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Job title

Pul Kitabeti

Stamp clerkship

Pul Kitabeti is the job title in 395 annual entries of 68 officials, from 1860 to 1910 (AH 1277 to 1327). The median of the 395 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The entries name 12 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 41.

Officials
68
Annual entries1860 to 1910, AH 1277 to 1327
395
Year with most officials20 officials
1902/03
Median monthly salaryfrom 395 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Places with officials
12

Stored spellings: Pul Kitabeti; pul kitabeti

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1902/03 (AH 1320) with 20 officials. Years with an annual entry: 48.
051015201863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 132520 in 1902/03Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Pul Kitabeti
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1860/61 (AH 1277)111
1861/62 (AH 1278)101
1862/63 (AH 1279)101
1863/64 (AH 1280)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1867/68 (AH 1284)111
1868/69 (AH 1285)212
1869/70 (AH 1286)313
1870/71 (AH 1287)202
1872/73 (AH 1289)222
1873/74 (AH 1290)303
1874/75 (AH 1291)303
1875/76 (AH 1292)525
1876/77 (AH 1293)848
1877/78 (AH 1294)808
1878 (AH 1295)606
1878/79 (AH 1296)414
1879/80 (AH 1297)404
1880/81 (AH 1298)747
1881/82 (AH 1299)818
1882/83 (AH 1300)808
1883/84 (AH 1301)10210
1884/85 (AH 1302)909
1885/86 (AH 1303)828
1886/87 (AH 1304)10210
1887/88 (AH 1305)10110
1888/89 (AH 1306)808
1889/90 (AH 1307)939
1890/91 (AH 1308)808
1891/92 (AH 1309)919
1892/93 (AH 1310)12412
1893/94 (AH 1311)11111
1894/95 (AH 1312)16516
1895/96 (AH 1313)18518
1896/97 (AH 1314)15115
1897/98 (AH 1315)17217
1898/99 (AH 1316)18318
1899/1900 (AH 1317)18318
1900/01 (AH 1318)17217
1901/02 (AH 1319)17517
1902/03 (AH 1320)20420
1903/04 (AH 1321)17017
1904/05 (AH 1322)14214
1905/06 (AH 1323)12012
1906/07 (AH 1324)919
1907/08 (AH 1325)101
1908/09 (AH 1326)101
1909/10 (AH 1327)212

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.

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 395 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 466 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 440 kuruş in 1906/07Pul Kitabeti, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Pul Kitabeti
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1860/611120120120120500
1861/621300300300300600
1862/631300300300300500
1863/641300300300300500
1864/651300300300300625
1867/6811,3801,3801,3801,380600
1868/6921,6901,6901,5351,845600
1869/703400916.673751,200600
1870/7121,2001,2008001,600600
1872/7321,2501,2501,0251,475550
1873/7439751,158.33887.51,337.5500
1874/7539751,158.33887.51,337.5535
1875/7658009108001,000530
1876/778800787.57001,000575
1877/788800787.57001,000560
18786800800800950600
1878/7949008507001,050600
1879/804700667.5530837.5500
1880/817500540.71450670500
1881/828500490.88371.25655500
1882/838500498.12371.25655500
1883/8410500483.5313.75630500
1884/859500505.56400640500
1885/868450543.75375625500
1886/8710400495325575500
1887/8810500530500575500
1888/898500550500525500
1889/909500500500500500
1890/918500500500500500
1891/929500450500500500
1892/9312450343.33127.5500500
1893/9411500366.36185500500
1894/9516245307.81147.5500500
1895/9618245294.17142.5485500
1896/9715300302150447.5500
1897/9817220291.18170400500
1898/9918300293.06162.5400500
1899/190018375336.94262.5400500
1900/0117400347.94270400500
1901/0217400347.35250400500
1902/0320400397.85300442.5500
1903/0417400407.06350425475
1904/0514400425.71400440450
1905/0612420448.33400512.5475
1906/079440460400550450
1907/081400400400400300
1908/091400400400400350
1909/102350350325375462.5

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.

Places

Places of Pul Kitabeti, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province412301860 to 1910
GalataIstanbul (Dersaadet) province13861876 to 1906
AnkaraAnkara province581894 to 1904
EdirneEdirne province4301889 to 1910
Izmir (İzmir)Aydın province3201889 to 1907
Yeni camii postanesiIstanbul (Dersaadet) province281880 to 1889
Thessaloniki (Selanik)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province261904 to 1907
Komotini (Gümülcine)Edirne province121897 to 1899
Suakin (Sevakin)Hejaz (Hicaz) province121902 to 1904
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)Edirne province111900/01
Beirut (Beyrut)Beirut (Beyrut) province111901/02
Kardzhali (Kırcaali)Edirne province111899/1900

Ottoman officials recorded

68 officials, the one with most annual entries first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Officials of Pul Kitabeti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ali Nuri Efendi1892 to 190715240 to 440Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Besim Efendi1869 to 188715350 to 1,200Kemah
Mıgırdıç Şinavder Efendi1876 to 189015320 to 500Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ali Rıza Efendi1889 to 190314495 to 550Nevşehir
İlya Dakos Efendi1885 to 189914250 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mikail Makakyan Efendi1876 to 188914600 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Şakir Efendi1892 to 190614120 to 400Lovech (Lofça)
Yasef Efendi1889 to 190314500 to 600Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Deyran Misak Efendi1885 to 189813400 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Rıfat Efendi1894 to 190713130 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Emin Efendi1895 to 190712300 to 550Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Galip Efendi1883 to 189512600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Fethi Bey1881 to 189211142 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Lütfi Efendi1894 to 19041040 to 350Kemaliye (Eğin)
Mehmet Edip Efendi1897 to 19069200 to 440Karacabey (Mihaliç)
Osman Efendi1901 to 19109400Thessaloniki (Selanik)
İsmail Şükrü Efendi1880 to 18888500 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şükrü Efendi1892 to 1900840 to 150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Todoraki Efendi1896 to 19048400 to 900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bekir Sami Efend1872 to 18787800Cerkezistan
Mehmet Rüştü Efendi1889 to 18967400 to 440Crete (Girit)
Mustafa Efendi1860 to 18717120 to 400Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ali Haydar Efendi1895 to 19016400Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Habip Efendi1892 to 18986130 to 170Damascus (Şam)
Hamdi Efendi1898 to 1904630 to 150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Show the other 43 officials
Officials of Pul Kitabeti, continued
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hasan Efendi1901 to 19076200 to 250Crete (Girit)
Mehmet Rıfat Efendi1899 to 19056260 to 380Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osep Efendi1887 to 18936500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1894 to 18995175 to 220Măcin (Maçin)
Dadi Fransuva Efendi1902 to 19075600Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Hüseyin İbrahim Efendi1900 to 19055400Bartın
Karakin Efendi1876 to 18805800 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Cemalettin Efendi1880 to 18855640Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mikail Kuyumcuyan Efendi1880 to 18855500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Recep Efendi1895 to 18994100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
ALİ ULVİ EFENDİ1902 to 19064400Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Bekir Sami Efendi1875 to 18784800Rusya
Hasan Şevket Efendi1902 to 19064400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şevket Efendi1872 to 187641,700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Aziz Efendi1880 to 18844285Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Benakulaki Mafridi Efendi1904 to 19073600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafız Şaban Efendi1898 to 19013200Kastamonu
Mehmet Amil Bey1886 to 18893400 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Nazmi Efendi1875 to 18783250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehteri Ömer İzzet Efendi1901 to 19043400Kayseri
Mustafa Asım Efendi1897 to 19003200 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Siryus Mişel Efendi1868 to 187132,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1898 to 19002300 to 350Bitola (Manastır)
Begos Efendi1894 to 18962140Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı İsmail Efendi1876 to 187821,250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Mahmut Rifat Efendi1867 to 186921,380Aleppo (Halep)
Hacı Mehmet Zeynel Efendi1901 to 19032250 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Avni Efendi1891 to 1893250 to 90Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kamil Efendi1893 to 18952500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Mesud Efendi1902 to 19042242 to 300Ankara
Mehmet Sabri Efendi1886 to 18882200 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1899 to 19012270Divriği
Ziya Efendi1883 to 18852250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdülhamit Efendi1878/7911,200Mosul (Musul)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi1895/961500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Seyfi Efendi1909/101300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Hayri Efendi1901/021200Mudurnu
Mehmet Nuri Efendi1894/951200Sivas
Ömer Efendi1900/011350Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman efendi1906/071400Trebin
Salih Efendi1895/961200Bosna
Unnamed official (0156_0025; 47)1904 to 19073400Rethymno (Resmo)
Unnamed official (0049_0020; 37)1899 to 19012450Istanbul (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.