Job title
Rusumat Meclis Azasi
Group of job titles: Customs
3 officials held the job title Rusumat Meclis Azasi. Its 7 annual entries run from 1866 to 1910 (AH 1283 to 1327). The median of the 7 recorded monthly salaries is 3,750 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 1 place, Istanbul.
- Officials
- 3
- Years on recordAH 1283 to 1327, 7 years with an entry
- 1866 to 1910
- Median monthly salaryfrom 7 recorded salaries
- 3,750 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 1
Profile of the group: Customs
No source read describes Rusumat Meclis Azasi 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
- 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
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 3 | 7 | 1866 to 1910 |
Ottoman officials recorded
3 officials, the one with most annual entries first.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmet Besim Efendi | 1907 to 1910 | 3 | 4,000 to 5,000 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ahmet Munir Bey | 1866 to 1868 | 2 | 3,750 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Yusuf Ziya Bey | 1888 to 1890 | 2 | 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
- Rusumat Meclis Azasi
- 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)