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Job title

Veznadar

Group of job titles: Accounts and statistics

Stored spellings: Veznadar; veznadar

8 officials held the job title Veznadar. Its 31 annual entries run from 1859 to 1906 (AH 1276 to 1323). The median of the 31 recorded monthly salaries is 530 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 1.1 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 53 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 3 different years, and a quarter in 6 or more. It was the first title on record for 25 per cent of the officials and the last for 50 per cent. No other title is recorded for 12 per cent of them. The entries name 2 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 7.

Officials
8
Years on recordAH 1276 to 1323, 18 years with an entry
1859 to 1906
Median monthly salary1.06× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
530 kuruş
Places with officials
2
First job title on recordfor 2 of the 8 officials
25%

Profile of the group: Accounts and statistics

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

Offices of accounts, collections and statistics. Ministries kept accountants (muhasebeci) among their central officials, as the regulation of 1879 for the Ministry of Justice and the gendarmerie regulation of 1903/04 for the Ministry of Police show.

Hard skillsinferred from the duties

  • bookkeeping (usûl-i defterî, defter tutma usulü), which the Mülkiye taught from 1859 and the rüşdiye from 1869

A field marked "inferred from the duties" is reasoned from the duties or the words of the group; the sources below do not state it.

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: hard skills.
  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.
  3. 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.
  4. Öztürk, Cemil (2008). Rüşdiye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 35, 300-303. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 301. Used for: hard skills.
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 31 recorded monthly salaries is 530 kuruş, the mean 566 kuruş.
05001,0001,5001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320810 kuruş in 1905/06Veznadar, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Veznadar
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1859/6011,2501,2501,2501,250500
1889/9011,3501,3501,3501,350500
1890/911675675675675500
1891/921675675675675500
1892/931675675675675500
1893/941675675675675500
1894/952487.5487.5393.75581.25500
1895/961300300300300500
1896/971500500500500500
1897/981500500500500500
1898/993500473.33335625500
1899/19003500490335650500
1900/013500390335500500
1901/023500400335515500
1902/032375375272.5477.5500
1903/042375375272.5477.5475
1904/052790790685895450
1905/062810810715905475

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
13%38%13%38%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

8 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 (38%) are in the band 500 to 750 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Veznadar by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 200113%10%
200 to 30000%17%
300 to 40000%18%
400 to 50000%17%
500 to 750338%23%
750 to 1,000113%5%
1,000 to 1,500338%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 31 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 530 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 1.06× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.8× and 1.35×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 53% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median1.06×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less53%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%).

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 Veznadar. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Veznadar. The 6 titles with most officials, of 6 moves in all.

  1. 2. Müdürdirector of the second grade1
  2. Damga Memuru1
  3. Istatistik Basmemuru1
  4. Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office1
  5. Seyyar Memurtravelling postal official1
  6. Ziraat Bankasi Mukayyiti1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Veznadar. Pay: the change on moving from Veznadar to that title. The 2 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.

  1. Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office3
  2. Sandık Emaneticustody of the cash chest1

Of the 10 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
3.5 yearsmedian over 8 officials
A quarter of the officials
6 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
8 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it25%2 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it50%4 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record13%1 official
  4. One place in the jobof 8 officials with a place recorded100%8 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

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)100%8

Age at the first annual entry in the job

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 190%0
  3. 20 to 2438%3
  4. 25 to 2925%2
  5. 30 to 340%0
  6. 35 to 3913%1
  7. 40 and over25%2

Province of birth

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province63%5
  2. Bosnia (Bosna) province13%1
  3. Erzurum province13%1
  4. Konya province13%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. Rüşdiye71%5
  2. Foreign school14%1
  3. Primary14%1

Languages

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

  1. Turkish100%8
  2. Armenian13%1
  3. English13%1
  4. French13%1
  5. Greek (Rum)13%1

Qualification

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

  1. No86%6
  2. Yes14%1

Source of the record

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Post and Telegraph88%7
  2. Cross-ministry workbook13%1

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1898/99 (AH 1316) with 3 officials. Years with an annual entry: 18.
01231863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13203 in 1898/99Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Veznadar
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1859/60 (AH 1276)111
1889/90 (AH 1307)111
1890/91 (AH 1308)111
1891/92 (AH 1309)101
1892/93 (AH 1310)101
1893/94 (AH 1311)101
1894/95 (AH 1312)212
1895/96 (AH 1313)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)323
1899/1900 (AH 1317)303
1900/01 (AH 1318)313
1901/02 (AH 1319)303
1902/03 (AH 1320)202
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)212
1905/06 (AH 1323)202

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 Veznadar, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province7251859 to 1906
GalataIstanbul (Dersaadet) province161900 to 1906

Ottoman officials recorded

8 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Veznadar
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Halit Efendi1894 to 19028300 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
HASAN VASIF EFENDi1898 to 19046170Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Osman Nuri Efendi1900 to 19066500 to 620Bosna
Ramiz Efendi1890 to 18955675Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İsmail Efendi1898 to 19002750 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kamil Efendi1904 to 190621,000Nevşehir
Artin Aram Efendi1859/6011,250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Besim Efendi1889/9011,350Kemah

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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