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Job title

Evkaf Memuru

Group of job titles: Other kinds of work

5 officials held the job title Evkaf Memuru. Its 6 annual entries run from 1863 to 1896 (AH 1280 to 1313). The median of the 6 recorded monthly salaries is 225 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 45 per cent of the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 19 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 1 different years, and a quarter in 1 or more. It was the first title on record for 20 per cent of the officials and the last for 60 per cent. The entries name 3 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 2.

Officials
5
Years on recordAH 1280 to 1313, 6 years with an entry
1863 to 1896
Median monthly salary0.45× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
225 kuruş
Places with officials
3
First job title on recordfor 1 of the 5 officials
20%

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
40%40%20%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

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 (40%) are in the band 100 to 200 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Evkaf Memuru by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 200240%10%
200 to 30000%17%
300 to 400240%18%
400 to 50000%17%
500 to 75000%23%
750 to 1,000120%5%
1,000 to 1,50000%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 6 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 225 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 0.45× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.3× and 0.6×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 19% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median0.45×0.13×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less19%0%25%50%75%100%

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%).

Where the job was held

All years
3 places with officials on record, 3 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak
Istanbul (Dersaadet)KayseriKırklareli2 officials1 official

All 3 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)2
Kayseri1
Kırklareli1

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 Evkaf Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Evkaf Memuru. The 4 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.

  1. Adliye Memuru1
  2. Posta Memurupostal official1
  3. Pul Muduru1
  4. Tahrir Kol Memuru1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Evkaf Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from Evkaf Memuru to that title. The 2 titles with most officials, of 2 moves in all.

  1. Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office1
  2. Nufus Kalemi1

Of the 6 moves shown, 2 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
1 yearmedian over 5 officials
A quarter of the officials
1 year or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
2 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it20%1 official
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it60%3 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 4 officials with a place recorded100%4 officials

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.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)100%5

Age at the first annual entry in the job

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 1920%1
  3. 20 to 240%0
  4. 25 to 290%0
  5. 30 to 3440%2
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over40%2

Province of birth

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Ankara province20%1
  2. Archipelago (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid) province20%1
  3. Bosnia (Bosna) province20%1
  4. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province20%1
  5. Mamuretülaziz province20%1

Languages

5 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

  1. Turkish100%5

Qualification

5 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.

  1. No100%5

Places

Places of Evkaf Memuru, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province221881 to 1888
KırklareliEdirne province121883 to 1885
KayseriAnkara province111863/64

Ottoman officials recorded

5 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Evkaf Memuru
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Şevki Efendi1883 to 18852150Bosna
Ahmed Talat Efendi1887/881100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Tevfik Efendi1881/821800Nicosia (Lefkoşa)
Hacı Elvan Âlî Efendi1895/961300Çorum
Mahmut Hamdi Efendi1863/641300Kemaliye (Eğin)

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.