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Osman Nuri Bey

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 Nuri Bey began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1876/77 (AH 1293); the father's occupation was "Üçüncü Ordu eski Dördüncü Alay Birinci Tabur cerrahı". At about 21, in 1897/98, Osman Nuri began work in Istanbul, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. From 1897/98 to 1906/07 every annual entry places Osman Nuri in Istanbul, first as Tertib-i Harici 6 numaralı polis neferi, from 1905/06 as Polis Mufettisi.

Pay rose from 350 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to a peak of 1,600 in 1906/07, as Polis Mufettisi in Istanbul, when nine in ten paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 45,000 kuruş, 2.2 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.

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 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1897/9812ShkodërIstanbul
  1. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1897/98 (AH 1315); 1897 to 1907 (AH 1315 to 1324)

    Tertib-i Harici 6 numaralı polis neferi 1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317); Polis Mufettisi 1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324)

    300 to 1,600 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

    No annual entry for 1900 to 1905 (AH 1318 to 1322).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001,5002,0001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241,600 kuruşTertib-i Harici 6 numaralı polis neferiPolis Mufettisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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 Nuri Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/9835040048040%
1899/190050040050655%
1905/061,30043060088%
1906/071,60045071590%

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 Nuri Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)300first-salary field
1897 to 1900AH 1315 to 1317Tertib-i Harici 6 numaralı polis neferi
5 entries
YearSalary
1897/98300
1897/98350
1898/99
1899/1900500
1899/1900
Istanbul (Dersaadet)300
No annual entry: 1900 to 1905 (AH 1318 to 1322)
1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324Polis Mufettisi
3 entries
YearSalary
1905/061,300
1906/071,300
1906/071,600
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1,300 to 1,600

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Father's occupation
Üçüncü Ordu eski Dördüncü Alay Birinci Tabur cerrahı

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)

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 339 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 327 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Bey had the 84th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 2 officials with the title Polis Mufettisi in the same years, Osman Nuri Bey had the highest salary.

All 2 officials with the title Polis Mufettisi

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Bey had the 15th highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Bey had the 13th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Nuri Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Tertib-i Harici 6 numaralı polis neferiIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Tertib-i Harici 34 numaralı polis çavuşuIstanbul (Dersaadet)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Üçüncü sınıf polis komiserliği, açıktan terfiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Birinci Devair-i İhtiyat Bölüğü 1 numaralı üçüncü sınıf polis komiseriIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317İkinci sınıf polis komiserliği, açıktan terfiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Polis MufettisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Polis MufettisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Polis MufettisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected 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 Osman Nuri Bey 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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