Job title
Ticaret Mahkemesi Memuru
Group of job titles: Justice and legal affairs
3 officials held the job title Ticaret Mahkemesi Memuru. Its 10 annual entries run from 1865 to 1891 (AH 1282 to 1308). The median of the 10 recorded monthly salaries is 375 kuruş, against 600 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 5 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Erzincan, with 1.
- Officials
- 3
- Years on recordAH 1282 to 1308, 10 years with an entry
- 1865 to 1891
- Median monthly salaryfrom 10 recorded salaries
- 375 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 5
Profile of the group: Justice and legal affairs
No source read describes Ticaret Mahkemesi Memuru 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
- 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.
- 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.
Where the job was held
| Place | Officials | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Erzincan | 1 | |
| Ioannina (Yanya) | 1 | |
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 1 | |
| Rhodes (Rodos) | 1 | |
| Trabzon | 1 |
Places
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erzincan | Erzurum province | 1 | 4 | 1865 to 1869 |
| Ioannina (Yanya) | Ioannina (Yanya) province | 1 | 2 | 1873 to 1875 |
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 1 | 2 | 1869 to 1871 |
| Rhodes (Rodos) | Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province | 1 | 1 | 1890/91 |
| Trabzon | Trabzon province | 1 | 1 | 1871/72 |
Ottoman officials recorded
3 officials, the one with most annual entries first.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| İsmail Hakki Efendi | 1865 to 1872 | 7 | 250 to 750 | Erzincan |
| Mehmet Tevfik Efendi | 1873 to 1875 | 2 | 200 | Ioannina (Yanya) |
| Ananyas Efendi | 1890/91 | 1 | 500 | Nevşehir |
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
- Ticaret Mahkemesi Memuru
- 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)