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Osman Nuri 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 Nuri Efendi was born in Bilaga; the father was a clerk (katip). The first annual entry, for 1896/97 (AH 1314), names Osman Nuri as Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru, with no place. At the same time, from 1897 to 1899, the lists also place Osman Nuri in Thessaloniki (Selanik) as Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru. Next came Adana from 1899 to 1907. Alongside, the lists for 1906/07 give a second post, in Krusova as Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to a peak of 500 in 1906/07, in Krusova, when 51 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.

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 5 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1897/981899/19001906/071345VidinThessalonikiAdanaKrusova

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Litori).

  1. Vidin

    First work here

  2. Litori as worded, no place record not on the map

    1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1897 to 1899 (AH 1315 to 1316)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Adana

    1899 to 1907 (AH 1317 to 1324)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibi

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  5. Krusova

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324500 kuruşTelgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruTelgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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 Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/9725045018%
1897/9825040020%
1898/9925040039020%
1899/190040040040044%
1900/0140040040045%
1901/0240040040043%
1902/0340040045044%
1903/0440040540043%
1904/0540040040042%
1905/0640043040041%
1906/0750045045051%

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 Nuri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workVidin
1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1896/97250
1897/98250
250
1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1897/98250
1898/99250
1898/99
Thessaloniki (Selanik)250
1899 to 1907AH 1317 to 1324Telgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibi
9 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900300
1899/1900400
1900/01400
1901/02400
1902/03400
1903/04400
1904/05400
1905/06400
1906/07400
Adana300 to 400
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüKrusova500

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Bilaga
Father's occupation
Kâtip

First work

Place
Vidin

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 39 officials with entries in Adana in the same years, 36 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Efendi had the 25th highest salary of them.

All 139 officials with entries in Adana

Same birthplace

Of the 2 officials born in Bilaga, Osman Nuri Efendi had the highest salary.

The page of Bilaga, with the 2 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Efendi had the 49th highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruLitori250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruLitori250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru (İnfisal)Thessaloniki (Selanik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Telgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibiAdana300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Telgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibiAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Telgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibiAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Telgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibiAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Telgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibiAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321Telgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibiAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibiAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Telgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibiAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf ve posta merkezi kâtibiAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüKrusova500Affiliation 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 Nuri 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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