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Job title

Rusumat Emaneti Tercume Kalemi

Group of job titles: Customs

1 official held the job title Rusumat Emaneti Tercume Kalemi. Its 10 annual entries run from 1899 to 1909 (AH 1317 to 1326). The median of the 10 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş, against 475 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 1 place, Istanbul.

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1317 to 1326, 10 years with an entry
1899 to 1909
Median monthly salaryfrom 10 recorded salaries
1,000 kuruş
Places with officials
1

Profile of the group: Customs

No source read describes Rusumat Emaneti Tercume Kalemi by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Officials of the customs. From 1860 the customs were run by salaried officials instead of tax farmers, and from 1870 by the Customs Administration (Rüsumat Emaneti) in Istanbul with seventeen directorates in the provinces and inspectors to check the work.

History

A regulation of 1891 set the procedures of the customs: hours, loading and unloading, transit, inspection, ships' manifests and bonded stores.

Sources

  1. Kütükoğlu, Mübahat S. (1996). Gümrük (Osmanlılar'da gümrük). TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 14, 263-268. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 263-268. Used for: summary, history.

Places

Places of Rusumat Emaneti Tercume Kalemi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province1101899 to 1909

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Rusumat Emaneti Tercume Kalemi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hüseyin Mazlum Efendi1899 to 1909101,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

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