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Zabtiye Dersanesi

Group of schools: Higher or professional

Stored spellings: Zabtiye Dersanesi; zabtiye dersanesi

3 officials have Zabtiye Dersanesi recorded as school. The annual entries of these officials, 69 in all, run from 1878 to 1911 (AH 1296 to 1328). The median of the 69 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 3.

Officials
3
Years on recordAH 1296 to 1328, 33 years with an entry
1878 to 1911
Median monthly salaryfrom 69 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Places with officials
6

Profile of the group: Higher or professional

No source read describes Zabtiye Dersanesi 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 3 officials with this school.

Years of schooling recorded
9.0 yearsmean 9.0; 3 officials with years; all schooling up to this school, not the years spent in it

Where the school was

1 official of 3 give a place for this school. Places are worded by the officials. A place of the catalogue is named only when exactly one place has the same spelling, so it is a probable link, not a certain one.

Places given for Zabtiye Dersanesi
Place as the record words itPlace of the catalogue (probable)Officials
samDamascus (Şam)1
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 69 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 854 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0001878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281,000 kuruş in 1910/11Zabtiye Dersanesi, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Zabtiye Dersanesi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1878/791380380380380600
1879/802325325312.5337.5500
1880/812325325312.5337.5500
1881/822325325312.5337.5500
1882/832425425387.5462.5500
1883/842425425387.5462.5500
1884/852425425387.5462.5500
1885/862425425387.5462.5500
1886/872425425387.5462.5500
1887/883500433.33400500500
1888/893500433.33400500500
1889/903500433.33400500500
1890/913500450425500500
1891/923500500425575500
1892/933500600500650500
1893/943500600500650500
1894/953650683.33625725500
1895/9636501,083.336251,325500
1896/9721,192.51,192.5888.751,496.25500
1897/9821,192.51,192.5888.751,496.25500
1898/9921,6501,6501,5751,725500
1899/190021,6501,6501,5751,725500
1900/0121,6501,6501,5751,725500
1901/0221,6501,6501,5751,725500
1902/0321,6501,6501,5751,725500
1903/0421,6501,6501,5751,725475
1904/0521,6501,6501,5751,725450
1905/0621,4001,4001,2001,600475
1906/0711,0001,0001,0001,000450
1907/0811,0001,0001,0001,000300
1908/0912,0002,0002,0002,000350
1909/1011,0001,0001,0001,000462.5
1910/1111,0001,0001,0001,000500

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.

Where its officials served

All years
6 places with officials on record, 6 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Other place
Istanbul (Dersaadet)AnkaraBitlisBitola (Manastır)Elazığ3 officials1 official

All 6 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Ankara1
Beyoğlu1
Bitlis1
Bitola (Manastır)1
Elazığ1

Places

Places of Zabtiye Dersanesi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province3501878 to 1906
BeyoğluIstanbul (Dersaadet) province1141892 to 1911
ElazığMamuretülaziz province121906 to 1908
AnkaraAnkara province111909/10
BitlisBitlis province111905/06
Bitola (Manastır)Bitola (Manastır) province111908/09

Ottoman officials recorded

3 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Zabtiye Dersanesi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesMain titleKuruş a monthBirthplace
Huseyin Husnu Efendi1879 to 190627Polis Meclisi Riyaseti300 to 2,000Sliven (İslimiye)
Salih Necati Efendi1887 to 191124Müfettişinspector300 to 2,000Damascus (Şam)
Ahmet Dilaver Efendi1878 to 1896183. Sınıf Polis Komiseripolice commissioner, third class350 to 600Sliven (İslimiye)

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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