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Osman 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

The life of Osman Efendi began in Ürgüp in 1877/78 (AH 1294). Osman began work in 1891/92, at about 15, on a first salary of 60 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1891/92, names Osman as Matbah-ı Hassa tablakârı, with no place.

Pay rose from 60 kuruş a month in 1891/92 to a peak of 300 in 1898/99, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, eight years of salary come to 13,200 kuruş, 33 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.

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.

  1. Ürgüp

    Born 1877/78 (AH 1294)

  2. Place not recorded

    1891 to 1899 (AH 1309 to 1316)

    Matbah-ı Hassa tablakârı

    60 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316300 kuruşMatbah-ı Hassa tablakârı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This 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 Osman Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1891/92604002%
1892/93604002%
1893/941004004%
1894/951004005%
1895/961404009%
1896/971404508%
1897/9820040014%
1898/9930040027%

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 Osman Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First work60first-salary field
1891 to 1899AH 1309 to 1316Matbah-ı Hassa tablakârı
15 entries
YearSalary
1891/9260
1892/9360
1893/9460
1893/94
1893/94100
1894/95100
1895/96100
1895/96140
1896/97
1896/97140
1896/97140
1897/98140
1897/98200
1898/99200
1898/99300
60 to 300

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Birthplace
Ürgüp

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Osman Efendi had the 72nd highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Osman Efendi had the 96th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309Matbah-ı Hassa tablakârı60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1892/93AH 1310Matbah-ı Hassa tablakârı60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1893/94AH 1311Matbah-ı Hassa tablakârı60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1893/94AH 1311Matbah-ı Hassa tablakârı (Nakil)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1893/94AH 1311Kiler hizmetkârı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1894/95AH 1312Kiler hizmetkârı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1895/96AH 1313Kiler hizmetkârı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1895/96AH 1313Kiler hizmetkârı140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1896/97AH 1314Kiler hizmetkârı (Nakil)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1896/97AH 1314Kiler hizmetkârı140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1896/97AH 1314Amara İdare Kalemi kâtibi140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1897/98AH 1315Amara İdare Kalemi kâtibi140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1897/98AH 1315Amara İdare Kalemi kâtibi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1898/99AH 1316Amara İdare Kalemi kâtibi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
1898/99AH 1316Amara İdare Kalemi kâtibi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1039
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 Osman 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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