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Public Debt Administration (Düyun-ı Umumiye)

Annual entries from the cross-ministry workbook.

21 officials have annual entries in the institution group Public Debt Administration (Düyun-ı Umumiye): 110 entries from 1870 to 1910 (AH 1287 to 1327). The median of the 110 recorded monthly salaries is 550 kuruş. The job title with the largest number of officials is Duyunu Umumiye Memuru, with 11. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 4.

Officials
21
Annual entries1870 to 1910, AH 1287 to 1327
110
Year with most officials7 officials
1891/92
Median monthly salaryfrom 110 recorded salaries
550 kuruş
Places with officials
23
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1891/92 (AH 1309) with 7 officials. Years with an annual entry: 40.
024681873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13257 in 1891/92Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Public Debt Administration (Düyun-ı Umumiye)
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1872/73 (AH 1289)222
1873/74 (AH 1290)202
1874/75 (AH 1291)313
1875/76 (AH 1292)202
1876/77 (AH 1293)212
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)101
1878/79 (AH 1296)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)101
1880/81 (AH 1298)212
1881/82 (AH 1299)313
1882/83 (AH 1300)303
1883/84 (AH 1301)202
1884/85 (AH 1302)535
1885/86 (AH 1303)404
1886/87 (AH 1304)515
1887/88 (AH 1305)515
1888/89 (AH 1306)515
1889/90 (AH 1307)515
1890/91 (AH 1308)626
1891/92 (AH 1309)717
1892/93 (AH 1310)606
1893/94 (AH 1311)505
1894/95 (AH 1312)303
1895/96 (AH 1313)101
1896/97 (AH 1314)212
1897/98 (AH 1315)212
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)212
1900/01 (AH 1318)313
1901/02 (AH 1319)202
1902/03 (AH 1320)202
1903/04 (AH 1321)202
1904/05 (AH 1322)202
1905/06 (AH 1323)202
1906/07 (AH 1324)202
1907/08 (AH 1325)202
1908/09 (AH 1326)202
1909/10 (AH 1327)101

An official is counted once in a year. First recorded is the first year in which the collection has an annual entry of the official on this page. It is not a hiring date.

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 110 recorded monthly salaries is 550 kuruş, the mean 803 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 600 kuruş in 1893/94Public Debt Administration (Düyun-ı Umumiye), median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

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Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Public Debt Administration (Düyun-ı Umumiye)
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1870/711400400400400600
1872/732750750750750550
1873/742750750725775500
1874/753780693.33640790535
1875/762650650575725530
1876/772325325237.5412.5575
1877/781150150150150560
18781600600600600600
1878/791600600600600600
1879/801500500500500500
1880/812750750625875500
1881/823500783.334251,000500
1882/8335009504251,250500
1883/8421,1751,175762.51,587.5500
1884/855700820350800500
1885/8646751,1755001,350500
1886/8755501,000350800500
1887/885550960350800500
1888/8955501,010350800500
1889/9055501,0403501,000500
1890/916400766.67187.5537.5500
1891/927500785.71175750500
1892/936625925300837.5500
1893/945600980200900500
1894/9536001,266.674001,800500
1895/961600600600600500
1896/972400400300500500
1897/982425425337.5512.5500
1898/991250250250250500
1899/19002495495422.5567.5500
1900/013350396.67275495500
1901/022445445347.5542.5500
1902/032525525387.5662.5500
1903/042615615457.5772.5475
1904/052615615457.5772.5450
1905/062640640470810475
1906/072750750525975450
1907/082825825587.51,062.5300
1908/092875875662.51,087.5350
1909/1011,5001,5001,5001,500462.5

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.

Jobs each year

8 job titles on record. The most frequent is Duyunu Umumiye Memuru, held by 11 officials.
Duyunu Umumiye Memuru11Duhan Memuru4Duyunu Umumiye Kitabeti2Duhan Muhasebe Memuru1Duyuni Umumiye Muhasebesi1Duyunu Umumiye 2. Kitabeti1Duyunu Umumiye 2. Sinif Mufettisi1Duyunu Umumiye Mufettisi11873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official5 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

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Officials by job title and year, Public Debt Administration (Düyun-ı Umumiye)
YearDuyunu Umumiye MemuruDuhan MemuruDuyunu Umumiye KitabetiDuhan Muhasebe MemuruDuyuni Umumiye MuhasebesiDuyunu Umumiye 2. KitabetiDuyunu Umumiye 2. Sinif MufettisiDuyunu Umumiye Mufettisi
1870/711
1872/7311
1873/7411
1874/7521
1875/7611
1876/772
1877/781
18781
1878/791
1879/801
1880/8111
1881/82111
1882/83111
1883/8411
1884/85311
1885/86211
1886/87311
1887/88311
1888/89311
1889/90311
1890/9151
1891/92421
1892/93321
1893/94221
1894/9521
1895/961
1896/972
1897/9811
1898/991
1899/190011
1900/01111
1901/0211
1902/0311
1903/0411
1904/0511
1905/0611
1906/0711
1907/0811
1908/0911
1909/101

Jobs and their officials, all years

All 8 titles. Over all years an official is counted once under each title. A title with a page of its own is a link.

One row per official, one cell per recorded year

21 officials, ordered by the first year on record. A row shows in which years an official has an annual entry here and where the entries stop.

A gap in a row is a year without an annual entry here. It does not show that the official had left. The list of officials gives the first and the last year of each.

Ottoman officials recorded

21 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Public Debt Administration (Düyun-ı Umumiye)
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesMain titleKuruş a monthBirthplace
Agop Efendi1880 to 189515Duyunu Umumiye 2. Sinif Mufettisi1,000 to 3,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Cebrail Cemal Efendi1884 to 189814Duyunu Umumiye Memuru550 to 700Diyarbakır
Kurtoğlu İsmail Hakkı Efendi1897 to 190912Duyunu Umumiye 2. Kitabeti250 to 450Trabzon
Muhittin Rumi Efendi1881 to 189312Duyunu Umumiye Memuru350 to 650Edremit
Ali Nafiz Efendi1872 to 188311Duhan Memuru500 to 750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Faik Bey1899 to 191011Duyuni Umumiye Muhasebesi640 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüsnü Efendi1884 to 18949Duyunu Umumiye Kitabeti800 to 1,000Shumen (Şumnu)
Mehmet Said Efendi1890 to 18955Duyunu Umumiye Memuru150 to 200Baghdad (Bağdat)
Mehmet Bahaattin Bey1872 to 18764Duhan Muhasebe Memuru750 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Zeynelabidin Efendi1891 to 18943Duyunu Umumiye Kitabeti200Ürgüp
AHMET ELMAS EFENDi1889 to 18912Duyunu Umumiye Memuru300Ioannina (Yanya)
Mehmet Ziya Efendi1890 to 18922Duyunu Umumiye Memuru100 to 150Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Salih Rıfat Efendi1876 to 18782Duhan Memuru150Varna
Hacı Mehmet Hüsamettin Efendi1886/871Duyunu Umumiye Memuru300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
İzzet Efendi1884/851Duyunu Umumiye Memuru250Yozgat
Mehmed Zülfikar Efendi1888/891Duyunu Umumiye Memuru350Harput
Mehmet Tevfik Efendi1874/751Duhan Memuru780Trabzon
Mehmet Zeki Efendi1896/971Duyunu Umumiye Memuru200Kastellorizo (Meis)
Ömer Lütfi Efendi1887/881Duyunu Umumiye Memuru100Diyarbakır
Yusuf Efendi1870/711Duhan Memuru400Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
Ziya Efendi1900/011Duyunu Umumiye Memuru200Kütahya

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.