Skip to content
Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service

Job title

Nufus Nezareti

Group of job titles: Provincial administration

1 official held the job title Nufus Nezareti. Its 5 annual entries run from 1886 to 1891 (AH 1304 to 1308). The median of the 5 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 1 place, Beirut (Beyrut).

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1304 to 1308, 5 years with an entry
1886 to 1891
Median monthly salaryfrom 5 recorded salaries
1,000 kuruş
Places with officials
1

Profile of the group: Provincial administration

No source read describes Nufus Nezareti 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.

Places

Places of Nufus Nezareti, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Beirut (Beyrut)Beirut (Beyrut) province151886 to 1891

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Nufus Nezareti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Abdürrahim Efendi1886 to 189151,000Sidon (Sayda)

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

Subjects