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Officials

Officials first recorded in 1842/43 (AH 1258)

11 officials with the first annual entry for this year, listed by highest salary

In 1842/43 (AH 1258) the collection records 23 officials; for 11 of them it is the first annual entry. The first annual entry is not the year of hiring: the personnel record gives the year of first work in a separate field. See How to read the records.

The first entries are in 3 places; Istanbul (Dersaadet) has 3 of them. The median salary in 1842/43 was 37.5 kuruş a month, over the 4 with a salary that year.

The table lists them by highest monthly salary, the rank the personal pages give under “Recorded with”. Equal salaries share a rank. 2 officials without a recorded salary come last.

Officials first recorded in 1842/43 (AH 1258)
RankOfficialBornBirthplacePlace of the first entryJob title thereSalary in 1842/43 (kuruş)Highest salary (kuruş)Last entry
1Mehmed Âsım Paşa1827/28Istanbul (Dersaadet)Mühimme Odası görevlisi041,3301885/86
2Edvar Blak Bey1824/25Izmir (İzmir)Liman odası tercümanı1,00030,0001892/93
3Yusuf Agah Efendi1831/32Istanbul (Dersaadet)Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane öğrencisi20,0001885/86
4Süleyman Senih EfendiBursamektubî odası6,0001885/86
5Ahmed Rıfat Efendi1820/21SafranboluIstanbul (Dersaadet)Dahiliye Kalemi mülazımı03,5001881/82
6Mehmed Salih EfendiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Bâb Mahkemesi kâtibi3,0001899/1900
7HACI ABDULSAMET SAİB EFENDİKirkuk (Kerkük)Kirkuk (Kerkük)mütesellim kitâbeti rafakatıyla sandık emini maiyeti kâtibi751,8001881/82
8Mehmed Emin Efendi1821/22BursaHüdâvendigâr vilâyeti mektûbî kalemine mülâzemet; mülâzım3501891/92
9Hüseyin Zühdü Efendi1813/14Dramamüderris (Yıldırım Bayezid Han Medresesi)3001883/84
Halil Rıfat Efendi1827/28Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Maliye Kalemi mülazımı1842/43
OHANNES SURNİYAN EFENDİ1824/25Istanbul (Dersaadet)Beratlı tüccar1888/89

Other years

Officials by the year of their first annual entry, with how many each year.

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