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Ömer Yemeni Bey

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 Ömer Yemeni Bey began in Ürgüp in 1861/62 (AH 1278). At about 18, in 1879/80, Ömer Yemeni began work in Ürgüp, on a first salary of 240 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1879/80, with Ömer Yemeni as Aşar ikinci kâtibi in Ürgüp, the birthplace. The lists have no entry for 1880 to 1890. The last post was in Burdur in 1890/91.

Pay rose from 240 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to a peak of 1,400 in 1890/91, in Burdur, when 87 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1890/91.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1890/9112ÜrgüpBurdur
  1. Ürgüp

    Born 1861/62 (AH 1278); First work 1879/80 (AH 1297); 1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Aşar ikinci kâtibi

    240 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Burdur

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1890 (AH 1298 to 1307) before it.

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi

    1,400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001,5001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081,400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308This 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 Ömer Yemeni Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/8024040030017%
1890/911,40040035087%

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 Ömer Yemeni Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1879/80AH 1297First workÜrgüp240first-salary field
1879/80AH 1297Aşar ikinci kâtibiÜrgüp240
No annual entry: 1880 to 1890 (AH 1298 to 1307)
1890/91AH 1308Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisiBurdur1,400

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Ürgüp

First work

Year
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Place
Ürgüp

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 7 officials with entries in Ürgüp in the same years, Ömer Yemeni Bey had the 2nd highest salary.

All 50 officials with entries in Ürgüp

Same birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Ömer Yemeni Bey had the 9th highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297), 191 have a recorded salary; Ömer Yemeni Bey had the 26th highest salary of them.

All 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Ömer Yemeni Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297Aşar ikinci kâtibiÜrgüp240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00042/00113.
1890/91AH 1308Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisiBurdur1,400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00042/00113.
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 Ömer Yemeni Bey 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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