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 Kırşehir in 1856/57 (AH 1273). At about 16, in 1872/73, Ömer Lütfi began work. The first annual entry, for 1872/73, places Ömer Lütfi in Kırşehir, the birthplace, as tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, where the entries run to 1879/80. For 1873 to 1875 and 1876 to 1879 the lists have no entry. The last entries, from 1881 to 1886, name Ömer Lütfi as tahrir ve vergi kâtibi, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1882 to 1885.

The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to 400 in 1881/82, the peak, when 46 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1885/86.

Key numbers

Lifetime earnings2 years with a salary; 75 per cent of the pay of an official on the median salary: 7,200 kuruş
Pay standingof the officials paid in the same years, mean of 2 years: Bottom 29%
Pay standing locallyof those paid in Ankara province, mean of 1 year: Bottom 20%
Average salarya month (3,600 a year); median 300: 300 kuruş
Highest salarya month, in 1881/82: 400 kuruş
Years on record1872 to 1886, 5 with an entry: 15
Placesof the annual entries; 0 job titles held: 1
First salary in the annual listsa month, in 1879/80: 200 kuruş
Salary growth a year1 rise, 0 cuts: 41.4%
Age at first workabout 16 at the first annual entry: About 16
Standing of the last salaryof the officials paid in 1881/82: Above 46%

Salaries are nominal monthly kuruş of the recorded years only; nothing is known about a year without an annual entry.

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.

Kırşehir
Born 1856/57 (AH 1273); 1872 to 1880 (AH 1289 to 1297)
tahrirat kalemi mülazımı 1872/73 (AH 1289); nüfus defteri mukayyidi 1875/76 (AH 1292); tahrir kalemi senedât ve alâmat kâtibi 1879/80 (AH 1297)
200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
No annual entry for 1873 to 1875 (AH 1290 to 1291) or 1876 to 1879 (AH 1293 to 1296).
Keskin as worded, no place record
1881/82 (AH 1299)
No annual entry for 1880/81 (AH 1298) before it.
tahrir ve vergi kâtibi
400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Mecidiye as worded, no place record
1885/86 (AH 1303)
No annual entry for 1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302) before it.
vergi kâtibi refiki (İnfisal)
entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry

Salary against the medians of the same year

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
Year	Salary	Median, all officials	Median, same title	Median, same province	Paid less
1879/80	200	400		247.5	10%
1881/82	400	400			46%

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
Years	Title	Place	Salary (kuruş a month)
1872/73AH 1289	First work
1872/73AH 1289	tahrirat kalemi mülazımı	Kırşehir
No annual entry: 1873 to 1875 (AH 1290 to 1291)
1875/76AH 1292	nüfus defteri mukayyidi	Kırşehir
No annual entry: 1876 to 1879 (AH 1293 to 1296)
1879/80AH 1297	tahrir kalemi senedât ve alâmat kâtibi	Kırşehir	200
No annual entry: 1880/81 (AH 1298)
1881/82AH 1299	tahrir ve vergi kâtibi		400
No annual entry: 1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302)
1885/86AH 1303	vergi kâtibi refiki (İnfisal)

Record

Personal

Born: 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Birthplace: Kırşehir

First work

Year: 1872/73 (AH 1289)

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 17 officials with entries in Kırşehir in the same years, Ömer Lütfi Efendi had the 12th highest salary.

Rıza Bey3 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
Hasan Hüsnü Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 250 kuruş
Ali Rıza Bey2 shared years; highest salary 7,000 kuruş
Mustafa Sabri Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 480 kuruş
Mehmed Recep Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş

All 65 officials with entries in Kırşehir

Same birthplace

Of the 72 officials born in Kırşehir, 65 have a recorded salary; Ömer Lütfi Efendi had the 28th highest salary of them.

Mehmed Recep Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 400 kuruş
İsmail Hakkı Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 300 kuruş
Mehmed Esad Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 350 kuruş
Hasan Hüsnü Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 500 kuruş
İbrahim Edhem Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); no salary recorded

The page of Kırşehir, with the 72 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 136 officials whose first annual entry is for 1872/73 (AH 1289), 115 have a recorded salary; Ömer Lütfi Efendi had the 89th highest salary of them.

Ali Galib Efendifirst annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 850 kuruş
Ali Rıza Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 800 kuruş
Covani Efendifirst entry in Shkodër (İşkodra); highest salary 300 kuruş
Hacı Bayrakdarzâde Ahmed Tevfik Efendifirst annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 2,400 kuruş
İsmail Hakkı Efendifirst entry in Samsun; highest salary 600 kuruş

All 136 officials whose first annual entry is for 1872/73 (AH 1289)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Ömer Lütfi Efendi
Year	Title	Place	Kuruş a month	Institution	Source	Archive reference
1872/73AH 1289	tahrirat kalemi mülazımı	Kırşehir		Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	155 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 09/9, s.9.
1875/76AH 1292	nüfus defteri mukayyidi	Kırşehir		Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	155 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 09/9, s.9.
1879/80AH 1297	tahrir kalemi senedât ve alâmat kâtibi	Kırşehir	200	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	155 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 09/9, s.9.
1881/82AH 1299	tahrir ve vergi kâtibi	Keskin	400	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	155 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 09/9, s.9.
1885/86AH 1303	vergi kâtibi refiki (İnfisal)	Mecidiye		Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 09/9, s.9.

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
Field	Recorded value	Source