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Job title

Rusumat Meclisi Riyaseti Baskanı

Group of job titles: Customs

1 official held the job title Rusumat Meclisi Riyaseti Baskanı. Its 4 annual entries run from 1872 to 1876 (AH 1289 to 1292). The median of the 4 recorded monthly salaries is 10,000 kuruş, against 532.5 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 1 place, Izmir (İzmir).

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1289 to 1292, 4 years with an entry
1872 to 1876
Median monthly salaryfrom 4 recorded salaries
10,000 kuruş
Places with officials
1

Profile of the group: Customs

No source read describes Rusumat Meclisi Riyaseti Baskanı 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 Meclisi Riyaseti Baskanı, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Izmir (İzmir)Aydın province141872 to 1876

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Rusumat Meclisi Riyaseti Baskanı
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Munir Bey1872 to 1876410,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

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