Job title
Esya Kalemi Muduru
Group of job titles: Technical and stores
Stored spellings: Esya Kalemi Muduru; esya kalemi muduru
5 officials held the job title Esya Kalemi Muduru. Its 43 annual entries run from 1865 to 1909 (AH 1282 to 1326). The median of the 43 recorded monthly salaries is 2,400 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 4.8 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 96 per cent of the other officials with a salary in the same year. Half of the officials have an entry in it in no more than 7 different years, and a quarter in 11 or more. It was the first title on record for 0 per cent of the officials and the last for 20 per cent. The entries name 1 place, Istanbul.
- Officials
- 5
- Years on recordAH 1282 to 1326, 43 years with an entry
- 1865 to 1909
- Median monthly salary4.8× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
- 2,400 kuruş
- Places with officials
- 1
- First job title on recordfor 0 of the 5 officials
- 0%
Profile of the group: Technical and stores
No source read describes Esya Kalemi Muduru by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.
Technical offices of the Post and Telegraph ministry, among them the telegraph factory, the Engineer Office (mühendis kalemi) and the science office (fen kalemi). The factory, opened in 1869, made and repaired telegraph instruments, batteries and postal goods; the science office was directed for years by the French electrician Emile Lacoine.
History
Until 1869 all telegraph machines were imported. From 1883 the ministry sent graduates of Darüşşafaka to study telegraphy in Paris; those who returned were given posts of importance, and in 1901 two of them held posts at the head of the Engineer Office and of the factory.
Sources
- Davison, Roderic H. (1990). The advent of the electric telegraph in the Ottoman Empire. In Essays in Ottoman and Turkish History, 1774-1923, 133-165. Austin: University of Texas Press. Read in the Turkish translation by Durdu Mehmet Burak, OTAM 14 (2003), 347-386; pages are those of the translation.Pages or part: 365. Used for: summary, history.
- Okan, Ayşegül (2003). The Ottoman postal and telegraph services in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. MA thesis, Boğaziçi University, Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History.Pages or part: 30, 105-108, 141 (appendix B). Used for: summary, history.
Monthly salary each year
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| Year | Recorded salaries | Median | Mean | Lower quartile | Upper quartile | Median of the whole collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66 | 1 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 650 |
| 1866/67 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 600 |
| 1867/68 | 1 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 600 |
| 1868/69 | 1 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 600 |
| 1869/70 | 1 | 2,650 | 2,650 | 2,650 | 2,650 | 600 |
| 1870/71 | 1 | 2,650 | 2,650 | 2,650 | 2,650 | 600 |
| 1873/74 | 1 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 500 |
| 1874/75 | 1 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 535 |
| 1875/76 | 1 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 530 |
| 1876/77 | 1 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 575 |
| 1877/78 | 1 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 560 |
| 1878 | 1 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 600 |
| 1878/79 | 1 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 600 |
| 1879/80 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 500 |
| 1880/81 | 1 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 500 |
| 1881/82 | 1 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 500 |
| 1882/83 | 1 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 500 |
| 1883/84 | 1 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 500 |
| 1884/85 | 1 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 500 |
| 1885/86 | 1 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 500 |
| 1886/87 | 1 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 500 |
| 1887/88 | 1 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 2,400 | 500 |
| 1888/89 | 1 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 500 |
| 1889/90 | 1 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 500 |
| 1890/91 | 1 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 500 |
| 1891/92 | 1 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 500 |
| 1892/93 | 1 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 500 |
| 1893/94 | 1 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 500 |
| 1894/95 | 1 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 2,800 | 500 |
| 1895/96 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 500 |
| 1896/97 | 1 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 1,800 | 500 |
| 1897/98 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 500 |
| 1898/99 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 500 |
| 1899/1900 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 500 |
| 1900/01 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 500 |
| 1901/02 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 500 |
| 1902/03 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 500 |
| 1903/04 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 475 |
| 1904/05 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 450 |
| 1905/06 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 475 |
| 1906/07 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 450 |
| 1907/08 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 300 |
| 1908/09 | 1 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 350 |
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.
Pay against the whole collection
5 officials with a salary, each counted once in the band of the median of the official's salaries in this job. A bar runs from its number to the next; the last is 2,500 kuruş and more. Most officials (60%) are in the band 1,500 to 2,500 kuruş.
The same numbers as a table
| Median monthly salary, kuruş | Officials | Share | Whole collection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 100 | 0 | 0% | 3% |
| 100 to 200 | 0 | 0% | 10% |
| 200 to 300 | 0 | 0% | 17% |
| 300 to 400 | 0 | 0% | 18% |
| 400 to 500 | 0 | 0% | 17% |
| 500 to 750 | 0 | 0% | 23% |
| 750 to 1,000 | 0 | 0% | 5% |
| 1,000 to 1,500 | 0 | 0% | 4% |
| 1,500 to 2,500 | 3 | 60% | 2% |
| 2,500 and more | 2 | 40% | 1% |
The median of the 43 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 2,400 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 4.8× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 4× and 5.2×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 96% of the other paid officials of the same year.
The dot is the median, the box the middle half of the entries. Dashed lines: the collection median of the same years (1×) and the middle of the paid officials (50%).
Career paths: the titles just before and after
The number is the officials who made the move. Under it, the median change of the monthly salary: the first salary of the later title less the last salary of the earlier one, where at least 5 moves have both.
Held just before
The title of the entries just before a run of Esya Kalemi Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Esya Kalemi Muduru. The 5 titles with most officials, of 5 moves in all.
Held just after
The title of the entries just after a run of Esya Kalemi Muduru. Pay: the change on moving from Esya Kalemi Muduru to that title. The 4 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.
Of the 9 moves shown, 0 cross at least one year without an annual entry; nothing is known about those years. Two posts held in the same years are not counted as a move.
Time in the job
- Years with an entry in the job
- 7 yearsmedian over 5 officials
- A quarter of the officials
- 11 years or moreupper quartile
- Most years of one official
- 14 years
Years are years with an annual entry in the job, each counted once for an official. They need not follow one another, and nothing is known about a year without an entry. With two posts in the first or last year, both count.
Who held the job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
Community
5 officials with it recorded.
Age at the first annual entry in the job
5 officials with it recorded.
Province of birth
5 officials with it recorded.
Schooling
5 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%. The groups of the schools recorded for each official.
Languages
5 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Qualification
5 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.
Places
| Place | Province | Officials | Annual entries | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Istanbul (Dersaadet) province | 5 | 43 | 1865 to 1909 |
Ottoman officials recorded
5 officials, the one with most annual entries first.
| Official | Years | Annual entries | Kuruş a month | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehmet Şükrü Efendi | 1895 to 1909 | 14 | 1,800 to 2,000 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Ahmet Rıfat Efendi | 1873 to 1883 | 11 | 2,000 to 3,000 | Varna |
| İsmail Zühdü Bey | 1888 to 1895 | 7 | 2,500 to 2,800 | Istanbul (Dersaadet) |
| Mehmet Tevfik Bey | 1865 to 1871 | 6 | 2,000 to 2,650 | Cairo (Kahire) |
| Mehmet Nurettin Efendi | 1883 to 1888 | 5 | 2,400 | Tekirdağ |
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.
Subjects
- Esya Kalemi Muduru
- Ottoman job titles (Osmanlı memuriyet unvanları)
- Labour history (emek tarihi)
- Salaries of officials (memur maaşları)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)