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Job title

Mukayyit

Registry clerk

Mukayyit is the job title in 592 annual entries of 138 officials, from 1860 to 1911 (AH 1277 to 1329). The median of the 592 recorded monthly salaries is 300 kuruş. The entries name 47 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 41.

Officials
138
Annual entries1860 to 1911, AH 1277 to 1329
592
Year with most officials26 officials
1901/02
Median monthly salaryfrom 592 recorded salaries
300 kuruş
Places with officials
47

Stored spellings: Mukayyit; mukayyit; Muukayyit

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1901/02 (AH 1319) with 26 officials. Years with an annual entry: 53.
0510152025301863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 132526 in 1901/02Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Mukayyit
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1860/61 (AH 1277)222
1861/62 (AH 1278)202
1862/63 (AH 1279)202
1863/64 (AH 1280)202
1864/65 (AH 1281)424
1865/66 (AH 1282)303
1866/67 (AH 1283)303
1867/68 (AH 1284)303
1868/69 (AH 1285)515
1869/70 (AH 1286)848
1870/71 (AH 1287)717
1871/72 (AH 1288)949
1872/73 (AH 1289)828
1873/74 (AH 1290)939
1874/75 (AH 1291)929
1875/76 (AH 1292)10410
1876/77 (AH 1293)10310
1877/78 (AH 1294)606
1878 (AH 1295)11511
1878/79 (AH 1296)11211
1879/80 (AH 1297)14414
1880/81 (AH 1298)13213
1881/82 (AH 1299)14314
1882/83 (AH 1300)11111
1883/84 (AH 1301)808
1884/85 (AH 1302)828
1885/86 (AH 1303)949
1886/87 (AH 1304)707
1887/88 (AH 1305)929
1888/89 (AH 1306)11211
1889/90 (AH 1307)13513
1890/91 (AH 1308)13313
1891/92 (AH 1309)14314
1892/93 (AH 1310)20820
1893/94 (AH 1311)17117
1894/95 (AH 1312)18318
1895/96 (AH 1313)21521
1896/97 (AH 1314)19419
1897/98 (AH 1315)18218
1898/99 (AH 1316)21521
1899/1900 (AH 1317)18118
1900/01 (AH 1318)21621
1901/02 (AH 1319)26726
1902/03 (AH 1320)23523
1903/04 (AH 1321)25625
1904/05 (AH 1322)20420
1905/06 (AH 1323)19519
1906/07 (AH 1324)15215
1907/08 (AH 1325)10310
1908/09 (AH 1326)414
1909/10 (AH 1327)646
1910/11 (AH 1328)202
1911 (AH 1329)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.

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 592 recorded monthly salaries is 300 kuruş, the mean 397 kuruş.
02004006008001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 300 kuruş in 1909/10Mukayyit, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the line

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Mukayyit
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1860/612325325237.5412.5500
1861/622575575362.5787.5600
1862/632735735502.5967.5500
1863/642760760540980500
1864/654485617.5315787.5625
1865/663320606.67310760650
1866/673320540310660600
1867/683320540310660600
1868/6954506604501,000600
1869/708475543.75275700600
1870/717500514.29375550600
1871/729400480.56250570550
1872/738437.5511.88276.25612.5550
1873/749500550.56450500500
1874/759450472.22250500535
1875/7610250365156.25420530
1876/7710415453212.5576.25575
1877/786552.5592.5501.25750560
187811600648.182751,000600
1878/7911800795.455501,100600
1879/8014500532.86212.5722.5500
1880/8113300446.92200700500
1881/8214475495.71212.5712.5500
1882/8311400502.73200800500
1883/848425522.5335700500
1884/858390495.25230700500
1885/869300373.56240380500
1886/877300447.43300545500
1887/889300398300400500
1888/8911300371.09225350500
1889/9013300307.85142300500
1890/9113200267.08100300500
1891/9214300308.71110.5300500
1892/9320300294.6137.75300500
1893/9417300312.18150300500
1894/9518300345.39200400500
1895/9621300377.71200400500
1896/9719300382.26200542.5500
1897/9818287.5396.5200573.75500
1898/9921300373.52192475500
1899/190018318.5427.44227.5493.75500
1900/0121300369.48150490500
1901/0226225280.54150350500
1902/0323290320.74160427.5500
1903/0425275305.4150400475
1904/0520210254.5150300450
1905/0619260291.84200387.5475
1906/0715250265.67175315450
1907/0810237.5238.5132.5297.5300
1908/094337.5306.25243.75400350
1909/106300316.67200400462.5
1910/112425425362.5487.5500
19111300300300300500

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 Mukayyit, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province412111864 to 1911
ErzurumErzurum province12261880 to 1909
Beirut (Beyrut)Beirut (Beyrut) province7141869 to 1910
BursaHüdavendigâr province6211875 to 1899
TrabzonTrabzon province6141861 to 1908
EdirneEdirne province5181879 to 1907
KonyaKonya province4401879 to 1905
Izmir (İzmir)Aydın province4141864 to 1889
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)Tripoli (Trablusgarp) province4141898 to 1910
ÜsküdarIstanbul (Dersaadet) province4111889 to 1895
Damascus (Şam)Syria (Suriye) province491880 to 1905
GalataIstanbul (Dersaadet) province3271872 to 1910
DiyarbakırDiyarbakır province3251879 to 1906
Aleppo (Halep)Aleppo (Halep) province3101887 to 1897
AnkaraAnkara province341903 to 1907
Yeni camii postanesiIstanbul (Dersaadet) province2101860 to 1872
Baghdad (Bağdat)Baghdad (Bağdat) province281885 to 1893
KadıköyIstanbul (Dersaadet) province271900 to 1905
SinopKastamonu province261860 to 1907
Skopje (Üsküp)Kosovo (Kosova) province241874 to 1911
KastamonuKastamonu province231891 to 1899
Niš (Niş)Danube (Tuna) province231869 to 1877
Thessaloniki (Selanik)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province231873 to 1875
KosovaKosovo (Kosova) province221888 to 1910
Ioannina (Yanya)Ioannina (Yanya) province1241862 to 1885
Show the other 22 places
Places of Mukayyit, the place with most officials first, continued
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
SamsunTrabzon province1201871 to 1890
AsirYemen province151898 to 1903
GevaşVan province151878 to 1882
BeyoğluIstanbul (Dersaadet) province141903 to 1907
Tripoli (Trablusşam)Beirut (Beyrut) province141893 to 1897
BosnaBosnia (Bosna) province131873 to 1876
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Sivas province131870 to 1873
Cezairi bahri sefidArchipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province121878 to 1880
DramaThessaloniki (Selanik) province121875 to 1877
Medina (Medine)Hejaz (Hicaz) province121902 to 1904
Paramythia (Aydonat)Ioannina (Yanya) province121898 to 1900
Plovdiv (Filibe)Eastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî) province121872 to 1874
Acre (Akka)Beirut (Beyrut) province111905/06
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)Yemen province111881/82
Chania (Hanya)Crete (Girit) province111878
Feres (Ferecik)Edirne province111882/83
HaydarpaşaIstanbul (Dersaadet) province111907/08
Kahramanmaraş (Maraş)Aleppo (Halep) province111903/04
KırşehirAnkara province111897/98
Peja (İpek)Kosovo (Kosova) province111880/81
Pirot (Şehirköy)Kosovo (Kosova) province111868/69
Pristina (Priştine)Kosovo (Kosova) province111911

Ottoman officials recorded

138 officials, the one with most annual entries first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Mukayyit
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Cemal Bey1878 to 190124750 to 1,100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Hilmi Efendi1885 to 190520300Kemaliye (Eğin)
Es-Seyyid Ali Riza Efendi1871 to 189020400 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafız Mehmet Emin Efendi1885 to 190318142 to 290Konya
Ahmet Faiz Efend1884 to 190117240 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bekir Sıtkı Efendi1889 to 190516200 to 430Konya
Bekir Efendi1892 to 190412380 to 850Malatya
Mehmet Hamit Efendi1895 to 190712220 to 425Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Ferit Efendi1892 to 19031150 to 170Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasib Sami Efendi1896 to 190711585 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Hamdi Efendi1879 to 188910200 to 300Izmir (İzmir)
Ahmet Halit Efendi1871 to 188010190 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Sabri Efendi1896 to 190610200 to 340Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafiz Hasan Husnu Efendi1875 to 18839150 to 250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüsnü Efendi1895 to 19049215 to 560Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Efendi1875 to 18839800 to 1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Salih Hulusi Efendi1860 to 18699150 to 450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bekir Sami Efend1864 to 18728300 to 600Cerkezistan
Mehmet Hulusi Efendi1901 to 19098175 to 275Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sabri Efendi1898 to 19068150 to 500Bilecik
Abbas Zihni Efendi1892 to 18997380 to 540Trabzon
Esad Fahreddin Efendi1892 to 19046300Niš (Niş)
Hafiz Hasan Efendi1869 to 18756500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Tahsin Efendi1879 to 18856400Edirne
Mehmet Emin Bey1869 to 18756100 to 950Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Show the other 113 officials
Officials of Mukayyit, continued
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Osman Ziya Efendi1900 to 19066100 to 200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abraham Efendi1892 to 18975300Latakia (Lazkiye)
Ahmet Bican Efendi1897 to 19025100 to 120Erzurum
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1878 to 18825250Diyarbakır
Ahmet Hurrem Efendi1903 to 19085100Erzurum
Mehmet Avni Efendi1902 to 19075150Kemaliye (Eğin)
Mehmet Emin Efendi1901 to 19065150 to 200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Salim Efendi1900 to 1905550 to 90Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1898 to 19035475Mihayel
Mehmet Talat Efendi1891 to 18965300 to 400Edirne
Mehmet Ziya Efendi1889 to 18945100 to 150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Şekip Feyzi Efendi1879 to 18845150Tekirdağ
Ahmet Sami Efendi1891 to 18954100 to 200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Hayri Efendi1903 to 19074250 to 350Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Recai Efendi1889 to 1893430 to 75Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Bahaattin Bey1878 to 18824640 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Besir Efendi1892 to 18964200Beirut (Beyrut)
Mehmet Emin Efendi1904 to 19084200 to 300Izmir (İzmir)
Mehmet Haşim Efendi1892 to 18964125 to 175Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Münir Efendi1901 to 19054150 to 200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1882 to 18864380Mytilene (Midilli)
Mehmet Rıfkı Efendi1904 to 19084280 to 430Kastamonu
Mehmet Sait Efendi1887 to 18914150Damascus (Şam)
Mehmet Şerefeddin Efendi1876 to 18794600 to 700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mühtedi Mehmet Nuri Efendi1885 to 18894300Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mustafa Haydar Efendi1894 to 18984400 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Akif Efendi1895 to 18994350Varna
Ahmet Hilmi Efendi1887 to 18903300Aleppo (Halep)
Ahmet Raşit Efendi1881 to 18843380 to 450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Reşit Efendi1870 to 18733250 to 285Sivas
Ali Rıza Efendi1909 to 19113200 to 300Pristina (Priştine)
Hacı Ahmet Hilmi Efendi1902 to 19053150Tripoli (Trablusşam)
Hacı İsmail Efendi1878 to 188031,200 to 1,450Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Fehmi Efendi1904 to 1907350Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Kadri Efendi1890 to 18933300Mora
Hüseyin Fehmi Efendi1896 to 18993140 to 160Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Asaf Bey1873 to 18763330Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet İzzet Efendi1907 to 19103170 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kâmil Efendi1905 to 19083200Erzurum
Mehmet Mazhar Bey1864 to 18703650 to 1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Zihni Efendi1868 to 18713450Niš (Niş)
Salih Hayri Efendi1890 to 18933100 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Şükrü Efendi1905 to 19083260 to 290Tirebolu
Suleyman Zeki Efendi1874 to 1877395Skopje (Üsküp)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi1902 to 19042300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Haydar Efendi1894 to 18962200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ayn Fahreddin Efendi1898 to 19002240 to 300Habesistan
Hafız Ahmet Muhtar Efendi1901 to 19032150 to 175Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1893 to 18952300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1902 to 19042350Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Saik Efendi1869 to 18712300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüsnü Efendi1890 to 18922300Sivas
Mehmet Ali Efendi1873 to 18752500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Haşim Efendi1900 to 19022350Aleppo (Halep)
Mehmet Macit Efendi1900 to 1902250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sadri Efendi1889 to 1891230Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şakir Efendi1905 to 19072100Ankara
Memduh Bey1875 to 18772250 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Asım Efendi1898 to 19002300Ioannina (Yanya)
Mustafa Fazil Efendi1900 to 19022200Erzurum
Mustafa Hikmet Efendi1900 to 1902250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Necip Bey1878 to 18802600Chios (Sakız)
Mustafa Şahin Efendi1888 to 18902300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Salim Efendi1874 to 18762175Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Şerafeddin Murad Efendi1892 to 18942100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Tayyar Efendi1872 to 18742475Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdülkadir Ziya Efendi1905/061500Sivas
Abdullah Arif Efendi1897/981300Konya
AHMET CEMiL EFEndi1906/071220Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Emin Efendi1880/811150Harput
Ahmet İhsan Efendi1907/081120Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Nebi Efendi1888/891150Skopje (Üsküp)
Ahmet Refik Efendi1899/19001200Erzurum
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1881/821600Mecca (Mekke)
Ali Kemal Efendi1908/091150Doğubayazıt (Bayezid)
Ali Nevzad Bey1876/771430Erzurum
Ali Rıza Efendi1907/081100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fornaraki Hasan Lamii Efendi18781300Chania (Hanya)
Haci Tahsin Efendi1871/721250Trabzon
Hafız Mehmet Sadık Efendi1885/861150Burdur
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1903/041100Erzurum
Hüseyin Naker Efendi1906/071250Erzurum
İsmail Efendi1901/021150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1902/031540Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1909/101200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi1884/851142Istanbul (Dersaadet)
MEHMET ALİ EFENDİ1903/041600Kemaliye (Eğin)
Mehmet Amil Bey1880/811300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fahrettin Efendi1901/021330Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Muhyittin Efendi1891/921100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nazif Bey1895/961280Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rüştü Efendi1896/971200Erzurum
Mehmet Şefik Efendi1905/061300Beirut (Beyrut)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1901/021400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi18781180Izmir (İzmir)
Mustafa Akif Efendi1871/721180Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Hulusi Efendi1875/761150Antalya
Osman Fevzi Efendi1898/991160Nevşehir
Refet Efendi1872/731250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Şükrü Efendi1909/101400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Efendi1873/741500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Süleyman Şefik Efendi1903/041120Ankara
Süleyman Şefik Efendi1904/051120Ankara
Tahir Efendi1881/821550Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Yakub Sabri Efendi1895/961350Çanakkale
Yusuf Efendi1869/701200Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Yusuf Ziya Efendi1903/041200Bosna
Zeynelabidin Efendi1876/771150Ürgüp
Unnamed official (0006_0366; 727)1860 to 188526500 to 1,200Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (43_105; 207)1894 to 191117150 to 550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0087_0089, sayfa no:175.)1889 to 18934300Baghdad (Bağdat)
Unnamed official (8-150;293)1879 to 18834150Van
Unnamed official (0157_0180; 355)1909/101200Sidon (Sayda)

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.