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Osman Asım Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

The life of Osman Asım Efendi began in Bandırma in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Work began in Gelibolu in 1892/93, at about 24. From the first annual entry, for 1892/93, to 1909/10, every annual entry places Osman Asım in the same post, Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımı, in Gelibolu.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to a peak of 600 in 1909/10, in Gelibolu, when half the paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1892/9312BandırmaGelibolu
  1. Bandırma

    Born 1868/69 (AH 1285)

  2. Gelibolu

    First work 1892/93 (AH 1310); 1892 to 1910 (AH 1310 to 1327)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımı 1892/93 (AH 1310); Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidi 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318); Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi 1907 to 1910 (AH 1325 to 1327)

    200 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

    No annual entry for 1893 to 1899 (AH 1311 to 1316) or 1901 to 1907 (AH 1319 to 1324).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327600 kuruşMeclis-i İdare başkâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Osman Asım Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/9320040040015%
1899/190030040042529%
1900/0131540045038%
1907/0840046050040%
1908/0940040052042%
1909/1060060070049%

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

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Osman Asım Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892/93AH 1310First workGelibolu
1892/93AH 1310Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımı
2 entries
YearSalary
1892/93
1892/93200
Gelibolu200
No annual entry: 1893 to 1899 (AH 1311 to 1316)
1899 to 1901AH 1317 to 1318Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidi
3 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900300
1900/01300
1900/01315
Gelibolu300 to 315
No annual entry: 1901 to 1907 (AH 1319 to 1324)
1907 to 1910AH 1325 to 1327Meclis-i İdare başkâtibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1907/08400
1908/09400
1909/10600
Gelibolu400 to 600

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Birthplace
Bandırma

First work

Year
1892/93 (AH 1310)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 36 officials with entries in Gelibolu in the same years, Osman Asım Efendi had the 13th highest salary.

All 84 officials with entries in Gelibolu

Same birthplace

Of the 41 officials born in Bandırma, 37 have a recorded salary; Osman Asım Efendi had the 7th highest salary of them.

The page of Bandırma, with the 41 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310), 149 have a recorded salary; Osman Asım Efendi had the 31st highest salary of them.

All 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Asım Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımıGeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Maarif Komisyonu kâtibiGelibolu200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvidiGelibolu315Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiGelibolu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiGelibolu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327Meclis-i İdare başkâtibiGelibolu600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Osman Asım Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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