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Job title

Idare Kalemi

Group of job titles: Other kinds of work

Stored spellings: idare kalemi

6 officials held the job title Idare Kalemi. Its 9 annual entries run from 1875 to 1908 (AH 1292 to 1325). The median of the 9 recorded monthly salaries is 35 kuruş, against 450 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 12 per cent of the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 20 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 67 per cent of the officials and the last for 50 per cent. No other title is recorded for 33 per cent of them. The entries name 2 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 5.

Officials
6
Years on recordAH 1292 to 1325, 6 years with an entry
1875 to 1908
Median monthly salary0.12× the collection median of the same years (450 kuruş)
35 kuruş
Places with officials
2
First job title on recordfor 4 of the 6 officials
67%

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
33%33%17%17%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

6 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 (33%) are in the band 0 to 100 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Idare Kalemi by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 100233%3%
100 to 20000%10%
200 to 30000%17%
300 to 400233%18%
400 to 50000%17%
500 to 750117%23%
750 to 1,00000%5%
1,000 to 1,500117%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 9 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 35 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 450 kuruş. The median entry paid 0.12× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.08× and 0.76×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 20% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median0.12×0.03×0.06×0.13×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less20%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%).

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 Idare Kalemi. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Idare Kalemi. The 2 titles with most officials, of 2 moves in all.

  1. Demiryolu Memuru1
  2. Havalename Kalemimoney order office1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Idare Kalemi. Pay: the change on moving from Idare Kalemi to that title. The 2 titles with most officials, of 3 moves in all.

  1. Tahrirat Kalemicorrespondence office2
  2. Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)1

Of the 5 moves shown, 1 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 6 officials
A quarter of the officials
1 year or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
4 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it67%4 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it50%3 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record33%2 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 6 officials with a place recorded100%6 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

6 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)83%5
  2. Armenian Christian (Ermeni)17%1

Age at the first annual entry in the job

6 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 1917%1
  3. 20 to 2467%4
  4. 25 to 2917%1
  5. 30 to 340%0
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over0%0

Province of birth

6 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province67%4
  2. Danube (Tuna) province33%2

Schooling

6 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.

  1. Rüşdiye33%2
  2. Darüşşafaka17%1
  3. Community school17%1
  4. Higher or professional17%1
  5. Other named school17%1
  6. Primary17%1

Languages

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

  1. Turkish100%6
  2. French33%2
  3. Armenian17%1
  4. Bulgarian17%1

Qualification

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

  1. No50%3
  2. Yes50%3
All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1876/77 (AH 1293) with 2 officials. Years with an annual entry: 6.
0121875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13242 in 1876/77Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Idare Kalemi
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1875/76 (AH 1292)111
1876/77 (AH 1293)222
1904/05 (AH 1322)111
1905/06 (AH 1323)101
1906/07 (AH 1324)212
1907/08 (AH 1325)212

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.

Places

Places of Idare Kalemi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province581875 to 1908
Ihtiman (İhtiman)Eastern Rumelia (Rumeli-i Şarkî) province111876/77

Ottoman officials recorded

6 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Idare Kalemi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ahmet Refik Efendi1904 to 1908435Balchik (Balçık)
Hasan Sezai Efendi1876/7711,000Sofia (Sofya)
Komidas Efendi1875/761300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fahri Efendi1876/771600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet İhsan Efendi1906/071340Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet İrfan Efendi1907/08130Istanbul (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.

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