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Job title

Taahhüt Memuru

Registered mail official

Taahhüt Memuru is the job title in 50 annual entries of 21 officials, from 1878 to 1908 (AH 1296 to 1325). The median of the 50 recorded monthly salaries is 392.5 kuruş. The entries name 11 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 5.

Officials
21
Annual entries1878 to 1908, AH 1296 to 1325
50
Year with most officials4 officials
1901/02
Median monthly salaryfrom 50 recorded salaries
392.5 kuruş
Places with officials
11

Stored spellings: Taahhut Memuru; Taahhut memuru

All years

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1901/02 (AH 1319) with 4 officials. Years with an annual entry: 30.
012341882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13254 in 1901/02Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Taahhüt Memuru
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1878/79 (AH 1296)111
1879/80 (AH 1297)212
1880/81 (AH 1298)202
1881/82 (AH 1299)101
1882/83 (AH 1300)111
1883/84 (AH 1301)101
1884/85 (AH 1302)101
1885/86 (AH 1303)101
1886/87 (AH 1304)101
1887/88 (AH 1305)111
1888/89 (AH 1306)111
1889/90 (AH 1307)212
1890/91 (AH 1308)202
1891/92 (AH 1309)202
1892/93 (AH 1310)202
1893/94 (AH 1311)313
1894/95 (AH 1312)202
1895/96 (AH 1313)313
1896/97 (AH 1314)101
1897/98 (AH 1315)101
1898/99 (AH 1316)101
1899/1900 (AH 1317)212
1900/01 (AH 1318)212
1901/02 (AH 1319)434
1902/03 (AH 1320)424
1903/04 (AH 1321)111
1904/05 (AH 1322)111
1905/06 (AH 1323)111
1906/07 (AH 1324)222
1907/08 (AH 1325)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 50 recorded monthly salaries is 392.5 kuruş, the mean 349 kuruş.
01002003004005001882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325200 kuruş in 1907/08Taahhüt Memuru, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Taahhüt Memuru
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1878/791500500500500600
1879/802300300200400500
1880/812275275237.5312.5500
1881/821350350350350500
1882/831400400400400500
1883/841400400400400500
1884/851400400400400500
1885/861400400400400500
1886/871400400400400500
1887/881380380380380500
1888/891500500500500500
1889/902350350275425500
1890/912350350275425500
1891/922350350275425500
1892/932350350275425500
1893/943200300200350500
1894/952365365297.5432.5500
1895/963500536.67380675500
1896/971500500500500500
1897/981500500500500500
1898/991500500500500500
1899/19002300300200400500
1900/012300300200400500
1901/024358329250437500
1902/034225262.5137.5350500
1903/041300300300300475
1904/051400400400400450
1905/061385385385385475
1906/072100100100100450
1907/081200200200200300

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.

Ottoman officials recorded

21 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.