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Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi

Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi is the job title in 109 annual entries of 17 officials, from 1871 to 1910 (AH 1288 to 1327). The median of the 109 recorded monthly salaries is 2,000 kuruş. The entries name 4 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 7.

Officials
17
Annual entries1871 to 1910, AH 1288 to 1327
109
Year with most officials7 officials
1887/88
Median monthly salaryfrom 109 recorded salaries
2,000 kuruş
Places with officials
4
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1887/88 (AH 1305) with 7 officials. Years with an annual entry: 34.
024681873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13257 in 1887/88Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

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Officials on record each year, Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1871/72 (AH 1288)111
1872/73 (AH 1289)101
1873/74 (AH 1290)323
1874/75 (AH 1291)414
1875/76 (AH 1292)202
1876/77 (AH 1293)212
1877/78 (AH 1294)313
1878 (AH 1295)303
1878/79 (AH 1296)303
1879/80 (AH 1297)313
1880/81 (AH 1298)303
1881/82 (AH 1299)414
1882/83 (AH 1300)525
1883/84 (AH 1301)505
1884/85 (AH 1302)404
1885/86 (AH 1303)313
1886/87 (AH 1304)636
1887/88 (AH 1305)717
1888/89 (AH 1306)707
1889/90 (AH 1307)505
1890/91 (AH 1308)505
1891/92 (AH 1309)505
1892/93 (AH 1310)404
1893/94 (AH 1311)404
1894/95 (AH 1312)303
1901/02 (AH 1319)101
1902/03 (AH 1320)101
1903/04 (AH 1321)101
1904/05 (AH 1322)101
1905/06 (AH 1323)101
1906/07 (AH 1324)212
1907/08 (AH 1325)313
1908/09 (AH 1326)303
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 109 recorded monthly salaries is 2,000 kuruş, the mean 2,270 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0002,5001873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 2,000 kuruş in 1891/92Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi, 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, Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1871/7214,0004,0004,0004,000550
1872/7314,0004,0004,0004,000550
1873/7432,5003,0002,5003,250500
1874/7542,5002,8752,5002,875535
1875/7622,6002,6002,5502,650530
1876/7722,4502,4502,3252,575575
1877/7832,2002,3002,1002,450560
187832,2002,2252,1002,337.5600
1878/7932,0002,2502,0002,375600
1879/8032,0002,0002,0002,000500
1880/8132,0002,0002,0002,000500
1881/8242,0002,0002,0002,000500
1882/8352,0002,0002,0002,000500
1883/8452,0002,0002,0002,000500
1884/8542,0002,0002,0002,000500
1885/8632,0002,0002,0002,000500
1886/8762,0002,166.672,0002,375500
1887/8872,0002,142.862,0002,250500
1888/8972,0002,142.862,0002,250500
1889/9052,0002,2002,0002,500500
1890/9152,0002,2002,0002,500500
1891/9252,0002,2002,0002,500500
1892/9342,0002,1252,0002,125500
1893/9442,0002,1252,0002,125500
1894/9532,0002,166.672,0002,250500
1901/0212,5002,5002,5002,500500
1902/0312,5002,5002,5002,500500
1903/0412,5002,5002,5002,500475
1904/0512,5002,5002,5002,500450
1905/0612,5002,5002,5002,500475
1906/0722,5002,5002,5002,500450
1907/0832,5002,5002,5002,500300
1908/0932,5002,5002,5002,500350
1909/1012,5002,5002,5002,500462.5

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.

Places

Places of Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province7441873 to 1910
BeyoğluIstanbul (Dersaadet) province7321871 to 1895
ÜsküdarIstanbul (Dersaadet) province7301874 to 1909
GalataIstanbul (Dersaadet) province131872 to 1875

Ottoman officials recorded

17 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Bidayet Mahkeme Azasi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Bahcivan Oglu Kalparki Efendi1885 to 1910182,000 to 2,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Vicin Hako ciyan Efendi1881 to 1895142,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Arif Neset Efendi1882 to 1895132,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Agâh Efendi1876 to 1885102,000 to 2,750Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Behazkil Efendi1874 to 188292,000 to 2,700Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Cemal Bey1886 to 189592,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Tevfik Bey1886 to 189262,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Tafur Efendi1879 to 188452,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
ismail Hakki Bey1871 to 187544,000Ioannina (Yanya)
Ahmet Tevfik Bey1882 to 188532,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Mazhar Efendi1877 to 187932,000Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
Mehmet Memduh Bey1906 to 190932,500Ezine
Vahram Bey1886 to 188932,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Yorkiyadi Yorkiyadi Efendi1873 to 187632,500Volos (Golos)
Ali Riza Bey1907 to 190922,500Anamur
Hasan Edip Efendi1873 to 187522,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Cemalettin Bey1887 to 188922,000Istanbul (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.