Job title
Zaptiye Memuru
Group of job titles: Police
3 officials held the job title Zaptiye Memuru. Its 3 annual entries run from 1852 to 1875 (AH 1269 to 1291). The median of the 3 recorded monthly salaries is 250 kuruş, against 535 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The entries name 2 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 2.
- Officials
- 3
- Years on recordAH 1269 to 1291, 3 years with an entry
- 1852 to 1875
- Median monthly salaryfrom 3 recorded salaries
- 250 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 2
Profile of the group: Police
No source read describes Zaptiye Memuru 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
- 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
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 2 | 2 | 1867 to 1875 |
| Yozgat | Ankara province | 1 | 1 | 1852/53 |
Ottoman officials recorded
3 officials, the one with most annual entries first.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hafiz Hasan Efendi | 1867/68 | 1 | 300 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mustafa Hakkı Bey | 1874/75 | 1 | 250 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Omer Rahmi Efendi | 1852/53 | 1 | 250 | Yozgat |
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
- Zaptiye 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)