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Job title

Nahiye Muduru

Group of job titles: Provincial administration

9 officials held the job title Nahiye Muduru. Its 34 annual entries run from 1867 to 1911 (AH 1284 to 1329). The median of the 34 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 1.1 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 55 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 2 different years, and a quarter in 3 or more. It was the first title on record for 11 per cent of the officials and the last for 33 per cent. The entries name 10 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Seyitgazi, with 1.

Officials
9
Years on recordAH 1284 to 1329, 27 years with an entry
1867 to 1911
Median monthly salary1.08× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
540 kuruş
Places with officials
10
First job title on recordfor 1 of the 9 officials
11%

Profile of the group: Provincial administration

No source read describes Nahiye Muduru by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Officials of provincial administration. Under the provincial law of 1864 a province (vilayet) was divided into sancaks under a mutasarrıf, kazas under a kaymakam, and nahiyes under a nahiye müdürü.

Requirements for entry

  • kaymakams were usually chosen from graduates of the Mekteb-i Mülkiyye, the school opened in 1859 to train district governors and directors of districts and of finance

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: requirements for entry.
  2. Örenç, Ali Fuat (2020). Mutasarrıf. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 31, 377-379. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 378. Used for: summary.
  3. Özkaya, Yücel (2022). Kaymakam. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 25, 84-85. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 84-85. Used for: summary, requirements for entry.
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 34 recorded monthly salaries is 540 kuruş, the mean 594 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325600 kuruş in 1911Nahiye Muduru, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Nahiye Muduru
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1867/6811,0001,0001,0001,000600
1870/7111,0001,0001,0001,000600
1871/721900900900900550
1872/731900900900900550
1873/741610610610610500
1878/792600600600600600
1879/802600600600600500
1880/811600600600600500
1881/822600600600600500
1882/831600600600600500
1883/841600600600600500
1884/851600600600600500
1885/861400400400400500
1886/871540540540540500
1889/902500500500500500
1890/912500500500500500
1891/922500500500500500
1892/931500500500500500
1893/941500500500500500
1896/971540540540540500
1897/981540540540540500
1898/992511511496.5525.5500
1899/19001540540540540500
1900/011540540540540500
1901/021540540540540500
1910/111540540540540500
19111600600600600500

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
11%67%11%11%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

9 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 (67%) are in the band 500 to 750 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Nahiye Muduru 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 500111%17%
500 to 750667%23%
750 to 1,000111%5%
1,000 to 1,500111%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 34 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 540 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 1.08× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 1× and 1.2×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 55% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median1.08×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less55%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
10 places with officials on record, 10 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Other place
As-Suwayda (Süveyda)BalıkesirDurrës (Dıraç)GöynükİnegölManisaOsmaneli (Lefke)Servia (Serfiçe)1 official

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 Nahiye Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Nahiye Muduru. The 8 titles with most officials, of 9 moves in all.

  1. Aşar Memurutithe official1
  2. 3. Müdürdirector of the third grade1
  3. Deavi Kalemi1
  4. Kaymakam Muavini1
  5. Kaza Muduru1
  6. Mal Muduru1
  7. Maliye Kitabeti1
  8. Memurofficial1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Nahiye Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from Nahiye Muduru to that title. The 6 titles with most officials, of 7 moves in all.

  1. Aşar Memurutithe official2
  2. Belediye Riyaseti1
  3. Kaymakamdistrict governor1
  4. Mal Muduru1
  5. Mevrude Memuruofficial for incoming items1
  6. Sansur Memuru1

Of the 16 moves shown, 7 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
2 yearsmedian over 9 officials
A quarter of the officials
3 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
14 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it11%1 official
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it33%3 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 8 officials with a place recorded75%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

9 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)78%7
  2. Armenian Christian (Ermeni)22%2

Age at the first annual entry in the job

9 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 190%0
  3. 20 to 240%0
  4. 25 to 2922%2
  5. 30 to 3422%2
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over56%5

Province of birth

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Ankara province25%2
  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province25%2
  3. Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province13%1
  4. Ioannina (Yanya) province13%1
  5. Sivas province13%1
  6. Trabzon province13%1

Schooling

9 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. Primary67%6
  2. Higher or professional33%3
  3. Community school11%1

Languages

9 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

  1. Turkish100%9
  2. French22%2
  3. Albanian11%1
  4. Arabic11%1
  5. Armenian11%1
  6. Greek (Rum)11%1
  7. Persian11%1

Qualification

9 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.

  1. No78%7
  2. Yes22%2

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1878/79 (AH 1296) with 2 officials. Years with an annual entry: 27.
0121868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13252 in 1878/79Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Nahiye Muduru
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)111
1878/79 (AH 1296)222
1879/80 (AH 1297)202
1880/81 (AH 1298)101
1881/82 (AH 1299)212
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)212
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)101
1893/94 (AH 1311)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)212
1899/1900 (AH 1317)101
1900/01 (AH 1318)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1910/11 (AH 1328)111
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.

Ottoman officials recorded

9 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Nahiye Muduru
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
İbrahim Rahmi Efendi1878 to 189414400 to 600Kazanlik
Ömer Lütfü Efendi1889 to 19029500 to 540Tokat
Ahmet Nuri Bey1870 to 18733900 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Misak Efendi1910 to 19112540 to 600Yozgat
Nuri Bey1878 to 18802600Ioannina (Yanya)
Abdurrahman Şakir Bey1881/821600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Cafer Sadik Efendi1873/741610Nicosia (Lefkoşa)
Hafiz Mehmet Sukru Efendi1867/6811,000Trabzon
Mehteri Ömer İzzet Efendi1898/991482Kayseri

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.