Skip to content
Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley
← Biography, maps and personal record

Muhtar Ağa

Complete career chronology

Life and career

Appointments and amounts remain attached to their sources. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated from AH year labels. Entries in one year can describe different appointments or rates; gaps remain open.

  1. 1862/63 (AH 1279)Eyalet meclis-i kebir üyeliğiShkodër (İşkodra) · 250 kuruş
  2. 1863/64 (AH 1280)Eyalet meclis-i kebir üyeliği (İnfisal) · 3 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · 250 kuruş

    1. Eyalet meclis-i kebir üyeliği (İnfisal)

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 26

      [1]

  3. 1864/65 (AH 1281)Vilayet idare meclisi üyeliği · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet idare meclisi üyeliği

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 27 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Ziraat müdürlüğü

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 27

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  4. 1865/66 (AH 1282)Vilayet idare meclisi üyeliği (İnfisal) · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra)

    1. Vilayet idare meclisi üyeliği (İnfisal)

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 28

      [1]

    2. Ziraat müdürlüğü (İnfisal)

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 28

      [1]

  5. 1867/68 (AH 1284)Zaptiye sergerdeliği · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · 1,100 kuruş

    1. Zaptiye sergerdeliği

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 30 · 1,100 kuruş

      [1]

  6. 1868/69 (AH 1285)Vilayet idare meclisi fahrî üyeliğiShkodër (İşkodra)Continuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet idare meclisi fahrî üyeliği

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 31

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  7. 1869/70 (AH 1286)Vilayet idare meclisi fahrî üyeliği (İnfisal) · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · 250 kuruş

    1. Vilayet idare meclisi fahrî üyeliği (İnfisal)

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 32

      [1]

  8. 1870/71 (AH 1287)Vilayet divan-ı deâvî üyeliğiShkodër (İşkodra) · 250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet divan-ı deâvî üyeliği

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 33 · 250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  9. 1871/72 (AH 1288)Vilayet divan-ı deâvî üyeliği (Azil)Shkodër (İşkodra)

    1. Vilayet divan-ı deâvî üyeliği (Azil)

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 34

      [1]

  10. 1872/73 (AH 1289)Vilayet idare meclisi üyeliği · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · Gurez · 750 kuruş

    2. Çiftlik-i Hümâyun müdürlüğü

      Gurez · Calculated age 35 · 750 kuruş

      [1]

  11. 1874/75 (AH 1291)Belediye reisliğiShkodër (İşkodra) · 700 kuruş

    1. Belediye reisliği

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 37 · 700 kuruş

      [1]

  12. 1875/76 (AH 1292)Belediye reisliği (İnfisal)Shkodër (İşkodra)

    1. Belediye reisliği (İnfisal)

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 38

      [1]

  13. 1876/77 (AH 1293)Vilayet sandık eminliğiShkodër (İşkodra) · 500 kuruş

    1. Vilayet sandık eminliği

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 39 · 500 kuruş

      [1]

  14. 1877/78 (AH 1294)Vilayet sandık eminliğiShkodër (İşkodra) · 500 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Vilayet sandık eminliği

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 40 · 500 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  15. 1878 (AH 1295)Vilayet sandık eminliği (Azil)Shkodër (İşkodra)

    1. Vilayet sandık eminliği (Azil)

      Shkodër (İşkodra) · Calculated age 41

      [1]

  16. 1878/79 (AH 1296)KaymakamlıkPuka · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakamlık

      Puka · Calculated age 42 · 1,250 kuruş

      [1]

  17. 1879/80 (AH 1297)KaymakamlıkPuka · Lezhë (Leş) · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakamlık

      Puka · Calculated age 43

      [1]

    2. Kaymakamlık

      Lezhë (Leş) · Calculated age 43 · 1,250 kuruş

      [1]

  18. 1880/81 (AH 1298)Kaymakamlık (İnfisal)Lezhë (Leş)

    1. Kaymakamlık (İnfisal)

      Lezhë (Leş) · Calculated age 44

      [1]

  19. 1883/84 (AH 1301)Cibâl-i Mülhaka sergerdeliğiShkodër (İşkodra) · 650 kuruş
  20. 1884/85 (AH 1302)Cibâl-i Mülhaka sergerdeliği · 2 career entriesShkodër (İşkodra) · Puka · 1,250 kuruş

    2. Kaymakamlık

      Puka · Calculated age 48 · 1,250 kuruş

      [1]

  21. 1885/86 (AH 1303)KaymakamlıkPuka · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakamlık

      Puka · Calculated age 49 · 1,250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  22. 1886/87 (AH 1304)KaymakamlıkPuka · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakamlık

      Puka · Calculated age 50 · 1,250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  23. 1887/88 (AH 1305)KaymakamlıkPuka · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakamlık

      Puka · Calculated age 51 · 1,250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  24. 1888/89 (AH 1306)KaymakamlıkPuka · 1,250 kuruşContinuing service described by the source

    1. Kaymakamlık

      Puka · Calculated age 52 · 1,250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

  25. 1889/90 (AH 1307)Kaymakamlık · 2 career entriesPuka · 1,250 kuruş

    1. Kaymakamlık

      Puka · Calculated age 53 · 1,250 kuruş

      Continuing service described by the source

      [1]

    2. Kaymakamlık (İstifa)

      Puka · Calculated age 53

      [1]

  26. Undated entriesVilayet idare meclisi üyeliği (İstifa)Shkodër (İşkodra)

Recorded pay

Kuruş · dated amounts. Green: post entries. Purple: retirement. Grey: other career status.

06251,2501862/63AH 12791889/90AH 13071862/63 (AH 1279) · Eyalet meclis-i kebir üyeliği · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 25 · 250 kuruş1863/64 (AH 1280) · Vilayet idare meclisi üyeliği · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 26 · 250 kuruş1864/65 (AH 1281) · Vilayet idare meclisi üyeliği · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 27 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1867/68 (AH 1284) · Zaptiye sergerdeliği · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 30 · 1,100 kuruş1869/70 (AH 1286) · Vilayet divan-ı deâvî üyeliği · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 32 · 250 kuruş1870/71 (AH 1287) · Vilayet divan-ı deâvî üyeliği · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 33 · 250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1872/73 (AH 1289) · Çiftlik-i Hümâyun müdürlüğü · Gurez · age 35 · 750 kuruş1874/75 (AH 1291) · Belediye reisliği · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 37 · 700 kuruş1876/77 (AH 1293) · Vilayet sandık eminliği · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 39 · 500 kuruş1877/78 (AH 1294) · Vilayet sandık eminliği · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 40 · 500 kuruş · Source-bounded service1878/79 (AH 1296) · Kaymakamlık · Puka · age 42 · 1,250 kuruş1879/80 (AH 1297) · Kaymakamlık · Lezhë (Leş) · age 43 · 1,250 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · Cibâl-i Mülhaka sergerdeliği · Shkodër (İşkodra) · age 47 · 650 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · Kaymakamlık · Puka · age 48 · 1,250 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · Kaymakamlık · Puka · age 49 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1886/87 (AH 1304) · Kaymakamlık · Puka · age 50 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1887/88 (AH 1305) · Kaymakamlık · Puka · age 51 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1888/89 (AH 1306) · Kaymakamlık · Puka · age 52 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service1889/90 (AH 1307) · Kaymakamlık · Puka · age 53 · 1,250 kuruş · Source-bounded service

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İşkodra [source]
Birth year
1838/39 (AH 1254) [source]
Archive references
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 01/434 [1]BOA. DH. SAİDd., 01/434, s. 866 [1]

Education and languages

Education detail
Mukaddeme-i ulûm tahsili [source]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
4 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
25 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
İşkodra [source]
First-salary field
250 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
First work year
1862/63 (AH 1279) [source]

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Judicial record as worded
0 (recorded code) [source]

Documentary details and source passages

These accounts retain their own wording and dates. Passages can include family, education, languages, honours and judicial narratives beyond the summary fields. A quotation is evidence from its named account; it does not settle differences between sources.

Documentary sources

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları

    AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 256, 257, 258

Read the source accounts and original values →

Subjects