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Job title

Tatbik Kalemi

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5 officials held the job title Tatbik Kalemi. Its 72 annual entries run from 1873 to 1910 (AH 1290 to 1327). The median of the 72 recorded monthly salaries is 250 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 50 per cent of the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 18 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 10 different years, and a quarter in 25 or more. It was the first title on record for 80 per cent of the officials and the last for 60 per cent. No other title is recorded for 40 per cent of them. The entries name 3 places. The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 3.

Officials
5
Years on recordAH 1290 to 1327, 35 years with an entry
1873 to 1910
Median monthly salary0.5× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
250 kuruş
Places with officials
3
First job title on recordfor 4 of the 5 officials
80%
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 72 recorded monthly salaries is 250 kuruş, the mean 280 kuruş.
01002003004005001873/74AH 12901875/76AH 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 13241908/09AH 1326500 kuruş in 1909/10Tatbik Kalemi, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Tatbik Kalemi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1873/741250250250250500
1874/751350350350350535
1875/761350350350350530
1878/791200200200200600
1879/801160160160160500
1880/812150150125175500
1881/822150150125175500
1882/833150150100200500
1883/844200212.5150262.5500
1884/854200212.5150262.5500
1885/864200212.5150262.5500
1886/873250250225275500
1887/883250266.67250275500
1888/892250250250250500
1889/902250250250250500
1890/912250250250250500
1891/922275275262.5287.5500
1892/932275275262.5287.5500
1893/942275275262.5287.5500
1894/952275275262.5287.5500
1895/962275275262.5287.5500
1896/972275275262.5287.5500
1897/982325325287.5362.5500
1898/992325325287.5362.5500
1899/19002335335292.5377.5500
1900/012335335292.5377.5500
1901/022335335292.5377.5500
1902/032360360330390500
1903/042375375337.5412.5475
1904/052375375337.5412.5450
1905/062375375337.5412.5475
1906/072397.5397.5361.25433.75450
1907/082437.5437.5406.25468.75300
1908/091425425425425350
1909/101500500500500462.5

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.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
20%40%40%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 200 to 300 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Tatbik Kalemi by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 200120%10%
200 to 300240%17%
300 to 400240%18%
400 to 50000%17%
500 to 75000%23%
750 to 1,00000%5%
1,000 to 1,50000%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 72 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 250 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 0.5× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.5× and 0.64×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 18% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median0.5×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less18%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)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)ErzurumThessaloniki (Selanik)3 officials1 official

All 3 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)3
Erzurum1
Thessaloniki (Selanik)1

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 Tatbik Kalemi. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Tatbik Kalemi.

  1. Mukayyitregistry clerk1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Tatbik Kalemi. Pay: the change on moving from Tatbik Kalemi to that title.

  1. Rusumat Muhasebe Memuru1

Of the 2 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
10 yearsmedian over 5 officials
A quarter of the officials
25 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
28 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it80%4 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it60%3 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record40%2 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 5 officials with a place recorded100%5 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 2460%3
  4. 25 to 290%0
  5. 30 to 3420%1
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over0%0

Province of birth

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province80%4
  2. Ankara province20%1

Schooling

5 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. Primary40%2
  2. Rüşdiye40%2
  3. Higher or professional20%1

Languages

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

  1. Turkish100%5

Source of the record

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Post and Telegraph80%4
  2. Cross-ministry workbook20%1

Places

Places of Tatbik Kalemi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province3411873 to 1910
ErzurumErzurum province1251883 to 1908
Thessaloniki (Selanik)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province161880 to 1886

Ottoman officials recorded

5 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Tatbik Kalemi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Hafiz Mehmet Galib Efendi1882 to 19102850 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafiz Hasan Husnu Efendi1883 to 190825250 to 500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hafiz Ali Efendi1878 to 188810160 to 300Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Efendi1880 to 18866100 to 150Develi
İbrahim Nurettin Efendi1873 to 18763250 to 350Istanbul (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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