Job title
Polis Muduru
Group of job titles: Police
6 officials held the job title Polis Muduru. Its 12 annual entries run from 1895 to 1910 (AH 1313 to 1327). The median of the 12 recorded monthly salaries is 1,800 kuruş, against 456.25 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 3.9 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 90 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 1 different years, and a quarter in 3 or more. It was the first title on record for 0 per cent of the officials and the last for 50 per cent. The entries name 7 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Bitola (Manastır), with 2.
- Officials
- 6
- Years on recordAH 1313 to 1327, 8 years with an entry
- 1895 to 1910
- Median monthly salary3.93× the collection median of the same years (456.25 kuruş)
- 1,800 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 7
- First job title on recordfor 0 of the 6 officials
- 0%
Profile of the group: Police
No source read describes Polis Muduru 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.
Pay against the whole collection
6 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 1,500 to 2,500 kuruş.
The same numbers as a table
| Median monthly salary, kuruş | Officials | Share | Whole collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 100 | 0 | 0% | 3% |
| 100 to 200 | 0 | 0% | 10% |
| 200 to 300 | 0 | 0% | 17% |
| 300 to 400 | 0 | 0% | 18% |
| 400 to 500 | 0 | 0% | 17% |
| 500 to 750 | 0 | 0% | 23% |
| 750 to 1,000 | 0 | 0% | 5% |
| 1,000 to 1,500 | 2 | 33% | 4% |
| 1,500 to 2,500 | 4 | 67% | 2% |
| 2,500 and more | 0 | 0% | 1% |
The median of the 12 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 1,800 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 456.25 kuruş. The median entry paid 3.93× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 3.6× and 4.98×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 90% of the other paid officials of the same year.
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
| Place | Officials | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Bitola (Manastır) | 2 | |
| Ankara | 1 | |
| Beirut (Beyrut) | 1 | |
| Elazığ | 1 | |
| Suriye | 1 | |
| Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 1 | |
| Yemen | 1 |
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 Polis Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Polis Muduru. The 2 titles with most officials, of 5 moves in all.
Held just after
The title of the entries just after a run of Polis Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from Polis Muduru to that title. The 2 titles with most officials, of 3 moves in all.
Of the 8 moves shown, 0 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
- 1.5 yearsmedian over 6 officials
- A quarter of the officials
- 2.75 years or moreupper quartile
- Most years of one official
- 4 years
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
6 officials with it recorded.
Age at the first annual entry in the job
6 officials with it recorded.
Province of birth
5 officials with it recorded.
Schooling
6 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.
Languages
6 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Qualification
5 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.
Source of the record
6 officials with it recorded.
Officials on record each year
The same numbers as a table
| Year | Officials on record | First recorded | Annual entries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1906/07 (AH 1324) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1907/08 (AH 1325) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 1909/10 (AH 1327) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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.
Places
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitola (Manastır) | Bitola (Manastır) province | 2 | 2 | 1905 to 1909 |
| Thessaloniki (Selanik) | Thessaloniki (Selanik) province | 1 | 3 | 1895 to 1898 |
| Beirut (Beyrut) | Beirut (Beyrut) province | 1 | 2 | 1908 to 1910 |
| Yemen | Yemen province | 1 | 2 | 1906 to 1908 |
| Ankara | Ankara province | 1 | 1 | 1909/10 |
| Elazığ | Mamuretülaziz province | 1 | 1 | 1908/09 |
| Suriye | Syria (Suriye) province | 1 | 1 | 1908/09 |
Ottoman officials recorded
6 officials, the one with most annual entries first.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mustafa Sevki Efendi | 1906 to 1910 | 4 | 1,675 to 2,500 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ali Riza Efendi | 1895 to 1898 | 3 | 1,800 to 2,000 | Kütahya |
| Salih Necati Efendi | 1908 to 1910 | 2 | 1,000 to 2,000 | Damascus (Şam) |
| Mehmet Servet Efendi | 1908/09 | 1 | 1,350 | Van |
| Mustafa Safvet Efendi | 1908/09 | 1 | 1,000 | Kirim |
| Semsettin Efendi | 1905/06 | 1 | 2,000 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
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.
Subjects
- Polis Muduru
- 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)