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Job title

Eşya Kalemi

Goods and stores office

Eşya Kalemi is the job title in 164 annual entries of 23 officials, from 1862 to 1909 (AH 1279 to 1326). The median of the 164 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The entries name 2 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 22.

Officials
23
Annual entries1862 to 1909, AH 1279 to 1326
164
Year with most officials6 officials
1888/89
Median monthly salaryfrom 164 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Places with officials
2

Stored spellings: Esya Kalemi; esya kalemi

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1888/89 (AH 1306) with 6 officials. Years with an annual entry: 46.
02461863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13256 in 1888/89Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Eşya Kalemi
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1862/63 (AH 1279)111
1863/64 (AH 1280)101
1864/65 (AH 1281)101
1865/66 (AH 1282)101
1866/67 (AH 1283)212
1867/68 (AH 1284)313
1868/69 (AH 1285)202
1869/70 (AH 1286)202
1870/71 (AH 1287)101
1871/72 (AH 1288)111
1873/74 (AH 1290)111
1875/76 (AH 1292)111
1876/77 (AH 1293)101
1877/78 (AH 1294)101
1878 (AH 1295)212
1878/79 (AH 1296)313
1879/80 (AH 1297)414
1880/81 (AH 1298)414
1881/82 (AH 1299)404
1882/83 (AH 1300)303
1883/84 (AH 1301)525
1884/85 (AH 1302)505
1885/86 (AH 1303)505
1886/87 (AH 1304)505
1887/88 (AH 1305)505
1888/89 (AH 1306)626
1889/90 (AH 1307)505
1890/91 (AH 1308)505
1891/92 (AH 1309)515
1892/93 (AH 1310)505
1893/94 (AH 1311)505
1894/95 (AH 1312)505
1895/96 (AH 1313)515
1896/97 (AH 1314)525
1897/98 (AH 1315)505
1898/99 (AH 1316)505
1899/1900 (AH 1317)505
1900/01 (AH 1318)505
1901/02 (AH 1319)505
1902/03 (AH 1320)515
1903/04 (AH 1321)505
1904/05 (AH 1322)626
1905/06 (AH 1323)505
1906/07 (AH 1324)515
1907/08 (AH 1325)212
1908/09 (AH 1326)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 164 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 471 kuruş.
02004006008001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 300 kuruş in 1906/07Eşya Kalemi, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Eşya Kalemi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1862/631300300300300500
1863/641500500500500500
1864/651700700700700625
1865/661900900900900650
1866/672800800650950600
1867/683500776.67490925600
1868/692663663619.5706.5600
1869/702711711691.5730.5600
1870/7111,0001,0001,0001,000600
1871/721300300300300550
1873/741275275275275500
1875/761100100100100530
1876/771100100100100575
1877/781250250250250560
18782375375312.5437.5600
1878/793380360290440600
1879/804242.5245173.75313.75500
1880/814370360316.25413.75500
1881/824377.5376.25328.75425500
1882/833400418.33377.5450500
1883/845450450400500500
1884/855500500500500500
1885/865500500500500500
1886/875500500500500500
1887/885500560500500500
1888/896587.5532.5413.75607.5500
1889/905575494435685500
1890/915575494435685500
1891/925575489435685500
1892/935575529535685500
1893/945575539535685500
1894/955575577535800500
1895/965575452200585500
1896/975115310.4100517500
1897/985130337.8120604500
1898/995130337.8120604500
1899/19005250460.8250604500
1900/015604570.8250650500
1901/025604570.8250650500
1902/035604570.8250650500
1903/045650610250800475
1904/056350381.67112.5625450
1905/06530037850700475
1906/07530038890700450
1907/082170170155185300
1908/091200200200200350

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 Eşya Kalemi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province221631862 to 1909
Thessaloniki (Selanik)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province111871/72

Ottoman officials recorded

23 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

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.