Job title

Tahrirat Kalemi

Correspondence office

Tahrirat Kalemi is the job title in 651 annual entries of 118 officials, from 1845 to 1911 (AH 1262 to 1328). The median of the 651 recorded monthly salaries is 560 kuruş. The entries name 56 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 58.

Officials: 118
Annual entries1845 to 1911, AH 1262 to 1328: 651
Year with most officials21 officials: 1872/73
Median monthly salaryfrom 651 recorded salaries: 560 kuruş
Places with officials: 56

Stored spellings: Tahrirat Kalemi; tahrirat kalemi; Tarhrirat Kalemi

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1872/73 (AH 1289) with 21 officials. Years with an annual entry: 65.

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Officials on record each year, Tahrirat Kalemi
Year	Officials on record	First recorded	Annual entries
1845/46 (AH 1262)	1	1	1
1846/47 (AH 1263)	1	0	1
1847/48 (AH 1264)	1	0	1
1848/49 (AH 1265)	1	0	1
1849/50 (AH 1266)	1	0	1
1850/51 (AH 1267)	1	0	1
1851/52 (AH 1268)	1	0	1
1852/53 (AH 1269)	1	0	1
1853/54 (AH 1270)	1	0	1
1854/55 (AH 1271)	1	0	1
1855/56 (AH 1272)	1	0	1
1856/57 (AH 1273)	2	1	2
1857/58 (AH 1274)	2	0	2
1858/59 (AH 1275)	2	1	2
1859/60 (AH 1276)	2	1	2
1862/63 (AH 1279)	1	1	1
1863/64 (AH 1280)	4	3	4
1864/65 (AH 1281)	5	2	5
1865/66 (AH 1282)	5	1	5
1866/67 (AH 1283)	7	3	7
1867/68 (AH 1284)	5	0	5
1868/69 (AH 1285)	7	1	7
1869/70 (AH 1286)	8	5	8
1870/71 (AH 1287)	9	3	9
1871/72 (AH 1288)	10	2	10
1872/73 (AH 1289)	21	10	21
1873/74 (AH 1290)	17	2	17
1874/75 (AH 1291)	19	5	19
1875/76 (AH 1292)	17	1	17
1876/77 (AH 1293)	17	3	17
1877/78 (AH 1294)	19	4	19
1878 (AH 1295)	14	0	14
1878/79 (AH 1296)	15	2	15
1879/80 (AH 1297)	14	2	14
1880/81 (AH 1298)	16	3	16
1881/82 (AH 1299)	17	1	17
1882/83 (AH 1300)	20	5	20
1883/84 (AH 1301)	16	0	16
1884/85 (AH 1302)	17	3	17
1885/86 (AH 1303)	16	1	16
1886/87 (AH 1304)	14	2	14
1887/88 (AH 1305)	16	4	16
1888/89 (AH 1306)	13	2	13
1889/90 (AH 1307)	12	4	12
1890/91 (AH 1308)	15	3	15
1891/92 (AH 1309)	15	2	15
1892/93 (AH 1310)	16	3	16
1893/94 (AH 1311)	18	4	18
1894/95 (AH 1312)	14	0	14
1895/96 (AH 1313)	11	0	11
1896/97 (AH 1314)	13	2	13
1897/98 (AH 1315)	13	1	13
1898/99 (AH 1316)	11	2	11
1899/1900 (AH 1317)	14	3	14
1900/01 (AH 1318)	16	2	16
1901/02 (AH 1319)	15	2	15
1902/03 (AH 1320)	16	2	16
1903/04 (AH 1321)	14	4	14
1904/05 (AH 1322)	16	2	16
1905/06 (AH 1323)	16	3	16
1906/07 (AH 1324)	13	1	13
1907/08 (AH 1325)	6	0	6
1908/09 (AH 1326)	4	1	4
1909/10 (AH 1327)	4	2	4
1910/11 (AH 1328)	1	0	1

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 651 recorded monthly salaries is 560 kuruş, the mean 593 kuruş.

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Tahrirat Kalemi
Year	Recorded salaries	Median	Mean	Lower quartile	Upper quartile	Median of the whole collection
1845/46	1	250	250	250	250	300
1846/47	1	250	250	250	250	300
1847/48	1	250	250	250	250	250
1848/49	1	250	250	250	250	300
1849/50	1	250	250	250	250	250
1850/51	1	250	250	250	250	175
1851/52	1	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	282.5
1852/53	1	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	350
1853/54	1	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	400
1854/55	1	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	400
1855/56	1	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	450
1856/57	2	550	550	325	775	375
1857/58	2	600	600	400	800	475
1858/59	2	175	175	162.5	187.5	500
1859/60	2	225	225	212.5	237.5	500
1862/63	1	40	40	40	40	500
1863/64	4	530	477.5	400	607.5	500
1864/65	5	560	632	250	750	625
1865/66	5	380	480	250	560	650
1866/67	7	350	548.57	275	720	600
1867/68	5	380	498	300	600	600
1868/69	7	500	605.71	390	780	600
1869/70	8	538	493.25	225	637.5	600
1870/71	9	600	499.44	200	720	600
1871/72	10	412.5	470	205	626.25	550
1872/73	21	400	491.67	130	700	550
1873/74	17	400	572.94	300	750	500
1874/75	19	420	529.21	265	775	535
1875/76	17	700	632.94	400	800	530
1876/77	17	600	653.53	400	1,000	575
1877/78	19	700	674.21	250	1,000	560
1878	14	900	810.71	487.5	1,000	600
1878/79	15	700	782.67	425	1,000	600
1879/80	14	450	538.57	330	760	500
1880/81	16	460	510	287.5	680	500
1881/82	17	480	507.06	300	640	500
1882/83	20	500	506	335	610	500
1883/84	16	580	583.12	415	680	500
1884/85	17	600	603.53	400	800	500
1885/86	16	600	635.62	515	800	500
1886/87	14	580	584.57	500	760	500
1887/88	16	620	583.56	242.5	800	500
1888/89	13	600	569.77	220	800	500
1889/90	12	500	520	350	812.5	500
1890/91	15	450	476.27	237	725	500
1891/92	15	500	478	70	750	500
1892/93	16	600	494.38	92.5	750	500
1893/94	18	545	488.06	70	750	500
1894/95	14	650	554.29	156.25	806.25	500
1895/96	11	800	742.27	600	912.5	500
1896/97	13	720	657.46	540	742	500
1897/98	13	720	634.38	400	790	500
1898/99	11	800	703.64	420	920	500
1899/1900	14	745	685	360	900	500
1900/01	16	705	641.88	275	925	500
1901/02	15	750	624	150	950	500
1902/03	16	645	626.56	150	981.25	500
1903/04	14	837.5	787.5	485	1,037.5	475
1904/05	16	775	757.5	465	1,050	450
1905/06	16	737.5	736.88	375	1,055	475
1906/07	13	875	748.46	300	1,070	450
1907/08	6	275	398.33	212.5	397.5	300
1908/09	4	225	437.5	187.5	475	350
1909/10	4	400	562.5	362.5	600	462.5
1910/11	1	400	400	400	400	500

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 Tahrirat Kalemi, the place with most officials first
Place	Province	Officials	Annual entries	Years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	58	422	1863 to 1910
Galata	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	5	10	1892 to 1908
Trabzon	Trabzon province	4	10	1858 to 1911
Bursa	Hüdavendigâr province	3	33	1845 to 1886
Yeni camii postanesi	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	3	21	1869 to 1892
Sivas	Sivas province	3	9	1853 to 1908
Edirne	Edirne province	3	5	1898 to 1907
Aleppo (Halep)	Aleppo (Halep) province	2	8	1887 to 1906
Yozgat	Ankara province	2	7	1865 to 1889
Thessaloniki (Selanik)	Thessaloniki (Selanik) province	2	4	1859 to 1901
Yemen	Yemen province	2	3	1872 to 1907
Elazığ	Mamuretülaziz province	2	2	1863 to 1875
Gelibolu	Edirne province	1	19	1891 to 1910
Beyoğlu	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	1	14	1893 to 1907
Tripoli (Trablusgarp)	Tripoli (Trablusgarp) province	1	8	1882 to 1890
Aydın	Aydın province	1	5	1901 to 1906
Vidin	Danube (Tuna) province	1	5	1862 to 1867
Bayburt	Erzurum province	1	4	1879 to 1887
Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)	Thessaly (Teselya) province	1	4	1856 to 1860
Pasinler	Erzurum province	1	4	1880 to 1884
Rize	Trabzon province	1	4	1889 to 1893
Samsun	Trabzon province	1	4	1869 to 1873
Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)	Kosovo (Kosova) province	1	3	1866 to 1869
Shijak (Şiyak)	Shkodër (İşkodra) province	1	3	1881 to 1884
Basra	Basra province	1	2	1866 to 1869

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Places of Tahrirat Kalemi, the place with most officials first, continued
Place	Province	Officials	Annual entries	Years
Diyarbakır	Diyarbakır province	1	2	1880 to 1882
Drama	Thessaloniki (Selanik) province	1	2	1870 to 1872
Kars	Erzurum province	1	2	1851 to 1853
Kastamonu	Kastamonu province	1	2	1899 to 1901
Sirkeci	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	1	2	1892 to 1894
Taiz	Yemen province	1	2	1884 to 1886
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)	Sivas province	1	2	1887 to 1889
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)	Yemen province	1	1	1887/88
Al Luhayyah (Luhayye)	Yemen province	1	1	1882/83
Araç	Kastamonu province	1	1	1882/83
Bandırma	Hüdavendigâr province	1	1	1880/81
Berat	Ioannina (Yanya) province	1	1	1891/92
Bolvadin	Hüdavendigâr province	1	1	1872/73
Burdur	Konya province	1	1	1872/73
Darende	Sivas province	1	1	1884/85
Debar (Debre)	Bitola (Manastır) province	1	1	1874/75
Geyve	İzmit province	1	1	1886/87
Imdadiye	Van province	1	1	1890/91
Ioannina (Yanya)	Ioannina (Yanya) province	1	1	1909/10
Izmir (İzmir)	Aydın province	1	1	1877/78
Jaffa (Yafa)	Jerusalem (Kudüs) province	1	1	1892/93
Kayalar	Bitola (Manastır) province	1	1	1882/83
Korçë (Görice)	Bitola (Manastır) province	1	1	1877/78
Lüleburgaz	Edirne province	1	1	1872/73
Mosul (Musul)	Mosul (Musul) province	1	1	1873/74
Ovacık	Mamuretülaziz province	1	1	1886/87
Shkodër (İşkodra)	Shkodër (İşkodra) province	1	1	1884/85
Sungurlu	Ankara province	1	1	1885/86
Trikala (Tırhala)	Thessaly (Teselya) province	1	1	1868/69
Varna	Danube (Tuna) province	1	1	1869/70
Yenicami postahenesi	Istanbul (Dersaadet) province	1	1	1872/73

Ottoman officials recorded

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

Officials of Tahrirat Kalemi
Official	Years	Annual entries	Kuruş a month	Birthplace
Hacı Bekir Efendi	1866 to 1905	40	250 to 1,200	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fehmi Efendi	1872 to 1907	33	75 to 1,100	Nevşehir
Komidas Efendi	1876 to 1907	32	250 to 875	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Hamdi Bey	1873 to 1901	29	800 to 1,050	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Kaya Bey	1863 to 1889	27	750 to 2,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kostantin Mavromati Efendi	1863 to 1889	27	480 to 720	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şerefeddin Efendi	1882 to 1907	25	600 to 1,700	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Akif Efendi	1872 to 1898	25	250 to 825	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Midhat Efendi	1891 to 1910	19	20 to 250	Gelibolu
Mehmet Arif Efendi	1871 to 1886	16	170 to 1,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hamit Efendi	1893 to 1907	14	540 to 950	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şevki Efendi	1871 to 1884	14	640 to 800	Erzincan
Osman Vafi Efendi	1845 to 1858	13	250 to 1,000	Erzurum
Aziz Efendi	1896 to 1907	11	720 to 1,175	Volos (Golos)
Huseyin Refik Efendi	1872 to 1882	11	100 to 300	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kadri Efendi	1888 to 1897	9	250 to 600	Vidin
Yusuf Ziya Bey	1870 to 1878	9	100 to 1,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Cafer Sadık Efendi	1890 to 1898	8	50 to 70	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Sait Efendi	1879 to 1887	8	270 to 520	Erzurum
Mustafa Kemal Bey	1898 to 1906	8	200 to 1,050	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Said Efendi	1870 to 1877	7	635 to 800	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Mazhar Efendi	1869 to 1876	7	130 to 400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Cemil Efendi	1899 to 1906	7	200 to 300	Aleppo (Halep)
Ali Rıza Bey	1880 to 1886	6	100 to 200	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Cemil Efendi	1878 to 1884	6	320 to 420	Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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Officials of Tahrirat Kalemi, continued
Official	Years	Annual entries	Kuruş a month	Birthplace
Mehmet Arif Efendi	1874 to 1879	6	900 to 1,250	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Rifat Efendi	1872 to 1877	5	120 to 400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Şefik Efendi	1876 to 1880	5	360 to 450	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Bekir Şakir Efendi	1889 to 1894	5	400	Hârșova (Hırsova)
Hafız Kemal Bey	1870 to 1875	5	190 to 280	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Zuhdu Bey	1862 to 1867	5	40 to 380	Diyarbakır
Mehmet İhsan Efendi	1904 to 1909	5	200	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kadri Efendi	1889 to 1894	5	50 to 60	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi	1889 to 1893	4	40 to 70	Rize
Ali Bey	1869 to 1873	4	120 to 475	Safranbolu
Eşref Bahtiyar Efendi	1881 to 1885	4	400 to 480	Tirana (Tiran)
Haci Lutfullah Efendi	1865 to 1869	4	250 to 500	Samsun
Mehmet Hayri Bey	1884 to 1888	4	640	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Salih Efendi	1856 to 1860	4	100 to 200	Ioannina (Yanya)
Mustafa Hilmi Efendi	1898 to 1902	4	300	Thessaloniki (Selanik)
Osman Nuri Efendi	1899 to 1903	4	540	Gümüşhane
Osman Saib Efendi	1885 to 1889	4	220 to 270	Yozgat
Abdullah Kemal Bey	1903 to 1906	3	500	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Ethem Efendi	1905 to 1908	3	200 to 300	Sivas
Ali Rıza Efendi	1903 to 1906	3	480 to 600	Sliven (İslimiye)
Hasan Efendi	1864 to 1874	3	1,400 to 1,875	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Rıza Efendi	1884 to 1888	3	750 to 1,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Efendi	1889 to 1892	3	400	Kazanlak (Kızanlık)
imamzade Mehmet Sabri Efendi	1866 to 1869	3	300	Sjenica (Seniçe)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi	1904 to 1907	3	420 to 540	Edirne
Mehmet Fahri Efendi	1877 to 1879	3	1,000 to 1,200	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rıfat Efendi	1905 to 1908	3	400 to 430	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şemsettin Efendi	1897 to 1903	3	35 to 150	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Nafiz Bey	1864 to 1866	2	250	Alanya (Alaiye)
Ahmet Hamdi Efendi	1892 to 1894	2	700	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Niyazi Bey	1893 to 1895	2	50	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Şakir Efendi	1874 to 1876	2	800	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Galip Efendi	1892 to 1894	2	100	Kafkasya
Aziz İhsan Efendi	1896 to 1898	2	400	Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Bogos Hayifyan Efendi	1880 to 1882	2	250	Diyarbakır
Ernest Mavromati Efendi	1903 to 1905	2	450 to 600	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Hakkı Efendi	1901 to 1903	2	100 to 150	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Kazım Bey	1905 to 1907	2	1,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Abdullah Efendi	1906 to 1908	2	140	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Ali Efendi	1888 to 1890	2	100 to 200	Akşehir
Mehmet Emin Efendi	1899 to 1901	2	150	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Hamit Efendi	1893 to 1895	2	250 to 400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Rahmi Efendi	1887 to 1889	2	27 to 37	Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Mehmet Reşat Efendi	1893 to 1895	2	50 to 75	Plovdiv (Filibe)
Mehmet Salim Efendi	1872 to 1874	2	130 to 355	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Selahattin Efendi	1901 to 1903	2	25	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şevki Efendi	1909 to 1911	2	400	Hopa
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi	1876 to 1878	2	60 to 200	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Muhyiddin Nuri Efendi	1866 to 1869	2	1,250	Sivas
Mustafa Hulusi Efendi	1903 to 1905	2	700	Kemah
Salih Hulusi Efendi	1869 to 1871	2	750	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Suleyman Asaf Bey	1887 to 1889	2	200	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Abdullah Zeki Efendi	1863/64	1	500	Kemaliye (Eğin)
Ahmet Faiz Efend	1882/83	1	70	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Harti Efendi	1891/92	1	80	Plovdiv (Filibe)
Ahmet Refik Efendi	1869/70	1	500	Ioannina (Yanya)
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi	1877/78	1	800	Nicosia (Lefkoşa)
Ali Rıza Efendi	1882/83	1	200	Bitola (Manastır)
Ayn Fahreddin Efendi	1887/88	1	100	Habesistan
Bekir Efendi	1873/74	1	500	Kirkuk (Kerkük)
Berdos [Bedros] Efendi	1874/75	1	250	Amasya
Cemal Efendi	1874/75	1	285	Harput
Emin Kami Efendi	1869/70	1	250	Eskizagra
Faruk Efendi	1909/10	1	400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fethullah Kemal Efendi	1887/88	1	250	Aleppo (Halep)
Haci Cemal Bey	1872/73	1	1,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafız Ahmet Efendi	1890/91	1	200	Bosna
Hafız Yusuf Hüsamettin Efendi	1892/93	1	250	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hasan Zühtü Efendi	1890/91	1	274	Van
Hasib Sami Efendi	1879/80	1	80	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Aziz Efendi	1880/81	1	220	Plovdiv (Filibe)
İbrahim Edhem Efendi	1902/03	1	540	Tokat
İBRAHİM KEMALETTİN EFENDİ	1902/03	1	100	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Aziz Efendi	1872/73	1	100	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Mümtaz Efendi	1900/01	1	50	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Münir Bey	1884/85	1	160	Oltu
Mehmet Nuri Efendi	1872/73	1	250	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Selahattin Efendi	1900/01	1	400	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Şerif Efendi	1868/69	1	150	Larissa (Yenişehir-i Fener)
Mehmet Şevket Efendi	1882/83	1	500	Erzincan
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi	1858/59	1	150	Trabzon
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi	1877/78	1	160	Izmir (İzmir)
Mehmet Vecihi Bey	1875/76	1	1,000	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Muharrem Bey	1877/78	1	250	Korçë (Görice)
Mustafa Asim Efendi	1882/83	1	180	Trabzon
Mustafa Efendi	1859/60	1	250	Bursa
Mustafa Enver Efendi	1908/09	1	150	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Hulusi Efendi	1886/87	1	300	Arapgir
Mustafa İzzet Efendi	1886/87	1	144	Çemişgezek
Salim Efendi	1872/73	1	100	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Şükrü Bey	1872/73	1	500	Çarşamba
Unnamed official (0006_0303; 601)	1878 to 1910	30	40 to 1,200	Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0006_0309; 613)	1874 to 1886	13	100 to 550	Bursa

Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

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