Job title
Polis Baskomiseri
Group of job titles: Police
1 official held the job title Polis Baskomiseri. Its 6 annual entries run from 1893 to 1900 (AH 1311 to 1317). The median of the 6 recorded monthly salaries is 1,500 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 4 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Erzurum, with 1.
- Officials
- 1
- Years on recordAH 1311 to 1317, 6 years with an entry
- 1893 to 1900
- Median monthly salaryfrom 6 recorded salaries
- 1,500 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 4
Profile of the group: Police
No source read describes Polis Baskomiseri by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.
Officials of the police (polis), which kept order in towns. A police organisation founded in 1845 was soon absorbed by the police command (Zaptiye Müşirliği) of 1846, and from 1881 a police force was set up permanently across the empire.
Requirements for entry
- from 1889 a police course taught candidates some law besides reading and writing
- a police school opened in Salonika in 1907, and others across the empire after 1909
History
From 1879 the Ministry of Police (Zaptiye Nezareti) dealt only with police work. In 1909 the ministry was abolished, and police work passed to the Directorate of Public Security (Emniyet-i Umumiye Müdüriyeti) under the Ministry of the Interior.
Sources
- 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, requirements for entry, history.
Where the job was held
| Place | Officials | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Beirut (Beyrut) | 1 | |
| Erzurum | 1 | |
| Jerusalem (Kudüs) | 1 | |
| Van | 1 |
Places
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erzurum | Erzurum province | 1 | 2 | 1894 to 1896 |
| Jerusalem (Kudüs) | Jerusalem (Kudüs) province | 1 | 2 | 1898 to 1900 |
| Beirut (Beyrut) | Beirut (Beyrut) province | 1 | 1 | 1896/97 |
| Van | Van province | 1 | 1 | 1893/94 |
Ottoman officials recorded
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmet Servet Efendi | 1893 to 1900 | 6 | 1,000 to 1,500 | Van |
How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.
Subjects
- Polis Baskomiseri
- Ottoman job titles (Osmanlı memuriyet unvanları)
- Labour history (emek tarihi)
- Salaries of officials (memur maaşları)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)