This is a list of the top officials in charge of the finances of the Ottoman Empire, called Defterdar (Turkish for bookkeepers; from the Persian دفتردار daftardâr, دفتر daftar + دار dâr) between the 14th and 19th centuries and Maliye Naziri (Minister of Finance) between 19th and 20th centuries. They were originally in charge of the defters (tax registers) in the Ottoman Empire, hence the name defterdar.
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Every sultan of the Ottoman Empire had his own monogram, called the tughra, which served as a royal ...
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Defterdar, the Ottoman Minister of Finance
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Louis-Nicolas de Lespinasse, Deferdar's office
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Every sultan of the Ottoman Empire had his own monogram, called the tughra, which served as a royal ...