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Job title

Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti

Group of job titles: Justice and legal affairs

Stored spellings: Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti; Ticaret Mahkemsi Baskitabeti

7 officials held the job title Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti. Its 38 annual entries run from 1863 to 1888 (AH 1280 to 1305). The median of the 38 recorded monthly salaries is 975 kuruş, against 550 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 1.7 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 71 per cent of the other officials with a salary in the same year. Half of the officials have an entry in it in no more than 4 different years, and a quarter in 8 or more. It was the first title on record for 14 per cent of the officials and the last for 14 per cent. The entries name 7 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Erzurum, with 1.

Officials
7
Years on recordAH 1280 to 1305, 26 years with an entry
1863 to 1888
Median monthly salary1.73× the collection median of the same years (550 kuruş)
975 kuruş
Places with officials
7
First job title on recordfor 1 of the 7 officials
14%

Profile of the group: Justice and legal affairs

No source read describes Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Officials of the courts and offices of the Ministry of Justice (Adliye), created on 14 February 1870 from the court Divan-ı Ahkam-ı Adliye. The new courts (nizamiye) were set up in the provinces from the 1860s.

History

The regulation of 21 May 1879 organised the ministry as the Ministry of Justice and Sects (Adliye ve Mezahib Nezareti), with an undersecretary, a corresponding secretary, directors for criminal and civil affairs, for the records of officials and for documents, and an accountant. The commercial courts came under the ministry in 1875.

Sources

  1. Findley, Carter V. (1980). Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire: The Sublime Porte, 1789-1922. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Pages or part: 178. Used for: summary.
  2. Yavuz, Hulusi (1988). Adliye Nezâreti. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 1, 389-390. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 389. Used for: summary, history.
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 38 recorded monthly salaries is 975 kuruş, the mean 928 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041,000 kuruş in 1887/88Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1863/641500500500500500
1864/651500500500500625
1865/661500500500500650
1866/671500500500500600
1867/681500500500500600
1868/693600700550800600
1869/702875875812.5937.5600
1870/7111,0001,0001,0001,000600
1871/722975975962.5987.5550
1872/732950950950950550
1873/741950950950950500
1874/752975975962.5987.5535
1875/762975975962.5987.5530
1876/772975975962.5987.5575
1877/781950950950950560
187821,0251,025987.51,062.5600
1878/7921,0751,0751,012.51,137.5600
1879/8011,6001,6001,6001,600500
1880/8131,2001,1008501,400500
1881/8211,2001,2001,2001,200500
1882/8311,0001,0001,0001,000500
1883/8411,0001,0001,0001,000500
1884/8511,0001,0001,0001,000500
1885/8611,0001,0001,0001,000500
1886/8711,0001,0001,0001,000500
1887/8811,0001,0001,0001,000500

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.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
43%14%43%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

7 officials with a salary, each counted once in the band of the median of the official's salaries in this job. A bar runs from its number to the next; the last is 2,500 kuruş and more. Most officials (43%) are in the band 500 to 750 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 20000%10%
200 to 30000%17%
300 to 40000%18%
400 to 50000%17%
500 to 750343%23%
750 to 1,000114%5%
1,000 to 1,500343%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 38 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 975 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 550 kuruş. The median entry paid 1.73× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 1.58× and 2×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 71% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median1.73×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less71%0%25%50%75%100%

The dot is the median, the box the middle half of the entries. Dashed lines: the collection median of the same years (1×) and the middle of the paid officials (50%).

Where the job was held

All years
7 places with officials on record, 7 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) District (kaza)
Baghdad (Bağdat)ErzurumIstanbul (Dersaadet)Shkodër (İşkodra)SivasThessaloniki (Selanik)Volos (Golos)1 official

Career paths: the titles just before and after

The number is the officials who made the move. Under it, the median change of the monthly salary: the first salary of the later title less the last salary of the earlier one, where at least 5 moves have both.

Held just before

The title of the entries just before a run of Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti. The 6 titles with most officials, of 6 moves in all.

  1. 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti1
  2. Kontrol Kalemicontrol office1
  3. Memurofficial1
  4. Tahrirat Kalemi Mumeyyizi1
  5. Temyiz Mahkemesi Baskitabeti1
  6. Zabit Memuru1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti. Pay: the change on moving from Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti to that title. The 4 titles with most officials, of 6 moves in all.

  1. 2. Ticaret Mahkemesi Riyaseti3
  2. 2. Müdürdirector of the second grade1
  3. Temyiz Mahkemesi Baskitabeti1
  4. Ticaret Mahkemesi Azasi1

Of the 12 moves shown, 2 cross at least one year without an annual entry; nothing is known about those years. Two posts held in the same years are not counted as a move.

Time in the job

Years with an entry in the job
4 yearsmedian over 7 officials
A quarter of the officials
8 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
12 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it14%1 official
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it14%1 official
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 7 officials with a place recorded100%7 officials

Years are years with an annual entry in the job, each counted once for an official. They need not follow one another, and nothing is known about a year without an entry. With two posts in the first or last year, both count.

Who held the job

Officials of this jobWhole collection

Community

7 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)86%6
  2. Armenian Christian (Ermeni)14%1

Age at the first annual entry in the job

7 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 190%0
  3. 20 to 2429%2
  4. 25 to 2943%3
  5. 30 to 340%0
  6. 35 to 3914%1
  7. 40 and over14%1

Province of birth

7 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province29%2
  2. Baghdad (Bağdat) province14%1
  3. Danube (Tuna) province14%1
  4. Erzurum province14%1
  5. Shkodër (İşkodra) province14%1
  6. Thessaly (Teselya) province14%1

Schooling

7 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%. The groups of the schools recorded for each official.

  1. Primary57%4
  2. Community school14%1
  3. Religious school (medrese)14%1
  4. Rüşdiye14%1

Languages

7 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

  1. Turkish100%7
  2. Arabic29%2
  3. Persian29%2
  4. Albanian14%1
  5. Armenian14%1
  6. French14%1
  7. Greek (Rum)14%1
  8. Kurdish14%1

Qualification

6 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.

  1. No100%6

Source of the record

7 officials with it recorded.

  1. Post and Telegraph86%6
  2. Cross-ministry workbook14%1

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1868/69 (AH 1285) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 26.
01231863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13043 in 1868/69Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1863/64 (AH 1280)111
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)101
1867/68 (AH 1284)101
1868/69 (AH 1285)323
1869/70 (AH 1286)202
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1871/72 (AH 1288)202
1872/73 (AH 1289)202
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)212
1875/76 (AH 1292)202
1876/77 (AH 1293)202
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)212
1878/79 (AH 1296)202
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)323
1881/82 (AH 1299)101
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)101

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.

Places

Places of Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
ErzurumErzurum province1121868 to 1879
Baghdad (Bağdat)Baghdad (Bağdat) province181880 to 1888
Volos (Golos)Thessaly (Teselya) province181863 to 1873
Thessaloniki (Selanik)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province141878 to 1881
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province131874 to 1877
Shkodër (İşkodra)Shkodër (İşkodra) province121868 to 1870
SivasSivas province111880/81

Ottoman officials recorded

7 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Ticaret Mahkemesi Baskitabeti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Haci Lutfullah Bey1868 to 187912950 to 1,000Erzurum
Ahmet Fehmi Efendi1880 to 188881,000 to 1,200Khanaqin (Hanikin)
Huseyin Sevki Efendi1863 to 18738500 to 950Volos (Golos)
Ahmet Lutfu Efendi1878 to 188141,100 to 1,600Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)
Kapril Efendi1874 to 187731,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Tayyib Hilmi Efendi1868 to 18702600 to 750Shkodër (İşkodra)
Hasan Faik Bey1880/811500Istanbul (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.

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