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Job title

Asker

Soldier

Asker is the job title in 51 annual entries of 26 officials, from 1852 to 1907 (AH 1269 to 1324). The median of the 30 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş. The entries name 4 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 3.

Officials
26
Annual entries1852 to 1907, AH 1269 to 1324
51
Year with most officials5 officials
1896/97
Median monthly salaryfrom 30 recorded salaries
400 kuruş
Places with officials
4
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1896/97 (AH 1314) with 5 officials. Years with an annual entry: 28.
0123451853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 13205 in 1896/97Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Asker
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1852/53 (AH 1269)111
1853/54 (AH 1270)111
1859/60 (AH 1276)111
1870/71 (AH 1287)111
1871/72 (AH 1288)101
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)212
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1879/80 (AH 1297)111
1880/81 (AH 1298)212
1881/82 (AH 1299)101
1882/83 (AH 1300)101
1883/84 (AH 1301)111
1887/88 (AH 1305)111
1889/90 (AH 1307)111
1890/91 (AH 1308)212
1891/92 (AH 1309)313
1892/93 (AH 1310)303
1893/94 (AH 1311)303
1894/95 (AH 1312)313
1895/96 (AH 1313)323
1896/97 (AH 1314)545
1897/98 (AH 1315)535
1898/99 (AH 1316)313
1899/1900 (AH 1317)111
1903/04 (AH 1321)111
1906/07 (AH 1324)111

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 30 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 431 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001,2001853/54AH 12701863/64AH 12801873/74AH 12901882/83AH 13001892/93AH 13101902/03AH 1320400 kuruş in 1906/07Asker, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Asker
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1852/5311,1001,1001,1001,100350
1853/5411,2001,2001,2001,200400
1859/601800800800800500
1872/731600600600600550
1873/742290290245335500
1879/80180808080500
1880/812230230155305500
1881/82180808080500
1882/83180808080500
1887/881320320320320500
1889/901380380380380500
1890/911400400400400500
1891/922325325287.5362.5500
1892/932325325287.5362.5500
1893/943400383.33325450500
1894/952325325287.5362.5500
1895/961250250250250500
1896/972500500500500500
1898/991800800800800500
1899/19001500500500500500
1903/041800800800800475
1906/071400400400400450

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.

Places

Places of Asker, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province361873 to 1888
Izmir (İzmir)Aydın province151890 to 1895
Trgovište (Tırgovişte)Kosovo (Kosova) province151891 to 1896
Pasinler (Hasankale)Erzurum province111859/60

Ottoman officials recorded

26 officials, the one with most annual entries first. The first 25 are shown, the others are under them.

Show the other 1 official
Officials of Asker, continued
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Süleyman İhsan Bey1873/741200Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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.