Arabi katibi

Arabi katibi (Ottoman Turkish:عربي كاتبى), also katib-i Arabi (كاتب عربي): "Arab secretary" or "secretary of Arabic (language)" was a low-level administrative position in some Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire beginning approximately in the eighteenth century. The position is best documented in the province of Sidon (Sidon Eyalet), where the Arabi katibi appears to have been primarily responsible for registering rural tax farm (iltizam) contracts and incomes.[1][2] Other cities where an Arabi katibi is attested in the eighteenth or nineteenth century include Aleppo, Tripoli, Hama, Latakia[3] and Urfa.[4] "Arabi Katibi" has also become a common family name in the Levant.

References
  1. Winter, Stefan (2020). "Saïda à l'époque des agha-s: la famille Hammud et l'État ottoman au XVIIIe siècle". Archivum Ottomanicum. 37: 234–237.
  2. Koç, Yahya (2021). Bilad-ı Şam’da Osmanlı İktidarı ve Yerel Güçler 1700-1775. Istanbul: Küre. ISBN 978-6057646538.
  3. Winter, Stefan (2020). "Saïda à l'époque des agha-s: la famille Hammud et l'État ottoman au XVIIIe siècle". Archivum Ottomanicum. 37: 235–236.
  4. Öğüt, Tahir (2011). "Urfa'da Tanzimat'a Geçiş Sürecinde İdari ve Mali Yapı". ZKU Journal of Social Sciences. 7: 332.


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