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Mesalihi Kalemi

Mesalihi Kalemi is the job title in 49 annual entries of 20 officials, from 1887 to 1912 (AH 1305 to 1330). The median of the 49 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş. The entries name 5 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 16.

Officials
20
Annual entries1887 to 1912, AH 1305 to 1330
49
Year with most officials7 officials
1902/03
Median monthly salaryfrom 49 recorded salaries
500 kuruş
Places with officials
5

Stored spellings: Mesalihi Kalemi; mesalihi kalemi

Note: No gloss: the office meant by 'Mesalihi Kalemi' could not be confirmed

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1902/03 (AH 1320) with 7 officials. Years with an annual entry: 18.
024681887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 13307 in 1902/03Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Mesalihi Kalemi
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1887/88 (AH 1305)111
1888/89 (AH 1306)101
1889/90 (AH 1307)101
1890/91 (AH 1308)101
1891/92 (AH 1309)101
1892/93 (AH 1310)101
1893/94 (AH 1311)101
1901/02 (AH 1319)333
1902/03 (AH 1320)747
1903/04 (AH 1321)737
1904/05 (AH 1322)515
1905/06 (AH 1323)303
1906/07 (AH 1324)313
1907/08 (AH 1325)313
1908/09 (AH 1326)525
1909/10 (AH 1327)323
1910/11 (AH 1328)212
1911/12 (AH 1330)111

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 49 recorded monthly salaries is 500 kuruş, the mean 603 kuruş.
02004006008001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251911/12AH 1330Median 400 kuruş in 1908/09Mesalihi 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, Mesalihi Kalemi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1887/881500500500500500
1888/891500500500500500
1889/901500500500500500
1890/911500500500500500
1891/921500500500500500
1892/931500500500500500
1893/941500500500500500
1901/023900766.67700900500
1902/037800650500850500
1903/047300521.43175900475
1904/055200490150900450
1905/0631,0007506001,025475
1906/0731,000783.336501,025450
1907/0831,000816.677001,025300
1908/095400510501,000350
1909/103400400400400462.5
1910/112400400400400500
1911/1211,5001,5001,5001,500900

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 Mesalihi Kalemi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province16311901 to 1912
GalataIstanbul (Dersaadet) province181901 to 1909
SivasSivas province171887 to 1894
ErdekHüdavendigâr province121902 to 1904
MidyatDiyarbakır province111902/03

Ottoman officials recorded

20 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.