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Officials

Officials first recorded in 1857/58 (AH 1274)

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

In 1857/58 (AH 1274) the collection records 83 officials; for 14 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 7 of the 14 that year is earlier. See How to read the records.

The first entries are in 8 places; Istanbul (Dersaadet) has 5 of them, Baghdad (Bağdat) 2 and Vidin 2. The most frequent job title is Memur (4). The median salary in 1857/58 was 450 kuruş a month, over the 14 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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