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Job title

Ticaret Zabtiye Kitabeti

Group of job titles: Police

1 official held the job title Ticaret Zabtiye Kitabeti. Its 1 annual entry fall in 1870/71 (AH 1287). One monthly salary is recorded, 665 kuruş. The entries name 1 place, Istanbul.

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1287, 1 year with an entry
1870/71
Median monthly salaryfrom 1 recorded salary
665 kuruş
Places with officials
1

Profile of the group: Police

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

Officials of the police (polis), which kept order in towns. A police organisation founded in 1845 was soon absorbed by the police command (Zaptiye Müşirliği) of 1846, and from 1881 a police force was set up permanently across the empire.

Requirements for entry

  • from 1889 a police course taught candidates some law besides reading and writing
  • a police school opened in Salonika in 1907, and others across the empire after 1909

History

From 1879 the Ministry of Police (Zaptiye Nezareti) dealt only with police work. In 1909 the ministry was abolished, and police work passed to the Directorate of Public Security (Emniyet-i Umumiye Müdüriyeti) under the Ministry of the Interior.

Sources

  1. Özcan, Abdülkadir (2013). Zaptiye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 44, 128-130. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 128-130. Used for: summary, requirements for entry, history.

Places

Places of Ticaret Zabtiye Kitabeti, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province111870/71

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Ticaret Zabtiye Kitabeti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Rasim Bey1870/711665Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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

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