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B. Cemaat-i Mücellidan (Society of the Bookbinders)

Name of Artist Date of Register with Daily Wages Corps Comments
1526 1545 1557/1558 1557-1558 1566
Alaeddin-i Kullei 15.5 M father retired from Janissary Corps
and assigned to Yedikule fortress;
registered 4 Cemaziyevvel 924 (14
June 1518); head of society in 1526
Ahmed 9 10 11 M called "mucellidan-i katiban-i divan-i
ali" (bookbinder of the secretaries of
the Divan-i Hümayun); given 9
akçes per day in 1557/1558 although
normal daily wage was 2 akçes; sent
to Edirne with the sultan (n.d.)
Ahmed b. Kamil 5 M his two sons, Abdi and Mustafa,
employed from 1595 to 1617
Ali gave gifts to the sultan c. 1545-1555
Bali b. Ali 4.5 M apprentice of Alaeddin; registered 14
Rebiülahir 927 (24 March 1521)
Cafer-i Çerkes 2 A apprentice of Mehmed
Cafer-i Rum 1 A apprentice of Mustafa
Davud-i Çerkes 11.5 M given by Ahmed during reign of
Bayezid II
Hasan b. Ahmed 2 4.5 5 5.5 6 A-M registered same date as Hüseyin b.
(Haci Hasan Ahmed; son Ahmed employed in the
Çelebi) society 1596 to 1623; listed in 15527
1553-1555/1556 as having bound
one Koran and paid 200 akçes*
Hasan b . Ta§(zade) 1 . 5 2 2 2 A - M apprentice of Ahmed in 1545; master
after 1557/1558
Hurrem-i Rum 1 6 7.5 10 A-M apprentice of Hasan in 1545; master
(Hürrem Çelebi) after 1557/1558; kethüda with salary
of 20.5 akçes per day in 1596; sent
to Edirne with the sultan (n.d.); son
Mehmed employed in the society in
1596-1597; listed in 1552/1553-
1555/1556 as having bound one
Koran and paid 200 akçes*
Hüseyin b. Ahmed 3 10 10 13.5 M registered as apprentice in 4
(Hüseyin Çelebi) Cemaziyelahir 924 (14 June 1518)
when father, an imperial master,
died; listed in 1552/1553-1555/1556
as having bound seven Korans and
paid 1,350 akçes*
Hüseyin-i Nemçe 2 A apprentice of Mehmed
ismail 13 M slave of Firuz Bey; registered during
reign of Selim I
Mahmud-i Rum 1 1 A apprentice of Hüseyin
Mehmed b. 4
Abdulvehhab

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