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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 Ohrid (Ohri). Work began in 1897/98 (AH 1315), on a first salary of 100 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1897/98, names Osman as Muhasebe Kalemi Mübeyyizi, with no place, with a rise to Suvari Tahsildari in 1899/1900. For 1900 to 1902 the lists have no entry. Osman then moved to Cebeli bereket in 1902/03, as Merkez İkinci Daire Süvari Tahsildarı. The lists have no entry for 1903 to 1908. The last entry, for 1908/09, names Osman as Karar Kâtibi, with no place.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to a peak of 300 in 1902/03, in Cebeli bereket, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 9,900 kuruş, 51 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.

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. Yenişehir as worded, no place record

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Muhasebe Kalemi Mübeyyizi

    100 to 150 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Bağçe as worded, no place record

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    No annual entry for 1898/99 (AH 1316) before it.

    Suvari Tahsildari

    175 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Cebeli bereket

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    No annual entry for 1900 to 1902 (AH 1318 to 1319) before it.

    Merkez İkinci Daire Süvari Tahsildarı

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Bağçe as worded, no place record

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    No annual entry for 1903 to 1908 (AH 1321 to 1325) before it.

    Karar Kâtibi

    200 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
no entryno entryno entry01002003001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326300 kuruşKarar Kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/9815040010%
1899/190017540027514%
1902/0330040045028%
1908/0920040012%

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)
1897/98AH 1315First work100first-salary field
1897/98AH 1315Muhasebe Kalemi Mübeyyizi
2 entries
YearSalary
1897/98100
1897/98150
100 to 150
No annual entry: 1898/99 (AH 1316)
1899/1900AH 1317Suvari Tahsildari175
No annual entry: 1900 to 1902 (AH 1318 to 1319)
1902/03AH 1320Merkez İkinci Daire Süvari TahsildarıCebeli bereket300
No annual entry: 1903 to 1908 (AH 1321 to 1325)
1908/09AH 1326Karar Kâtibi200

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Ohrid (Ohri)

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 5 officials with entries in Cebeli bereket in the same years, Osman Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 36 officials with entries in Cebeli bereket

Same job title, same years

Of the 9 officials with the title Suvari Tahsildari in the same years, Osman Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 39 officials with the title Suvari Tahsildari

Same birthplace

Of the 68 officials born in Ohrid (Ohri), 61 have a recorded salary; Osman Efendi had the 48th highest salary of them.

The page of Ohrid (Ohri), with the 68 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 Efendi had the 92nd 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 Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Muhasebe Kalemi MübeyyiziYenişehir100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Muhasebe Kalemi Merkez RefikiYenişehir150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Suvari TahsildariBağçe175Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Merkez İkinci Daire Süvari TahsildarıCebeli bereket300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Karar KâtibiBağçe200Affiliation 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 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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