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  • Zenop Tangaryan Efendi

    Zenop Tangaryan Efendi, born in Istanbul in 1856/57 (AH 1273). 36 annual entries from 1872 to 1907, mainly as Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyeti in Beyoğlu. School: Ermeni Sıbyan Mektebi. Languages: French, Turkish.

  • Abdürrahim Efendi

    Abdürrahim Efendi, born in Sidon (Sayda) in 1827/28 (AH 1243). 45 annual entries from 1851 to 1902, most often in Beirut (Beyrut), there most often as 1. Müdür. School: İbtidai Mektebi. Languages: Arabic, French, Turkish.

  • Edmon Mone Efendi

    Edmon Mone Efendi, born in Marsilya in 1835/36 (AH 1251). 31 annual entries from 1856 to 1886, most often in Ruse (Rusçuk), there most often as Sifre Memuru. School: Rüşdiye Mektebi. Languages: French, Italian, Turkish.

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All career accounts; mean pay from the annual salary reference.

  • Linked accounts · left axis
  • Mean monthly wage · right axis
Linked career accounts from 1824 and average monthly wage, 1840/41 to 1911. Gregorian years.The time axis uses Gregorian years. Blue bars use the left count axis. The crimson line and circles use the independent right axis in nominal monthly kuruş. Gaps are not joined. Wages are displayed only from 1840/41 to 1911. Use Left and Right arrow keys to inspect a recorded year, Home and End for the range limits. Exact values and the yearly salary sample size are in the table below.1824/25: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1825/26: 3 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1826/27: 3 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1827/28: 3 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1828/29: 3 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1829/30: 5 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1830/31: 5 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1831/32: 6 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1832/33: 7 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1833/34: 6 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1834/35: 6 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1835/36: 8 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1836/37: 6 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1837/38: 8 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1838/39: 6 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1839/40: 9 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1840/41: 15 linked accounts; mean 1,375 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2 paid officials in the annual salary reference1841/42: 14 linked accounts; mean 1,375 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2 paid officials in the annual salary reference1842/43: 24 linked accounts; mean 1,550 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2 paid officials in the annual salary reference1843/44: 32 linked accounts; mean 1,100 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 3 paid officials in the annual salary reference1844/45: 31 linked accounts; mean 835 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 4 paid officials in the annual salary reference1845: 34 linked accounts; mean 740 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 5 paid officials in the annual salary reference1845/46: 41 linked accounts; mean 663.33 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 6 paid officials in the annual salary reference1846/47: 45 linked accounts; mean 770 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 8 paid officials in the annual salary reference1847/48: 61 linked accounts; mean 693.33 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 9 paid officials in the annual salary reference1848/49: 72 linked accounts; mean 790 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 10 paid officials in the annual salary reference1849/50: 78 linked accounts; mean 465.56 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 9 paid officials in the annual salary reference1850/51: 81 linked accounts; mean 358.57 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 14 paid officials in the annual salary reference1851/52: 98 linked accounts; mean 434.06 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 16 paid officials in the annual salary reference1852/53: 113 linked accounts; mean 502.37 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 19 paid officials in the annual salary reference1853/54: 136 linked accounts; mean 621.67 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 30 paid officials in the annual salary reference1854/55: 161 linked accounts; mean 771.05 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 38 paid officials in the annual salary reference1855/56: 182 linked accounts; mean 863.33 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 48 paid officials in the annual salary reference1856/57: 236 linked accounts; mean 919.63 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 68 paid officials in the annual salary reference1857/58: 253 linked accounts; mean 989.51 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 82 paid officials in the annual salary reference1858/59: 293 linked accounts; mean 958.47 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 101 paid officials in the annual salary reference1859/60: 346 linked accounts; mean 922.26 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 84 paid officials in the annual salary reference1860/61: 392 linked accounts; mean 928.56 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 158 paid officials in the annual salary reference1861/62: 445 linked accounts; mean 985.13 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 174 paid officials in the annual salary reference1862/63: 537 linked accounts; mean 954.84 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 202 paid officials in the annual salary reference1863/64: 611 linked accounts; mean 958.95 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 245 paid officials in the annual salary reference1864/65: 678 linked accounts; mean 1,012.41 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 284 paid officials in the annual salary reference1865/66: 839 linked accounts; mean 991.84 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 329 paid officials in the annual salary reference1866/67: 938 linked accounts; mean 913.48 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 363 paid officials in the annual salary reference1867/68: 1,077 linked accounts; mean 888.94 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 432 paid officials in the annual salary reference1868/69: 1,249 linked accounts; mean 879.22 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 516 paid officials in the annual salary reference1869/70: 1,453 linked accounts; mean 863.96 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 628 paid officials in the annual salary reference1870/71: 1,573 linked accounts; mean 859.27 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 675 paid officials in the annual salary reference1871/72: 1,711 linked accounts; mean 780.56 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 706 paid officials in the annual salary reference1872/73: 1,864 linked accounts; mean 777.53 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 786 paid officials in the annual salary reference1873/74: 1,977 linked accounts; mean 771.56 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 852 paid officials in the annual salary reference1874/75: 2,146 linked accounts; mean 790.91 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 914 paid officials in the annual salary reference1875/76: 2,335 linked accounts; mean 786.27 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 988 paid officials in the annual salary reference1876/77: 2,597 linked accounts; mean 797.36 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,120 paid officials in the annual salary reference1877/78: 2,773 linked accounts; mean 785.24 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,198 paid officials in the annual salary reference1878: 2,880 linked accounts; mean 832.1 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,137 paid officials in the annual salary reference1878/79: 3,082 linked accounts; mean 837.49 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,234 paid officials in the annual salary reference1879/80: 3,330 linked accounts; mean 688.67 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,210 paid officials in the annual salary reference1880/81: 3,314 linked accounts; mean 690.64 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,320 paid officials in the annual salary reference1881/82: 3,430 linked accounts; mean 705.53 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,397 paid officials in the annual salary reference1882/83: 3,671 linked accounts; mean 718.85 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,447 paid officials in the annual salary reference1883/84: 3,778 linked accounts; mean 711.57 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,496 paid officials in the annual salary reference1884/85: 3,834 linked accounts; mean 724.1 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,537 paid officials in the annual salary reference1885/86: 3,961 linked accounts; mean 700.4 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,610 paid officials in the annual salary reference1886/87: 3,939 linked accounts; mean 699.76 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,639 paid officials in the annual salary reference1887/88: 4,100 linked accounts; mean 704.32 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,715 paid officials in the annual salary reference1888/89: 4,210 linked accounts; mean 697.27 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,823 paid officials in the annual salary reference1889/90: 4,386 linked accounts; mean 681.13 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,911 paid officials in the annual salary reference1890/91: 4,432 linked accounts; mean 667.77 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,977 paid officials in the annual salary reference1891/92: 4,598 linked accounts; mean 649.55 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,079 paid officials in the annual salary reference1892/93: 4,743 linked accounts; mean 636.55 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,219 paid officials in the annual salary reference1893/94: 4,792 linked accounts; mean 630.18 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,299 paid officials in the annual salary reference1894/95: 4,998 linked accounts; mean 632.51 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,403 paid officials in the annual salary reference1895/96: 5,045 linked accounts; mean 636.92 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,485 paid officials in the annual salary reference1896/97: 5,191 linked accounts; mean 587.39 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,552 paid officials in the annual salary reference1897/98: 4,857 linked accounts; mean 577.61 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,481 paid officials in the annual salary reference1898/99: 4,829 linked accounts; mean 582.13 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,450 paid officials in the annual salary reference1899/1900: 4,786 linked accounts; mean 600.22 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,454 paid officials in the annual salary reference1900/01: 4,727 linked accounts; mean 619.02 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,506 paid officials in the annual salary reference1901/02: 4,633 linked accounts; mean 615.71 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,500 paid officials in the annual salary reference1902/03: 4,588 linked accounts; mean 615.1 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,520 paid officials in the annual salary reference1903/04: 4,468 linked accounts; mean 606.93 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,439 paid officials in the annual salary reference1904/05: 4,084 linked accounts; mean 609.79 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,105 paid officials in the annual salary reference1905/06: 3,695 linked accounts; mean 623.02 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,850 paid officials in the annual salary reference1906/07: 3,142 linked accounts; mean 640.67 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,374 paid officials in the annual salary reference1907/08: 2,338 linked accounts; mean 674.65 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 733 paid officials in the annual salary reference1908/09: 2,021 linked accounts; mean 789.84 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 538 paid officials in the annual salary reference1909/10: 1,719 linked accounts; mean 1,034.41 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 358 paid officials in the annual salary reference1910/11: 1,084 linked accounts; mean 1,105.02 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 193 paid officials in the annual salary reference1911: 629 linked accounts; mean 1,133.33 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 117 paid officials in the annual salary reference1911/12: 360 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1912/13: 234 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1913/14: 106 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1914/15: 53 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1915/16: 45 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1916/17: 29 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1917/18: 28 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1918/19: 26 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1919/20: 25 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1920/21: 23 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1921/22: 17 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1922/23: 9 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1923/24: 7 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1924/25: 7 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1925/26: 5 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1926/27: 7 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1927/28: 5 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1928/29: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1929/30: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1930/31: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1931/32: 4 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1932/33: 3 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1933/34: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1934/35: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1935/36: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1936/37: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1937/38: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1938/39: 3 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1939/40: 3 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1940/41: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1941/42: 3 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1942/43: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1943: 2 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1951/52: 1 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1952/53: 1 linked accounts; outside the wage display period; see full table1840/41: 15 linked accounts; mean 1,375 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2 paid officials in the annual salary reference1841/42: 14 linked accounts; mean 1,375 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2 paid officials in the annual salary reference1842/43: 24 linked accounts; mean 1,550 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2 paid officials in the annual salary reference1843/44: 32 linked accounts; mean 1,100 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 3 paid officials in the annual salary reference1844/45: 31 linked accounts; mean 835 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 4 paid officials in the annual salary reference1845: 34 linked accounts; mean 740 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 5 paid officials in the annual salary reference1845/46: 41 linked accounts; mean 663.33 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 6 paid officials in the annual salary reference1846/47: 45 linked accounts; mean 770 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 8 paid officials in the annual salary reference1847/48: 61 linked accounts; mean 693.33 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 9 paid officials in the annual salary reference1848/49: 72 linked accounts; mean 790 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 10 paid officials in the annual salary reference1849/50: 78 linked accounts; mean 465.56 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 9 paid officials in the annual salary reference1850/51: 81 linked accounts; mean 358.57 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 14 paid officials in the annual salary reference1851/52: 98 linked accounts; mean 434.06 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 16 paid officials in the annual salary reference1852/53: 113 linked accounts; mean 502.37 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 19 paid officials in the annual salary reference1853/54: 136 linked accounts; mean 621.67 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 30 paid officials in the annual salary reference1854/55: 161 linked accounts; mean 771.05 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 38 paid officials in the annual salary reference1855/56: 182 linked accounts; mean 863.33 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 48 paid officials in the annual salary reference1856/57: 236 linked accounts; mean 919.63 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 68 paid officials in the annual salary reference1857/58: 253 linked accounts; mean 989.51 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 82 paid officials in the annual salary reference1858/59: 293 linked accounts; mean 958.47 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 101 paid officials in the annual salary reference1859/60: 346 linked accounts; mean 922.26 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 84 paid officials in the annual salary reference1860/61: 392 linked accounts; mean 928.56 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 158 paid officials in the annual salary reference1861/62: 445 linked accounts; mean 985.13 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 174 paid officials in the annual salary reference1862/63: 537 linked accounts; mean 954.84 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 202 paid officials in the annual salary reference1863/64: 611 linked accounts; mean 958.95 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 245 paid officials in the annual salary reference1864/65: 678 linked accounts; mean 1,012.41 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 284 paid officials in the annual salary reference1865/66: 839 linked accounts; mean 991.84 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 329 paid officials in the annual salary reference1866/67: 938 linked accounts; mean 913.48 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 363 paid officials in the annual salary reference1867/68: 1,077 linked accounts; mean 888.94 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 432 paid officials in the annual salary reference1868/69: 1,249 linked accounts; mean 879.22 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 516 paid officials in the annual salary reference1869/70: 1,453 linked accounts; mean 863.96 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 628 paid officials in the annual salary reference1870/71: 1,573 linked accounts; mean 859.27 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 675 paid officials in the annual salary reference1871/72: 1,711 linked accounts; mean 780.56 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 706 paid officials in the annual salary reference1872/73: 1,864 linked accounts; mean 777.53 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 786 paid officials in the annual salary reference1873/74: 1,977 linked accounts; mean 771.56 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 852 paid officials in the annual salary reference1874/75: 2,146 linked accounts; mean 790.91 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 914 paid officials in the annual salary reference1875/76: 2,335 linked accounts; mean 786.27 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 988 paid officials in the annual salary reference1876/77: 2,597 linked accounts; mean 797.36 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,120 paid officials in the annual salary reference1877/78: 2,773 linked accounts; mean 785.24 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,198 paid officials in the annual salary reference1878: 2,880 linked accounts; mean 832.1 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,137 paid officials in the annual salary reference1878/79: 3,082 linked accounts; mean 837.49 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,234 paid officials in the annual salary reference1879/80: 3,330 linked accounts; mean 688.67 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,210 paid officials in the annual salary reference1880/81: 3,314 linked accounts; mean 690.64 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,320 paid officials in the annual salary reference1881/82: 3,430 linked accounts; mean 705.53 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,397 paid officials in the annual salary reference1882/83: 3,671 linked accounts; mean 718.85 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,447 paid officials in the annual salary reference1883/84: 3,778 linked accounts; mean 711.57 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,496 paid officials in the annual salary reference1884/85: 3,834 linked accounts; mean 724.1 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,537 paid officials in the annual salary reference1885/86: 3,961 linked accounts; mean 700.4 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,610 paid officials in the annual salary reference1886/87: 3,939 linked accounts; mean 699.76 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,639 paid officials in the annual salary reference1887/88: 4,100 linked accounts; mean 704.32 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,715 paid officials in the annual salary reference1888/89: 4,210 linked accounts; mean 697.27 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,823 paid officials in the annual salary reference1889/90: 4,386 linked accounts; mean 681.13 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,911 paid officials in the annual salary reference1890/91: 4,432 linked accounts; mean 667.77 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,977 paid officials in the annual salary reference1891/92: 4,598 linked accounts; mean 649.55 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,079 paid officials in the annual salary reference1892/93: 4,743 linked accounts; mean 636.55 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,219 paid officials in the annual salary reference1893/94: 4,792 linked accounts; mean 630.18 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,299 paid officials in the annual salary reference1894/95: 4,998 linked accounts; mean 632.51 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,403 paid officials in the annual salary reference1895/96: 5,045 linked accounts; mean 636.92 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,485 paid officials in the annual salary reference1896/97: 5,191 linked accounts; mean 587.39 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,552 paid officials in the annual salary reference1897/98: 4,857 linked accounts; mean 577.61 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,481 paid officials in the annual salary reference1898/99: 4,829 linked accounts; mean 582.13 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,450 paid officials in the annual salary reference1899/1900: 4,786 linked accounts; mean 600.22 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,454 paid officials in the annual salary reference1900/01: 4,727 linked accounts; mean 619.02 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,506 paid officials in the annual salary reference1901/02: 4,633 linked accounts; mean 615.71 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,500 paid officials in the annual salary reference1902/03: 4,588 linked accounts; mean 615.1 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,520 paid officials in the annual salary reference1903/04: 4,468 linked accounts; mean 606.93 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,439 paid officials in the annual salary reference1904/05: 4,084 linked accounts; mean 609.79 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 2,105 paid officials in the annual salary reference1905/06: 3,695 linked accounts; mean 623.02 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,850 paid officials in the annual salary reference1906/07: 3,142 linked accounts; mean 640.67 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 1,374 paid officials in the annual salary reference1907/08: 2,338 linked accounts; mean 674.65 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 733 paid officials in the annual salary reference1908/09: 2,021 linked accounts; mean 789.84 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 538 paid officials in the annual salary reference1909/10: 1,719 linked accounts; mean 1,034.41 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 358 paid officials in the annual salary reference1910/11: 1,084 linked accounts; mean 1,105.02 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 193 paid officials in the annual salary reference1911: 629 linked accounts; mean 1,133.33 nominal monthly kuruş, N = 117 paid officials in the annual salary reference

Small wage samples: 1840/41, N = 2; 1841/42, N = 2; 1842/43, N = 2; 1843/44, N = 3.

1896/975,191 linked accounts587.39 kuruş / month · salary N = 2,552

Gregorian years · counts from 1824; wages 1840/41 to 1911. Point or use arrow keys to inspect. Filters do not change this chart.

Sample, units and calculation

Counts: distinct linked biographical accounts within each recorded AH year across the full collection, positioned at its Gregorian starting date. Gregorian spans can cross two calendar years; the underlying observations are not regrouped. An account may recur in later years. Blank years have no dated career evidence indexed. These series describe the records, not the Ottoman workforce.

Wages: arithmetic mean of each paid official’s highest recorded monthly rate in that AH year, in nominal kuruş. The display period is 1840/41 to 1911, covering 5,202 officials and 71,238 paid official-years. N is the number with recorded positive pay that year.

The Post and Telegraph and cross-ministry annual salary reference has observed wages in 1840 to 1911 within this display period. Its denominator differs from the wider account count. Unpaid service, missing pay and source-specific textual amounts are excluded. There is no price adjustment or gap filling; these are not averages across all officials including unpaid service.

Both axes are linear and start at zero. The right axis uses only wages in the display period. Small samples can produce high wage means. Earlier and later observations remain in the full yearly table, with exact account counts, means and salary N.

Full yearly table, including 17 years before 1824
Gregorian date spans with the original AH year retained for reference. Wage means use paid officials in the annual salary reference; account counts cover the wider collection. “Not recorded” means no comparable salary observation.
Gregorian yearsRecorded AH yearAccountsMean monthly kuruşSalary N
1579/809871Not recorded0
1691/9211031Not recorded0
1758/5911721Not recorded0
1759/6011731Not recorded0
1780/8111951Not recorded0
1781/8211961Not recorded0
1782/8311971Not recorded0
1783/8411981Not recorded0
1790/9112051Not recorded0
1816/1712321Not recorded0
1817/1812331Not recorded0
1818/1912341Not recorded0
1819/2012351Not recorded0
1820/2112362Not recorded0
1821/2212372Not recorded0
1822/2312382Not recorded0
1823/2412391Not recorded0
1824/2512402Not recorded0
1825/2612413Not recorded0
1826/2712423Not recorded0
1827/2812433Not recorded0
1828/2912443Not recorded0
1829/3012455Not recorded0
1830/3112465Not recorded0
1831/3212476Not recorded0
1832/3312487Not recorded0
1833/3412496Not recorded0
1834/3512506Not recorded0
1835/3612518Not recorded0
1836/3712526Not recorded0
1837/3812538Not recorded0
1838/3912546Not recorded0
1839/40125592001
1840/411256151,3752
1841/421257141,3752
1842/431258241,5502
1843/441259321,1003
1844/451260318354
18451261347405
1845/46126241663.336
1846/471263457708
1847/48126461693.339
1848/4912657279010
1849/50126678465.569
1850/51126781358.5714
1851/52126898434.0616
1852/531269113502.3719
1853/541270136621.6730
1854/551271161771.0538
1855/561272182863.3348
1856/571273236919.6368
1857/581274253989.5182
1858/591275293958.47101
1859/601276346922.2684
1860/611277392928.56158
1861/621278445985.13174
1862/631279537954.84202
1863/641280611958.95245
1864/6512816781,012.41284
1865/661282839991.84329
1866/671283938913.48363
1867/6812841,077888.94432
1868/6912851,249879.22516
1869/7012861,453863.96628
1870/7112871,573859.27675
1871/7212881,711780.56706
1872/7312891,864777.53786
1873/7412901,977771.56852
1874/7512912,146790.91914
1875/7612922,335786.27988
1876/7712932,597797.361,120
1877/7812942,773785.241,198
187812952,880832.11,137
1878/7912963,082837.491,234
1879/8012973,330688.671,210
1880/8112983,314690.641,320
1881/8212993,430705.531,397
1882/8313003,671718.851,447
1883/8413013,778711.571,496
1884/8513023,834724.11,537
1885/8613033,961700.41,610
1886/8713043,939699.761,639
1887/8813054,100704.321,715
1888/8913064,210697.271,823
1889/9013074,386681.131,911
1890/9113084,432667.771,977
1891/9213094,598649.552,079
1892/9313104,743636.552,219
1893/9413114,792630.182,299
1894/9513124,998632.512,403
1895/9613135,045636.922,485
1896/9713145,191587.392,552
1897/9813154,857577.612,481
1898/9913164,829582.132,450
1899/190013174,786600.222,454
1900/0113184,727619.022,506
1901/0213194,633615.712,500
1902/0313204,588615.12,520
1903/0413214,468606.932,439
1904/0513224,084609.792,105
1905/0613233,695623.021,850
1906/0713243,142640.671,374
1907/0813252,338674.65733
1908/0913262,021789.84538
1909/1013271,7191,034.41358
1910/1113281,0841,105.02193
191113296291,133.33117
1911/1213303601,871.2540
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Choose the first letter of the name (14,521 biographical entries across the whole collection; 14,345 named and 176 unnamed). Turkish letters count as their base letter, so İ and Ö are listed with I and O.

By the year first recorded

These lists cover first annual entries in the annual salary reference records, including linked institutional service. Choose the year of the first annual entry; it is not the year of hiring. Each page lists the officials on record for its year by highest salary.

Official & archive reference directory14,521 biographical records. Showing 1 to 100.Click to open or close the 3-column list
Official & archive referenceRecorded yearsCareer entries
Unnamed official (0002_0176; 350)0002_0176; 3501859 to 1907 (AH 1276 to 1324)97
Unnamed official (0006_0294; 583)0006_0294; 5831876 to 1911 (AH 1293 to 1328)37
Unnamed official (0006_0303; 601)0006_0303; 6011878 to 1910 (AH 1296 to 1327)62
Unnamed official (0006_0311; 617)0006_0311; 6171879 to 1886 (AH 1297 to 1303)13
Unnamed official (0006_0366; 727)0006_0366; 7271853 to 1886 (AH 1270 to 1303)67
Unnamed official (0007_0142; 281)0007_0142; 2811867 to 1880 (AH 1284 to 1297)25
Unnamed official (0007_0144; 285)0007_0144; 2851863 to 1907 (AH 1280 to 1324)90
Unnamed official (0007_0145; 287)0007_0145; 2871880 to 1886 (AH 1298 to 1303)11
Unnamed official (0007_0146; 289)0007_0146; 2891878 to 1897 (AH 1296 to 1314)20
Unnamed official (0007_0147; 291)0007_0147; 2911869 to 1893 (AH 1286 to 1310)50
Unnamed official (0007_0148; 293)0007_0148; 2931879 to 1885 (AH 1297 to 1302)10
Unnamed official (0007_0149; 295)0007_0149; 2951864 to 1901 (AH 1281 to 1318)76
Unnamed official (0049_0019; 35)0049_0019; 351877 to 1905 (AH 1294 to 1322)29
Unnamed official (0049_0020; 37)0049_0020; 371882 to 1901 (AH 1300 to 1318)38
Unnamed official (0049_0023; 43)0049_0023; 431874 to 1905 (AH 1291 to 1322)33
Unnamed official (0049_0030; 57-58)0049_0030; 57-581882 to 1907 (AH 1300 to 1324)26
Unnamed official (0049_0031; 59)0049_0031; 591882 to 1908 (AH 1300 to 1325)52
Unnamed official (0049_0032; 61)0049_0032; 611888 to 1907 (AH 1306 to 1324)38
Unnamed official (0049_0033; 63)0049_0033; 631874 to 1901 (AH 1291 to 1318)29
Unnamed official (0049_0034; 65)0049_0034; 651867 to 1908 (AH 1284 to 1325)43
Unnamed official (0049_0036; 69)0049_0036; 691878 to 1905 (AH 1296 to 1322)53
Unnamed official (0049_0038; 73)0049_0038; 731879 to 1904 (AH 1297 to 1321)26
Unnamed official (0049_0039; 75)0049_0039; 751872 to 1905 (AH 1289 to 1322)34
Unnamed official (0049_0040; 77)0049_0040; 771865 to 1905 (AH 1282 to 1322)42
Unnamed official (0049_0041; 79)0049_0041; 791871 to 1903 (AH 1288 to 1320)56
Unnamed official (0049_0042; 81)0049_0042; 811877 to 1907 (AH 1294 to 1324)32
Unnamed official (0049_0043; 83)0049_0043; 831873 to 1907 (AH 1290 to 1324)70
Unnamed official (0049_0045; 87)0049_0045; 871879 to 1901 (AH 1297 to 1318)43
Unnamed official (0065_0158; 313)0065_0158; 3131882 to 1905 (AH 1300 to 1322)24
Unnamed official (0067_00148; sayfa no:293)0067_00148; sayfa no:2931889 to 1903 (AH 1307 to 1320)14
Unnamed official (0067_00160; sayfa no:317)0067_00160; sayfa no:3171894 to 1906 (AH 1312 to 1323)12
Unnamed official (0067_00226; sayfa no:449)0067_00226; sayfa no:4491889 to 1905 (AH 1307 to 1322)16
Unnamed official (0067_00227; sayfa no:451)0067_00227; sayfa no:4511890 to 1910 (AH 1308 to 1327)20
Unnamed official (0067_00228; sayfa no:453)0067_00228; sayfa no:4531886 to 1897 (AH 1304 to 1314)18
Unnamed official (0067_00229; sayfa no:455-456)0067_00229; sayfa no:455-4561884 to 1911 (AH 1302 to 1328)51
Unnamed official (0067_00230; sayfa no:457)0067_00230; sayfa no:4571873 to 1905 (AH 1290 to 1322)63
Unnamed official (0067_0231; sayfa no:459)0067_0231; sayfa no:4591893 to 1903 (AH 1311 to 1320)10
Unnamed official (0067_0232 sayfa no:461)0067_0232 sayfa no:4611893 to 1903 (AH 1311 to 1320)20
Unnamed official (0067_0233, sayfa no:463)0067_0233, sayfa no:4631894 to 1906 (AH 1312 to 1323)23
Unnamed official (0067_0234; sayfa no:465)0067_0234; sayfa no:4651888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)3
Unnamed official (0067_0237; sayfa no:471)0067_0237; sayfa no:4711894 to 1904 (AH 1312 to 1321)20
Unnamed official (0067_0238; sayfa no:473)0067_0238; sayfa no:4731892 to 1905 (AH 1310 to 1322)13
Unnamed official (0067_0239; sayfa no:475)0067_0239; sayfa no:4751885 to 1902 (AH 1303 to 1319)17
Unnamed official (0067_0240; sayfa no:477)0067_0240; sayfa no:4771872 to 1901 (AH 1289 to 1318)58
Unnamed official (0067_0242; sayfa no:481)0067_0242; sayfa no:4811875 to 1907 (AH 1292 to 1324)33
Unnamed official (0067_0243; sayfa no:483.)0067_0243; sayfa no:4831881 to 1897 (AH 1299 to 1314)30
Unnamed official (0067_0244; sayfa no:485)0067_0244; sayfa no:4851890 to 1906 (AH 1308 to 1323)16
Unnamed official (0067_0245; sayfa no:487)0067_0245; sayfa no:4871894 to 1905 (AH 1312 to 1322)22
Unnamed official (0067_0246; sayfa no:489)0067_0246; sayfa no:4891891 to 1907 (AH 1309 to 1324)29
Unnamed official (0067_0247; sayfa no:491)0067_0247; sayfa no:4911892 to 1903 (AH 1310 to 1320)20
Unnamed official (0067_0248; sayfa no:493)0067_0248; sayfa no:4931888 to 1902 (AH 1306 to 1319)23
Unnamed official (0067_0249; sayfa no:495)0067_0249; sayfa no:4951881 to 1904 (AH 1299 to 1321)42
Unnamed official (0067_0250; sayfa no:498)0067_0250; sayfa no:4981889 to 1905 (AH 1307 to 1322)16
Unnamed official (0074_0158; 313)0074_0158; 3131889 to 1899 (AH 1307 to 1316)18
Unnamed official (0075_0070; 137)0075_0070; 1371884 to 1906 (AH 1302 to 1323)23
Unnamed official (0081_0143, sayfa no:283.)0081_0143, sayfa no:2831877 to 1904 (AH 1294 to 1321)28
Unnamed official (0085_0150: 295)0085_0150: 2951894 to 1904 (AH 1312 to 1321)15
Unnamed official (0086_0152: 299)0086_0152: 2991894 to 1906 (AH 1312 to 1323)24
Unnamed official (0086_0153: 301)0086_0153: 3011895 to 1906 (AH 1313 to 1323)11
Unnamed official (0086_0154:303)0086_0154:3031895 to 1905 (AH 1313 to 1322)10
Unnamed official (0086_0156:307)0086_0156:3071895 to 1907 (AH 1313 to 1324)12
Unnamed official (0086_0157: 309)0086_0157: 3091895 to 1907 (AH 1313 to 1324)12
Unnamed official (0086_0158: 311)0086_0158: 3111893 to 1904 (AH 1311 to 1321)21
Unnamed official (0086_0159: 313)0086_0159: 3131893 to 1906 (AH 1311 to 1323)23
Unnamed official (0086_0160: 315)0086_0160: 3151892 to 1903 (AH 1310 to 1320)22
Unnamed official (0086_0161: 317)0086_0161: 3171892 to 1906 (AH 1310 to 1323)14
Unnamed official (0086_0162: 319)0086_0162: 3191891 to 1902 (AH 1309 to 1319)12
Unnamed official (0086_0163: 321)0086_0163: 3211896 to 1907 (AH 1314 to 1324)11
Unnamed official (0086_0164:323)0086_0164:3231885 to 1911 (AH 1303 to 1328)52
Unnamed official (0087_0089, sayfa no:175.)0087_0089, sayfa no:1751889 to 1907 (AH 1307 to 1324)35
Unnamed official (0087_0090, sayfa no:177.)0087_0090, sayfa no:1771880 to 1903 (AH 1298 to 1320)23
Unnamed official (0087_0092, sayfa no:181)0087_0092, sayfa no:1811892 to 1906 (AH 1310 to 1323)14
Unnamed official (0087_0093, sayfa no:183.)0087_0093, sayfa no:1831893 to 1906 (AH 1311 to 1323)13
Unnamed official (0087_0094, sayfa no:185.)0087_0094, sayfa no:1851885 to 1905 (AH 1303 to 1322)20
Unnamed official (0087_0095, sayfa no:187.)0087_0095, sayfa no:1871885 to 1901 (AH 1303 to 1318)16
Unnamed official (0087_0096, sayfa no:189)0087_0096, sayfa no:1891884 to 1906 (AH 1302 to 1323)22
Unnamed official (0087_0097, sayfa no:191.)0087_0097, sayfa no:1911890 to 1895 (AH 1308 to 1312)5
Unnamed official (0087_0098, sayfa no:193.)0087_0098, sayfa no:1931887 to 1904 (AH 1305 to 1321)17
Unnamed official (0087_0099,195.)0087_0099,1951892 to 1900 (AH 1310 to 1317)15
Unnamed official (0087_0129; 255)0087_0129; 2551895 to 1899 (AH 1313 to 1316)4
Unnamed official (0087_0141, sayfa no:279)0087_0141, sayfa no:2791893 to 1902 (AH 1311 to 1319)12
Unnamed official (0087_0142, sayfa no:281.)0087_0142, sayfa no:2811889 to 1905 (AH 1307 to 1322)16
Unnamed official (0087_0143, sayfa no:283.)0087_0143, sayfa no:2831896 to 1906 (AH 1314 to 1323)20
Unnamed official (0087_0144, sayfa no:285)0087_0144, sayfa no:2851892 to 1903 (AH 1310 to 1320)11
Unnamed official (0087_0145, sayfa no:287.)0087_0145, sayfa no:2871891 to 1910 (AH 1309 to 1327)36
Unnamed official (0087_0146, sayfa no:289.)0087_0146, sayfa no:2891895 to 1902 (AH 1313 to 1319)14
Unnamed official (0087_0147, sayfa no:291.)0087_0147, sayfa no:2911895 to 1905 (AH 1313 to 1322)10
Unnamed official (0087_0148, sayfa no:293.)0087_0148, sayfa no:2931895 to 1906 (AH 1313 to 1323)11
Unnamed official (0087_0149, sayfa no:295.)0087_0149, sayfa no:2951896 to 1906 (AH 1314 to 1323)10
Unnamed official (0087_0150, sayfa no:297.)0087_0150, sayfa no:2971879 to 1903 (AH 1297 to 1320)24
Unnamed official (0089_0155:305)0089_0155:3051892 to 1906 (AH 1310 to 1323)25
Unnamed official (0094_14; 25)0094_14; 251878 to 1902 (AH 1295 to 1319)25
Unnamed official (0094_15; 27)0094_15; 271874 to 1895 (AH 1291 to 1312)44
Unnamed official (0094_18; 33)0094_18; 331889 to 1906 (AH 1307 to 1323)18
Unnamed official (0094_2; 1)0094_2; 11897 to 1906 (AH 1315 to 1323)17
Unnamed official (0094_4; 5)0094_4; 51897 to 1904 (AH 1315 to 1321)13
Unnamed official (0094_5; 7)0094_5; 71896 to 1904 (AH 1314 to 1321)9
Unnamed official (0094_8; 13)0094_8; 131890 to 1904 (AH 1308 to 1321)18
Unnamed official (0098_0163; 323)0098_0163; 3231897 to 1907 (AH 1315 to 1324)20
Unnamed official (0100_0023; 43)0100_0023; 431865 to 1902 (AH 1282 to 1319)70

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