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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

Born in Ürgüp in 1864/65 (AH 1281), Osman Nuri Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Work began in 1878, at about 14. The first annual entry, for 1878, names Osman Nuri as Aşar idaresi mülazımı, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1880 to 1887.

Pay rose from 60 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to a peak of 80 in 1887/88, when 3 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1888/89.

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. Ürgüp

    Born 1864/65 (AH 1281)

  2. Komanova as worded, no place record

    1878 to 1889 (AH 1295 to 1306)

    Aşar idaresi mülazımı 1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297); Rüşdiye rik'a muallimi 1887 to 1889 (AH 1305 to 1306)

    60 to 80 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1887 (AH 1298 to 1304).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0204060801878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 130680 kuruşAşar idaresi mülazımıRüşdiye rik'a muallimi
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 1306This 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 Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/80604001%
1887/88804003%

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)
1878AH 1295First work
1878 to 1880AH 1295 to 1297Aşar idaresi mülazımı
4 entries
YearSalary
1878
1878/79
1879/80
1879/8060
60
No annual entry: 1880 to 1887 (AH 1298 to 1304)
1887 to 1889AH 1305 to 1306Rüşdiye rik'a muallimi
4 entries
YearSalary
1887/8880
1887/88
1888/89
1888/89
80

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Birthplace
Ürgüp
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1878 (AH 1295)

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 birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Efendi had the 109th highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295), 129 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Efendi had the 127th highest salary of them.

All 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878AH 1295Aşar idaresi mülazımıKomanovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00061. 70
1878/79AH 1296Aşar idaresi mülazımıKomanovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00061. 70
1879/80AH 1297Aşar idaresi mülazımıKomanovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00061. 70
1879/80AH 1297Nüfus kalemi memuruKomanova60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00061. 70
1887/88AH 1305Rüşdiye rik'a muallimiKomanova80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00061. 70
1887/88AH 1305Hazine dava vekiliKomanovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00061. 70
1888/89AH 1306Hazine dava vekiliKomanovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records84 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00061. 70
1888/89AH 1306Hazine dava vekili (İnfisal)KomanovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00029/00061.
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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