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Ömer Lütfi 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

Ömer Lütfi Efendi was born in Erzincan into the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Leblebici esnafı". Work began in 1890/91 (AH 1308), on a first salary of 80 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1890/91, with Ömer Lütfi as Mülazım (kâtip yardımcısı) and no place named.

The salary went from 80 kuruş a month in 1890/91 to 576 in 1903/04, the peak, when two in three paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1903/04.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321576 kuruşMülazım (kâtip yardımcısı)
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This 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 Ömer Lütfi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1890/91804004%
1895/9632040037%
1903/0457640566%

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 Lütfi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1890/91AH 1308First work80first-salary field
1890 to 1904AH 1308 to 1321Mülazım (kâtip yardımcısı)
16 entries
YearSalary
1890/9180
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1895/96320
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1903/04576
80 to 576

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Leblebici esnafı

First work

Year
1890/91 (AH 1308)

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 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Ömer Lütfi Efendi had the 72nd highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308), 161 have a recorded salary; Ömer Lütfi Efendi had the 50th highest salary of them.

  • Osman Efendifirst annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 500 kuruş
  • Artin Ağafirst annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 400 kuruş
  • Mehmed Şakir Efendifirst annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 136 kuruş
  • Adem Feraiz Efendifirst annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 0 kuruş
  • Ali Osman Efendifirst annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 300 kuruş

All 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Ömer Lütfi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1890/91AH 1308Mülazım (kâtip yardımcısı)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi İkinci Şubesi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1891/92AH 1309Mülazım (kâtip yardımcısı)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi İkinci ŞubesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1892/93AH 1310Mülazım (kâtip yardımcısı)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi İkinci ŞubesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1893/94AH 1311Mülazım (kâtip yardımcısı)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi İkinci ŞubesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1894/95AH 1312Mülazım (kâtip yardımcısı)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi İkinci ŞubesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1895/96AH 1313Mülazım (kâtip yardımcısı)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi İkinci ŞubesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1895/96AH 1313Dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1896/97AH 1314Dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1897/98AH 1315Dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1898/99AH 1316Dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1899/1900AH 1317Dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1900/01AH 1318Dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1901/02AH 1319Dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1902/03AH 1320Dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1903/04AH 1321Dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records168 BOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
1903/04AH 1321Üçüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi576Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 217/74
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 Lütfi 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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