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Official

omer Halim Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). On record 1893 to 1911, 9 annual entries.

Archive reference 0084_0185; 365

Life

omer Halim Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman) and the nationality as Turkish.

Schooling recorded: Darüşşafaka, with 12 years of schooling recorded. Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

The record gives no years of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet). At the first annual entry, in 1893/94, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1893/94, shows Rüsumat Memuru in Istanbul, with 400 kuruş a month. No annual entry is recorded for 1894/95, 1896/97, 1898 to 1900, 1901/02, 1903/04, 1905/06, 1907/08 and 1909/10.

The highest salary, 700 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1910/11 as Rüsumat Memuru. 61 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 9 years with a salary the median is 460 kuruş a month, with 3 rises and no cuts. The largest rise, 225 kuruş, is seen in 1910/11. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 3.35 per cent a year on average.

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish

Education

Darüşşafaka
Darüşşafaka (12 years)Darüşşafaka (school for orphans in Istanbul)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
0 years

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

First job as worded
Rusumat Kalemi
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
400

Career

Career of omer Halim Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400
No annual entry: 1894/95 (AH 1312)
1895/96AH 1313Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400
No annual entry: 1896/97 (AH 1314)
1897/98AH 1315Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400
No annual entry: 1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317)
1900/01AH 1318Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400
No annual entry: 1901/02 (AH 1319)
1902/03AH 1320Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)460
No annual entry: 1903/04 (AH 1321)
1904/05AH 1322Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)460
No annual entry: 1905/06 (AH 1323)
1906/07AH 1324Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)460
No annual entry: 1907/08 (AH 1325)
1908/09AH 1326Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)475
No annual entry: 1909/10 (AH 1327)
1910/11AH 1328Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)700
Monthly salary, kuruş
no entryno entryno entryno entry02004006008001897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325700 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of omer Halim Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1893/9440050037530%
1895/9640050027530%
1897/9840050025532%
1900/0140050036031%
1902/0346050038047%
1904/0546045042050%
1906/0746045053050%
1908/0947535060060%
1910/1170050061%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

1,181 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

202 officials in all. Officials with Darüşşafaka recorded

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (9)

Annual entries of omer Halim Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0084_0185; 365
1895/96AH 1313Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0084_0185; 365
1897/98AH 1315Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0084_0185; 365
1900/01AH 1318Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0084_0185; 365
1902/03AH 1320Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)460Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0084_0185; 365
1904/05AH 1322Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)460Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0084_0185; 365
1906/07AH 1324Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)460Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0084_0185; 365
1908/09AH 1326Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)475Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0084_0185; 365
1910/11AH 1328Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)700Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0084_0185; 365
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.

Sources and original values (11)

Recorded values of omer Halim Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
Nameomer Halim EfendiCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1290Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplaceistanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionMuslumanCross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityTurkishCross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolDarussafakaCross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling12Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)0Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year as written (calendar not established)1311Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedRusumat KalemiCross-ministry personnel workbook
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)400Cross-ministry personnel workbook
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
  • Origin of the record: Cross-ministry workbook.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.