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Job title

Polis Mufettisi

Group of job titles: Police

1 official held the job title Polis Mufettisi. Its 4 annual entries run from 1906 to 1910 (AH 1324 to 1327). The median of the 4 recorded monthly salaries is 1,500 kuruş, against 400 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 1 place, Istanbul.

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1324 to 1327, 4 years with an entry
1906 to 1910
Median monthly salaryfrom 4 recorded salaries
1,500 kuruş
Places with officials
1

Profile of the group: Police

No source read describes Polis Mufettisi 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

  1. 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.

Places

Places of Polis Mufettisi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province141906 to 1910

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Polis Mufettisi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Semsettin Efendi1906 to 191041,200 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

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