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Job title

Zaptiye Teftis Memuriyeti

Group of job titles: Police

Stored spellings: zaptiye teftis memuriyeti

1 official held the job title Zaptiye Teftis Memuriyeti. Its 1 annual entry fall in 1866/67 (AH 1283). One monthly salary is recorded, 400 kuruş.

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1283, 1 year with an entry
1866/67
Median monthly salaryfrom 1 recorded salary
400 kuruş

Profile of the group: Police

No source read describes Zaptiye Teftis Memuriyeti 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.

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Zaptiye Teftis Memuriyeti
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Osman Nuri Efendi1866/671400Malatya

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

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