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Gulhane Askeri Mektebi

Group of schools: Higher or professional

Stored spellings: Gulhane Askeri Mektebi; gulhane askeri mektebi

1 official has Gulhane Askeri Mektebi recorded as school. The annual entries of this official, 7 in all, run from 1898 to 1907 (AH 1316 to 1324). The median of the 7 recorded monthly salaries is 300 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 1.

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1316 to 1324, 7 years with an entry
1898 to 1907
Median monthly salaryfrom 7 recorded salaries
300 kuruş
Places with officials
2

Profile of the group: Higher or professional

No source read describes Gulhane Askeri Mektebi by itself, so this is the profile of its group of schools.

Schools above the secondary level or for a profession. The state founded such schools to train its officials: the Mekteb-i Maarif-i Adliye of 1839, the School of Civil Administration (Mülkiye) of 1859, the Galatasaray lycée of 1868, and the telegraph schools of the Post and Telegraph administration.

Standing and pay of its pupils

In the paper's grouping attendance at a higher school, or a completed idadi, is the highest level of schooling.

Sources

  1. Akyıldız, Ali (2019). Mekteb-i Maârif-i Adliyye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, supplement vol. 2 (revised third printing), 236-238. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 236. Used for: summary.
  2. Findley, Carter V. (1980). Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire: The Sublime Porte, 1789-1922. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Pages or part: 159. Used for: summary.
  3. The school and the office: training, entry and pay in the Ottoman Post and Telegraph service, 1870-1905. Working paper, 2026 (the paper behind this collection; its Section II reports Akyıldız 2024, Ata 2022 and Ayhan and Maviş 1994).Pages or part: Sections II and III. Used for: summary, standing and pay of its pupils.

Schooling, first pay and careers

What the records say about the 1 official with this school.

Years of schooling recorded
12.0 yearsmean 12.0; 1 official with years; all schooling up to this school, not the years spent in it

The records give no place for this school.

Places

Places of Gulhane Askeri Mektebi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province161899 to 1907
CanikTrabzon province111898/99

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Gulhane Askeri Mektebi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesMain titleKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Asıf Efendi1898 to 19077Kontrol Kalemicontrol office100 to 1,500Malatya

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

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