)	Sivas province	1	1	1865/66

Ottoman officials recorded

The 100 officials with most annual entries, of 258. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Muhasebe Kalemi
Official	Years	Annual entries	Kuruş a month	Birthplace
Refet Efendi	1875 to 1906	32	440 to 1,480	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Faik Efendi	1873 to 1900	26	380 to 600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Hüsnü Bey	1877 to 1904	26	100 to 500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi	1878 to 1903	25	600 to 800	Edirne
Mehmet Nuri Efendi	1868 to 1891	24	100 to 400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Efendi	1850 to 1875	24	30 to 750	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Salih Tevfik Efendi	1873 to 1896	24	120 to 1,750	Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ahmet Refik Bey	1874 to 1896	23	270 to 570	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Berdos [Bedros] Efendi	1880 to 1903	23	400 to 800	Amasya
Mehmet Şemsettin Efendi	1873 to 1906	22	120 to 1,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kamil Bey	1871 to 1895	20	615 to 1,090	Bursa
Osman Kamil Efendi	1882 to 1902	20	50 to 720	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmed Talat Efendi	1888 to 1907	19	90 to 500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Mecid Efendi	1888 to 1907	19	150 to 400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Karabet Efendi	1866 to 1884	19	384 to 1,450	Edirne
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi	1875 to 1893	19	50 to 650	Harput
Ahmet Rauf Bey	1888 to 1906	18	75 to 530	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Ziya Efendi	1874 to 1891	18	120 to 600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Hasib Efendi	1874 to 1892	18	130 to 700	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sabri Efendi	1888 to 1906	18	50 to 550	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa İsmet Efendi	1875 to 1892	18	700 to 1,200	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Salih Necmi Efendi	1882 to 1900	18	200 to 500	Ioannina (Yanya)
Mehmet Celalettin Efendi	1863 to 1879	17	100 to 1,500	Damascus (Şam)
Mehmet Talat Efendi	1882 to 1907	16	95 to 800	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Dimitri Aleksandridi Efendi	1863 to 1880	15	380 to 1,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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Officials of Muhasebe Kalemi, continued
Official	Years	Annual entries	Kuruş a month	Birthplace
Hüseyin Rıza Efendi	1891 to 1906	15	570 to 1,500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Feridun Efendi	1892 to 1907	15	100 to 570	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi	1889 to 1904	15	50 to 460	Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Tevfik Efendi	1892 to 1907	15	50 to 350	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafız İbrahim Efendi	1892 to 1906	14	30 to 250	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Saik Efendi	1871 to 1896	14	285 to 1,100	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Mazlum Efendi	1892 to 1906	14	50 to 400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi	1893 to 1907	14	50 to 400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Haşim Efendi	1889 to 1907	14	50 to 375	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kemal Efendi	1889 to 1903	14	30 to 510	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Nazmi Efendi	1892 to 1906	14	40 to 270	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Tevfik Efendi	1855 to 1869	14	30 to 350	Mytilene (Midilli)
AHMET ELMAS EFENDi	1892 to 1905	13	300	Ioannina (Yanya)
Cemal Efendi	1894 to 1907	13	900 to 1,000	Kemaliye (Eğin)
Hafız Mahmut Nazif Efendi	1889 to 1902	13	75 to 330	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi	1877 to 1889	13	200 to 500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüsnü Efendi	1880 to 1893	13	600 to 700	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Ragıp Efendi	1892 to 1905	13	200 to 500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Efendi	1889 to 1908	13	50 to 900	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Arif Efendi	1884 to 1905	13	100 to 850	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Erşed Efendi	1893 to 1906	13	150 to 400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Faik Efendi	1892 to 1905	13	50 to 700	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ferit Efendi	1886 to 1902	13	75 to 300	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Muhyittin Efendi	1893 to 1906	13	375 to 730	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tahir Efendi	1893 to 1906	13	40 to 370	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi	1894 to 1906	12	25 to 250	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
ihsan Efendi	1884 to 1896	12	375 to 500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Faik Efendi	1896 to 1908	12	100 to 460	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Muammer Bey	1894 to 1906	12	30 to 400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Refik Bey	1878 to 1890	12	200 to 700	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Selahattin Bey	1893 to 1905	12	50 to 200	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Zühdü Efendi	1876 to 1887	12	285 to 300	Trabzon
Musa Kazım Efendi	1897 to 1909	12	100 to 400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Şevki Efendi	1895 to 1907	12	220 to 500	Trabzon
Abdulgafur Hamit Efendi	1897 to 1908	11	100 to 500	Aleppo (Halep)
Abdulkadir Efendi	1894 to 1905	11	300 to 420	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdurrezzak Efendi	1858 to 1869	11	150 to 400	Baghdad (Bağdat)
Ahmet Münir Efendi	1896 to 1907	11	75 to 250	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafız Tevfik Efendi	1889 to 1900	11	600 to 800	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi	1874 to 1884	11	250 to 500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi	1873 to 1906	11	120 to 790	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Macit Efendi	1887 to 1898	11	170 to 600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Ata Efendi	1892 to 1903	11	45 to 255	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Emin Efendi	1884 to 1895	11	100 to 270	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Musa Kazım Efendi	1894 to 1905	11	100 to 290	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Hikemi Efendi	1860 to 1871	11	350 to 1,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Şevki Efendi	1893 to 1903	10	200 to 500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Ziya Efendi	1899 to 1909	10	100 to 170	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Faik Bey	1869 to 1878	10	100 to 500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nazif Efendi	1894 to 1904	10	80 to 300	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi	1894 to 1904	9	40 to 550	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Tevfik Bey	1871 to 1879	9	780 to 1,750	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Antuvan Ramiz Efendi	1894 to 1903	9	562 to 630	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Bey	1895 to 1904	9	877 to 975	Mytilene (Midilli)
İsmail Zihni Efendi	1873 to 1881	9	120 to 600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Emin Efendi	1894 to 1903	9	250 to 500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Hüsnü Efendi	1888 to 1897	9	50 to 220	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Refet Efendi	1896 to 1905	9	495 to 880	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rifat	1888 to 1897	9	50 to 240	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Salim Efendi	1870 to 1887	9	175 to 1,200	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şerif Efendi	1873 to 1881	9	500 to 800	Agriboz
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi	1882 to 1891	9	95 to 250	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Pol Şişmanyan	1897 to 1906	9	250 to 400	Bursa
Rahmi Efendi	1896 to 1905	9	50 to 275	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi	1893 to 1902	8	720 to 1,350	Pomorie (Ahyolu)
Haşim Efendi	1892 to 1900	8	750 to 850	Chania (Hanya)
Mehmet Faik Bey	1891 to 1899	8	200 to 600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nazmi Bey	1864 to 1872	8	384 to 600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Salih Hulusi Efendi	1880 to 1888	8	800	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Nihalettin Efendi	1882 to 1889	7	200 to 300	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Zuhtu Bey	1853 to 1861	7	100 to 240	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Galip Efendi	1880 to 1887	7	50 to 500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi	1896 to 1903	7	350 to 450	Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Ata Efendi	1875 to 1891	7	230 to 800	Tekirdağ
Mehmet Mazhar Bey	1853 to 1861	7	30 to 280	Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

The other officials are listed on the pages of the places above. All of them are in the data file of this page.

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

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