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Job title

Varidat Kalemi

Group of job titles: Accounts and statistics

5 officials held the job title Varidat Kalemi. Its 42 annual entries run from 1869 to 1907 (AH 1286 to 1324). The median of the 42 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 80 per cent of the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 39 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 5 different years, and a quarter in 10 or more. It was the first title on record for 40 per cent of the officials and the last for 40 per cent. The entries name 1 place, Istanbul.

Officials
5
Years on recordAH 1286 to 1324, 29 years with an entry
1869 to 1907
Median monthly salary0.8× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
400 kuruş
Places with officials
1
First job title on recordfor 2 of the 5 officials
40%

Profile of the group: Accounts and statistics

No source read describes Varidat Kalemi by itself, so this is the profile of its group of job titles.

Offices of accounts, collections and statistics. Ministries kept accountants (muhasebeci) among their central officials, as the regulation of 1879 for the Ministry of Justice and the gendarmerie regulation of 1903/04 for the Ministry of Police show.

Hard skillsinferred from the duties

  • bookkeeping (usûl-i defterî, defter tutma usulü), which the Mülkiye taught from 1859 and the rüşdiye from 1869

A field marked "inferred from the duties" is reasoned from the duties or the words of the group; the sources below do not state it.

Sources

  1. Akyıldız, Ali (2019). Mekteb-i Mülkiyye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, supplement vol. 2 (revised third printing), 238-240. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 238. Used for: hard skills.
  2. Yavuz, Hulusi (1988). Adliye Nezâreti. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 1, 389-390. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 389. Used for: summary.
  3. Özcan, Abdülkadir (2013). Zaptiye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 44, 128-130. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 128-130. Used for: summary.
  4. Öztürk, Cemil (2008). Rüşdiye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 35, 300-303. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 301. Used for: hard skills.
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 42 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 461 kuruş.
02004006008001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 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 1324600 kuruş in 1906/07Varidat Kalemi, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Varidat Kalemi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1869/701100100100100600
1879/801400400400400500
1880/811400400400400500
1881/821400400400400500
1882/831400400400400500
1883/841400400400400500
1884/851150150150150500
1885/861150150150150500
1886/871150150150150500
1887/881150150150150500
1888/891150150150150500
1889/901180180180180500
1890/911180180180180500
1891/921180180180180500
1892/931250250250250500
1893/941250250250250500
1894/951270270270270500
1895/961270270270270500
1896/972575575462.5687.5500
1897/982587.5587.5481.25693.75500
1898/993375408.33212.5587.5500
1899/19003400450250625500
1900/013450516.67275725500
1901/022737.5737.5606.25868.75500
1902/032737.5737.5606.25868.75500
1903/042800800650950475
1904/052820820680960450
1905/062840840710970475
1906/071600600600600450

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
40%20%20%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 Varidat Kalemi by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 200240%10%
200 to 300120%17%
300 to 40000%18%
400 to 500120%17%
500 to 75000%23%
750 to 1,00000%5%
1,000 to 1,500120%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 42 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 400 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 0.8× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.36× and 1.31×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 39% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median0.8×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less39%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 Varidat Kalemi. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Varidat Kalemi.

  1. Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office3

Held just after

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

  1. Evrak Kalemidocuments office1
  2. Muvazene Kitabeti1
  3. Müvezzideliverer (postman)1

Of the 6 moves shown, 0 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
5 yearsmedian over 5 officials
A quarter of the officials
10 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
23 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it40%2 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it40%2 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 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 2440%2
  4. 25 to 2920%1
  5. 30 to 340%0
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over20%1

Province of birth

5 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province80%4
  2. Kosovo (Kosova) 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. Rüşdiye80%4
  2. Primary20%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 Varidat Kalemi, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province5421869 to 1907

Ottoman officials recorded

5 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Varidat Kalemi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Mehmet Halid Efendi1884 to 190723150 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Refik Bey1896 to 190610800 to 1,100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Necip Efendi1879 to 18845400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Vamık Efendi1898 to 1901350 to 100Pristina (Priştine)
İbrahim Ethem Efendi1869/701100Istanbul (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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