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Osman 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

Osman Efendi was born in Harput in 1850/51 (AH 1267); the father's occupation was "Ziraatçı". The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

Work began in 1876/77, at about 25. The annual lists begin in 1876/77, with Osman as Altunizâde askerî muavene birinci taburu neferi and no place named.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1878/79 to 425 in 1879/80, the peak, when 52 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1879/80.

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.

  1. Harput

    Born 1850/51 (AH 1267)

  2. Place not recorded

    1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1294)

    Altunizâde askerî muavene birinci taburu neferi

    entries in 2 years

  3. Edirne Vilayeti as worded, no place record

    1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)

    No annual entry for 1878 (AH 1295) before it.

    Polis neferi

    400 to 425 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 1297425 kuruşAltunizâde askerî muavene birinci taburu neferiPolis neferi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 1297This officialMedian, all officials

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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1878/7940040044%
1879/8042540052%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First work
1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1294Altunizâde askerî muavene birinci taburu neferi
4 entries
YearSalary
1876/77
1876/77
1877/78
1877/78
No annual entry: 1878 (AH 1295)
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297Polis neferi
3 entries
YearSalary
1878/79400
1879/80400
1879/80425
400 to 425

Record

Personal

Born
1850/51 (AH 1267)
Birthplace
Harput
Father's occupation
Ziraatçı

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1876/77 (AH 1293)

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 school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Osman Efendi had the 282nd highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Osman Efendi had the 99th highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293), 168 have a recorded salary; Osman Efendi had the 125th highest salary of them.

All 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Altunizâde askerî muavene birinci taburu neferiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 71-37
1876/77AH 1293Altunizâde askerî muavene birinci taburu beşinci bölük serçavuşu (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 71-37
1877/78AH 1294Askerî muavene ikinci taburu ikinci bölük askeriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 71-37
1877/78AH 1294Askerî muavene mülazım-ı evveliAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 71-37
1878/79AH 1296Polis neferiEdirne Vilayeti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 71-37
1879/80AH 1297Polis neferiEdirne Vilayeti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 71-37
1879/80AH 1297Polis onbaşısıEdirne Vilayeti425Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 71-37
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 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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