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Officials

Officials first recorded in 1855/56 (AH 1272)

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

In 1855/56 (AH 1272) the collection records 50 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. For 9 of the 11 that year is earlier. See How to read the records.

The first entries are in 7 places; Istanbul (Dersaadet) has 4 of them. The most frequent job title is Memur (2). The median salary in 1855/56 was 400 kuruş a month, over the 9 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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