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Osman Nuri Bey

Born 1853/54 (AH 1270) · Sivas · Dated entries 1872 to 1888 (AH 1289 to 1305)

Languages Arabic, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference DH.SAİD.d,nr.00039,s.37

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1872/73 (AH 1289): Muhasebe kalemi stajyeri, Sivas1879/80 (AH 1297): Muhasebe kalemi kâtibi, Sivas, 40 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298): Mal Müdürü, Yıldızeli (Yenihan), 360 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301): Muhasebe heyet-i hesabiye başkâtibi, Sivas, 600 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302): Sancak muhasebecisi vekili (Görevin sona ermesi), Amasya1885/86 (AH 1303): Kaymakam vekili, Yıldızeli (Yenihan)1885/86 (AH 1303): Mal Müdürü, Yıldızeli (Yenihan)1887/88 (AH 1305): Kaymakam vekili, Yıldızeli (Yenihan)AH 1289AH 1305
Places and reading notes
  • Sivas
  • Yıldızeli (Yenihan)

7 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 8 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1SivasYıldızeli (Yenihan)Amasya
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 8 · Sivas

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

  1. 1

    1853/54 (AH 1270)

    Sivas

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Sivas vilayeti muhasebe kalemi / Sivas

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Sivas vilayeti muhasebe kalemi

    1. Sivas vilayeti muhasebe kalemi

      First work as recorded

      Calculated age 19

    2. Sivas

      Muhasebe kalemi stajyeri

      Calculated age 19

  3. 3

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Sivas

    1. Muhasebe kalemi kâtibi

      40 kuruşCalculated age 27

  4. 4

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Yıldızeli (Yenihan)

    1. Mal Müdürü

      360 kuruşCalculated age 28

  5. 5

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Sivas

    1. Muhasebe heyet-i hesabiye başkâtibi

      600 kuruşCalculated age 31

  6. 6

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Amasya

    1. Sancak muhasebecisi vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)

      Calculated age 32

      Recorded service ending

  7. 7

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Yıldızeli (Yenihan)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Kaymakam vekili

      Calculated age 33

    2. Mal Müdürü

      Calculated age 33

  8. 8

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Yıldızeli (Yenihan)

    1. Kaymakam vekili

      Calculated age 35

2 entries without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

How the comparison is calculated

One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

View the yearly values
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1879/80 (AH 1297)40400180 to 1,8001.2%1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)360400160 to 1,50042.9%1448
1883/84 (AH 1301)600400150 to 1,40068.1%1720

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
03006001879/80AH 12971881/82AH 12991883/84AH 13011879/80 (AH 1297) · 40 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298) · 360 kuruş1883/84 (AH 1301) · 600 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1872 to 1884 (AH 1289 to 1301)
  2. 1880 to 1888 (AH 1298 to 1305)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Sivas40 to 600

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)
  2. 1880 to 1886 (AH 1298 to 1303)
  3. 1883/84 (AH 1301)
  4. 1879/80 (AH 1297)
  5. 1872/73 (AH 1289)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüştiye diploması [1]

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Sivas Rüştiyesi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Sivas [source]
Birth province
Sivas [source]
Birth year
1853/54 (AH 1270) [source]
Father’s occupation
Vilayet muhasebe kalemi cariye kâtibi [source]
Religion
İslam [source]
Archive references
DH.SAİD.d,nr.00039,s.37 [1]

Education and languages

Arabic
hâkim [source]
Persian
hâkim [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüştiye diploması [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Sivas Rüştiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
19 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Sivas vilayeti muhasebe kalemi [source]
First work year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Apprenticeship
8 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Sivaslı devlet adamları

    NESLİHAN EROL · 2022 · Pages 373, 374

    DH.SAİD.d,nr.00039,s.37; 578 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00039,s.37

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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 8 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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