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Job title

Vali Muavini

Group of job titles: Provincial administration

5 officials held the job title Vali Muavini. Its 6 annual entries run from 1869 to 1910 (AH 1286 to 1327). The median of the 6 recorded monthly salaries is 5,000 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 10 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 99 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 1 different years, and a quarter in 1 or more. It was the first title on record for 0 per cent of the officials and the last for 60 per cent. The entries name 4 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Shkodër (İşkodra), with 2.

Officials
5
Years on recordAH 1286 to 1327, 5 years with an entry
1869 to 1910
Median monthly salary10× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
5,000 kuruş
Places with officials
4
First job title on recordfor 0 of the 5 officials
0%

Profile of the group: Provincial administration

No source read describes Vali Muavini by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Officials of provincial administration. Under the provincial law of 1864 a province (vilayet) was divided into sancaks under a mutasarrıf, kazas under a kaymakam, and nahiyes under a nahiye müdürü.

Requirements for entry

  • kaymakams were usually chosen from graduates of the Mekteb-i Mülkiyye, the school opened in 1859 to train district governors and directors of districts and of finance

Sources

  1. Akyıldız, Ali (2019). Mekteb-i Mülkiyye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, supplement vol. 2 (revised third printing), 238-240. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 238. Used for: requirements for entry.
  2. Örenç, Ali Fuat (2020). Mutasarrıf. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 31, 377-379. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 378. Used for: summary.
  3. Özkaya, Yücel (2022). Kaymakam. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 25, 84-85. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 84-85. Used for: summary, requirements for entry.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
100%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

5 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 (100%) are in the band 2,500 kuruş and more.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Vali Muavini 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 75000%23%
750 to 1,00000%5%
1,000 to 1,50000%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more5100%1%

The median of the 6 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 5,000 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 10× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 10× and 11.88×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 99% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median10×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×8×16×Share of paid officials earning less99%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
4 places with officials on record, 4 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet)
Shkodër (İşkodra)Aleppo (Halep)ElazığErzurum2 officials1 official

All 4 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Shkodër (İşkodra)2
Aleppo (Halep)1
Elazığ1
Erzurum1

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 Vali Muavini. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Vali Muavini. The 5 titles with most officials, of 5 moves in all.

  1. Duyunu Umumiye 2. Sinif Mufettisi1
  2. Istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi1
  3. Mesalihi Kalemi1
  4. Muhasebati Ecnebiye Kalemi Muduru1
  5. Posta Kalemi Mumeyyizligi1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Vali Muavini. Pay: the change on moving from Vali Muavini to that title. The 2 titles with most officials, of 2 moves in all.

  1. Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi1
  2. Vali1

Of the 7 moves shown, 1 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
1 yearmedian over 5 officials
A quarter of the officials
1 year or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
2 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it0%0 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it60%3 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 5 officials with a place recorded100%5 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

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Armenian Christian (Ermeni)60%3
  2. Muslim (Müslüman)40%2

Age at the first annual entry in the job

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 190%0
  3. 20 to 240%0
  4. 25 to 290%0
  5. 30 to 3420%1
  6. 35 to 3920%1
  7. 40 and over60%3

Province of birth

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province60%3
  2. Beirut (Beyrut) province20%1
  3. Ioannina (Yanya) province20%1

Schooling

5 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. Foreign school60%3
  2. Higher or professional40%2

Languages

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

  1. French100%5
  2. Turkish100%5
  3. Armenian40%2
  4. Greek (Rum)40%2
  5. Arabic20%1
  6. English20%1
  7. Greek20%1
  8. Italian20%1

Qualification

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

  1. No60%3
  2. Yes40%2

Places

Places of Vali Muavini, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Shkodër (İşkodra)Shkodër (İşkodra) province221894 to 1896
Aleppo (Halep)Aleppo (Halep) province121869 to 1871
ElazığMamuretülaziz province111909/10
ErzurumErzurum province111895/96

Ottoman officials recorded

5 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Vali Muavini
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
İsmail Hakki Bey1869 to 187127,500Ioannina (Yanya)
Agop Efendi1895/9615,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Dikran Efendi1909/1014,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İbrahim Selim Susa Efendi1895/9615,000Beirut (Beyrut)
Ohannes Abdullah Efendi1894/9515,000Istanbul (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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