Defterdar
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Defterdars were top officials in charge of the finances in the Ottoman Empire
, including heads of the Ottoman provincial treasuries; they were responsible for defters
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, including heads of the Ottoman provincial treasuries; they were responsible for defters
Defter
A Defter was a type of tax register in the Ottoman Empire. The information collected could vary, but tahrir defterleri typically included details of villages, dwellings, household heads , ethnicity/religion , and land use.The defter-i hakâni was a land registry, also used for tax...
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Some grand viziers of defterdar origin
- Piri Mehmet Pasha
- Nevesinli Salih PashaNevesinli Salih PashaNevesinli Salih Pasha was a 17th century Ottoman grand vizier .- Early years :Salih Pasha was a Herzegovinian from Nevesinje. During the reign of Murat IV, he was a bureaucrat specialized in treasury. Although, he worked in some other posts as well, finally during the reign of İbrahim, in 1644, he...
- Hezarpare Ahmet PashaHezarpare Ahmet PashaHezarpare Ahmet Pasha was an 17th century Ottoman grand vizier.-Early life:He was a son of a professional soldier of probably Greek origin. But he chose bureaucracy. He was appointed to several posts one of which was the personal secretarial of the grand vizier Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha...
- Sofu Mehmet Pasha