Mehmed Nuri Ağa
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
Mehmed Nuri Ağa was born in Niğde in 1848/49 (AH 1265); the father's occupation was "Çulcu esnafı". The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).
Mehmed Nuri began work in 1877/78, at about 28, on a first salary of 183 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1877/78, with Mehmed Nuri as Hastane hizmeti and no place named. For 1878 to 1882 the lists have no entry. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1878.
The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1877/78 to 400 in 1885/86, the peak, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, six years of salary come to 16,800 kuruş, 56 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1885/86.
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.
Born 1848/49 (AH 1265)
Ferik Hastanesi, Bahriye Nezareti as worded, no place record
1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)
Hastane hizmeti 1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1878 (AH 1295)
183 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
Istabl-ı Amire as worded, no place record
1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)
No annual entry for 1878 to 1882 (AH 1296 to 1299) before it.
Istabl-ı Amire görevlisi
200 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 | 200 | 450 | 15% | ||
| 1878 | 200 | 450 | 14% | ||
| 1882/83 | 200 | 400 | 12% | ||
| 1883/84 | 200 | 400 | 12% | ||
| 1884/85 | 200 | 400 | 12% | ||
| 1885/86 | 400 | 400 | 44% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | First work | 183first-salary field | |
| 1877 to 1878AH 1294 to 1295 | Hastane hizmeti | 183 | |
| 1878AH 1295 | Infisala note on status, not a job | ||
| No annual entry: 1878 to 1882 (AH 1296 to 1299) | |||
| 1882 to 1886AH 1300 to 1303 | Istabl-ı Amire görevlisi | 200 to 400 | |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1848/49 (AH 1265)
- Birthplace
- Niğde
- Father's occupation
- Çulcu esnafı
Education
- School
- Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)
First work
- Year
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)
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; Mehmed Nuri Ağa had the 287th highest salary of them.
- Alaaddin Efendiborn 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Ataullah Abidin Efendiborn 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Hacı Mustafa Efendiborn 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 920 kuruş
- Mehmed Efendiborn 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmed Emin Efendiborn 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 2,550 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 12 officials born in Niğde, 9 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nuri Ağa had the lowest salary of them.
- Dimitri Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 960 kuruş
- Haralambos Agniyadis Efendiborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); no salary recorded
- Monis Anastas Efendiborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Mehmed Şükrü Efendiborn 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Yordanaki Rumi Efendiborn 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 540 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nuri Ağa had the 107th highest salary of them.
- Esad Efendifirst annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Dikran Arakliyan Efendifirst annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 1,300 kuruş
- Hacı Mustafa Efendifirst annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Harirîzâde Ali Râ’fet Efendi Ġbnî Seyyid Ahmedfirst annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 1,750 kuruş
- İsmail Seyfeddin Efendifirst annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 2,700 kuruş
All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Hastane hizmeti | Ferik Hastanesi, Bahriye Nezareti | 183 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.901 |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Hastane hizmeti | Ferik Hastanesi, Bahriye Nezareti | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.901 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Hastane hizmeti | Ferik Hastanesi, Bahriye Nezareti | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.901 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Infisal | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.901 | ||
| 1878AH 1295 | Bahriye İlamat Taburu askeri (Askerlik nedeniyle ara) | Bahriye İlamat Taburu | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.901 | |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Istabl-ı Amire görevlisi | Istabl-ı Amire | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.901 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Istabl-ı Amire görevlisi | Istabl-ı Amire | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.901 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Istabl-ı Amire görevlisi | Istabl-ı Amire | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.901 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Görevin sona ermesi | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.901 | ||
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Istabl-ı Amire görevlisi | Istabl-ı Amire | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.901 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Istabl-ı Amire görevlisi | Istabl-ı Amire | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.901 |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)