Ömer Şevki Paşa

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 Şevki Paşa began in Ürgüp in 1838/39 (AH 1254); the father's occupation was "Delibaşı". Ömer Şevki studied at Medrese, the Islamic college.

Work began in 1862/63, at about 24, on a first salary of 500 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1862/63, names Ömer Şevki as Şehremaneti damga kâtipliği, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1863 to 1887. The last post was in Muş in 1887/88.

Pay rose from 500 kuruş a month in 1862/63 to a peak of 5,850 in 1887/88, in Muş, when 97 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1887/88.

Key numbers

Lifetime earnings2 years with a salary; 7.9 times the pay of an official on the median salary: 76,200 kuruş
Pay standingof the officials paid in the same years, mean of 2 years: Top 25%
Pay standing locallyof those paid in Bitlis province, mean of 1 year: Top 0.1%
Average salarya month (38,100 a year); median 3,175: 3,175 kuruş
Highest salarya month, in 1887/88: 5,850 kuruş
Years on record1862 to 1888, 2 with an entry: 27
Placesof the annual entries; 0 job titles held: 1
First salary in the annual listsa month, in 1862/63: 500 kuruş
Salary growth a year1 rise, 0 cuts: 9.9%
Age at first workabout 24 at the first annual entry: About 24
Salary at first worka month, first-salary field of the record: 500 kuruş
Standing of the last salaryof the officials paid in 1887/88: Above 97%

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.

All 3 stops

birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded).

Ürgüp
Born 1838/39 (AH 1254)
Place not recorded not on the map
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Şehremaneti damga kâtipliği
500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Muş
1887/88 (AH 1305)
No annual entry for 1863 to 1887 (AH 1280 to 1304) before it.
Muş sancağı mutasarrıflığı
5,850 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

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 Şevki Paşa against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
Year	Salary	Median, all officials	Median, same title	Median, same province	Paid less
1862/63	500	400			53%
1887/88	5,850	400		600	97%

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 Şevki Paşa, one row per stage
Years	Title	Place	Salary (kuruş a month)
1862/63AH 1279	First work		500first-salary field
1862/63AH 1279	Şehremaneti damga kâtipliği		500
No annual entry: 1863 to 1887 (AH 1280 to 1304)
1887/88AH 1305	Muş sancağı mutasarrıflığı	Muş	5,850

Record

Personal

Born: 1838/39 (AH 1254)
Birthplace: Ürgüp
Father's occupation: Delibaşı

Education

School: Medresemedrese (Islamic college)

First work

Year: 1862/63 (AH 1279)

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 2 officials with entries in Muş in the same years, Ömer Şevki Paşa had the highest salary.

Ömer Lütfü Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 3,000 kuruş

All 41 officials with entries in Muş

Same school

Of the 41 officials with Medrese among their schools, 28 have a recorded salary; Ömer Şevki Paşa had the 2nd highest salary of them.

Mahmud Hamdi Efendiborn 1837/38 (AH 1253); highest salary 270 kuruş
Süleyman Fikri Efendiborn 1837/38 (AH 1253); no salary recorded
Ahmed Efendiborn 1840/41 (AH 1256); highest salary 130 kuruş
Mehmed Arif Efendiborn 1834/35 (AH 1250); no salary recorded
Mustafa Behçet Efendi (Hacı)born 1845 (AH 1261); no salary recorded

All 41 officials with Medrese

Same birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Ömer Şevki Paşa had the 2nd highest salary of them.

İbrahim Ethem Efendiborn 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 900 kuruş
Mehmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1837/38 (AH 1253); highest salary 280 kuruş
Halil Hilmi Efendiborn 1839/40 (AH 1255); highest salary 1,110 kuruş
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendiborn 1839/40 (AH 1255); highest salary 1,690 kuruş
Mehmet Servet Efendiborn 1839/40 (AH 1255); highest salary 1,000 kuruş

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279), 68 have a recorded salary; Ömer Şevki Paşa had the 5th highest salary of them.

HALEB VİLÂYETİ EMLÂK-I ŞÂHÂNE KOMİSYONU REÎSİ YUSUF ZİYA EFENDİ502first annual entry 1862/63 (AH 1279); no salary recorded
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendi②first annual entry 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
Sâlim Efendifirst annual entry 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 4,000 kuruş
Yusuf Ziya Efendifirst annual entry 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 5,500 kuruş
Dimitraki Efendifirst annual entry 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 800 kuruş

All 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Ömer Şevki Paşa
Year	Title	Place	Kuruş a month	Institution	Source	Archive reference
1862/63AH 1279	Şehremaneti damga kâtipliği		500	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305	Muş sancağı mutasarrıflığı	Muş	5,850	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records

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 Şevki Paşa with their sources
Field	Recorded value	Source