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Osman Vehbi 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

Osman Vehbi Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin); the father's occupation was "Naib (Siverek)". Work began in Bayramiç in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The first annual entry, for 1880/81, places Osman Vehbi in Bayramiç as Nahiye naibi. Alongside, the lists for 1884 to 1888 give a second post, in İzmit as Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibi. For 1888 to 1891 the lists have no entry. The last posts were in Novi Pazar in 1891/92 and Kozan (Sis) in 1905/06. The lists have no entry for 1892 to 1905.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to 1,400 in 1891/92, the peak, in Novi Pazar, when 86 per cent of paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 1,250 kuruş. The final annual entry is for 1905/06.

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 5 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1884/851891/921905/061345BayramiçİzmitNovi PazarKozan

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Kale-i Sultaniye (Çanakkale)).

  1. Bayramiç

    First work 1880/81 (AH 1298); 1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Nahiye naibi

    entries in 1 year

  2. Kale-i Sultaniye (Çanakkale) as worded, no place record not on the map

    1881 to 1885 (AH 1299 to 1302)

    Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  3. İzmit

    1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305)

    Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibi

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  4. Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    No annual entry for 1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308) before it.

    Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi

    1,400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Kozan (Sis)

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    No annual entry for 1892 to 1905 (AH 1310 to 1322) before it.

    Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi

    1,250 kuruş a month; 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
no entryno entry05001,0001,5001880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221,400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Vehbi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/8230040028%
1882/8330040027%
1883/8430040028%
1884/8540040045045%
1885/8640040050044%
1886/8740040055045%
1887/8840040055043%
1891/921,40040040086%
1905/061,25043040087%

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 Vehbi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First workBayramiç
1880/81AH 1298Nahiye naibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1880/81
1880/81
Bayramiç
1881 to 1885AH 1299 to 1302Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1881/82300
1882/83300
1883/84300
1884/85300
1884/85
300
1884 to 1888AH 1302 to 1305Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1884/85400
1885/86400
1886/87400
1887/88400
1887/88
İzmit400
No annual entry: 1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)
1891/92AH 1309Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisiNovi Pazar (Yenipazar)1,400
No annual entry: 1892 to 1905 (AH 1310 to 1322)
1905/06AH 1323Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisiKozan (Sis)1,250

Record

Personal

Father's occupation
Naib (Siverek)

First work

Year
1880/81 (AH 1298)

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 10 officials with entries in İzmit in the same years, Osman Vehbi Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

All 55 officials with entries in İzmit

Same birthplace

Of the 74 officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin), 62 have a recorded salary; Osman Vehbi Efendi had the 16th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemaliye (Eğin), with the 74 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Osman Vehbi Efendi had the 25th highest salary of them.

All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Vehbi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1880/81AH 1298Nahiye naibiBayramiçAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1880/81AH 1298Nahiye naibi (İnfisal)BayramiçAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1881/82AH 1299Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiKale-i Sultaniye (Çanakkale)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiKale-i Sultaniye (Çanakkale)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1883/84AH 1301Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiKale-i Sultaniye (Çanakkale)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1884/85AH 1302Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiKale-i Sultaniye (Çanakkale)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1884/85AH 1302Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibi (Nakil)Kale-i Sultaniye (Çanakkale)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1884/85AH 1302Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibiİzmit400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1885/86AH 1303Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibiİzmit400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1886/87AH 1304Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibiİzmit400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1887/88AH 1305Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibiİzmit400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1887/88AH 1305Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibi (Nakil)İzmitAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1891/92AH 1309Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisiNovi Pazar (Yenipazar)1,400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
1905/06AH 1323Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisiKozan (Sis)1,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records156 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 142/133.
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 Vehbi 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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