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Officials

Officials first recorded in 1854/55 (AH 1271)

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

In 1854/55 (AH 1271) the collection records 39 officials; for 9 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. For 8 of the 9 that year is earlier. See How to read the records.

The first entries are in 3 places; Istanbul (Dersaadet) has 6 of them. The median salary in 1854/55 was 250 kuruş a month, over the 8 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.

Other years

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

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