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Ömer Avni 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 Ömer Avni Efendi began in Harput in 1864/65 (AH 1281). Ömer Avni began work in 1892/93, at about 28, on a first salary of 156 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1892/93, names Ömer Avni as Rüşdiye muallim-i sânî vekili, with no place. The annual lists then follow Ömer Avni to Pah in 1893/94, then Arapgir from 1894 to 1901. Alongside, the lists for 1900 to 1903 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Rika muallimi.

Pay rose from 156 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to a peak of 320 in 1894/95, in Arapgir, when 37 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, ten years of salary come to 29,832 kuruş, 61 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1902/03.

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 6 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1893/941894/95134HarputPahArapgir

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Yedi), stop 5 (Arapgir Rüşdiyesi), stop 6 (Mamuratülaziz).

  1. Harput

    Born 1864/65 (AH 1281)

  2. Yedi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Rüşdiye muallim-i sânî vekili

    156 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Pah

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    İbtidai mektebi muallimi

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Arapgir

    1894 to 1901 (AH 1312 to 1318)

    Rüşdiye muallim-i sânîsi

    200 to 320 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  5. Arapgir Rüşdiyesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    Rika muallimi

    entries in 1 year

  6. Mamuratülaziz as worded, no place record not on the map

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    No annual entry for 1901/02 (AH 1319) before it.

    Askerî rüşdiye lisan-ı Osmanî muallimi

    320 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 entry01002003004001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 1320320 kuruşRüşdiye muallim-i sânîsiRika muallimi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 1320This 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 Ömer Avni Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/9315640012%
1893/9420040027014%
1894/9532040033537%
1895/9632040035037%
1896/9732045030035%
1897/9820040035014%
1898/9920040035014%
1899/190020040036015%
1900/0125040033021%
1902/0332040038%

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 Avni Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892/93AH 1310First work156first-salary field
1892/93AH 1310Rüşdiye muallim-i sânî vekili156
1893/94AH 1311İbtidai mektebi muallimiPah200
1894 to 1901AH 1312 to 1318Rüşdiye muallim-i sânîsi
9 entries
YearSalary
1894/95320
1895/96320
1896/97320
1896/97200
1897/98200
1898/99200
1899/1900200
1900/01200
1900/01250
Arapgir320 to 250
1900/01AH 1318Rika muallimi
No annual entry: 1901/02 (AH 1319)
1902/03AH 1320Askerî rüşdiye lisan-ı Osmanî muallimi320

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Birthplace
Harput

First work

Year
1892/93 (AH 1310)

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 4 officials with entries in Arapgir in the same years, Ömer Avni Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 14 officials with entries in Arapgir

Same birthplace

Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Ömer Avni Efendi had the 124th highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310), 149 have a recorded salary; Ömer Avni Efendi had the 77th highest salary of them.

All 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Ömer Avni Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Rüşdiye muallim-i sânî vekiliYedi156Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1893/94AH 1311İbtidai mektebi muallimiPah200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1894/95AH 1312Rüşdiye muallim-i sânîsiArapgir320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1895/96AH 1313Rüşdiye muallim-i sânîsiArapgir320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1896/97AH 1314Rüşdiye muallim-i sânîsiArapgir320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1896/97AH 1314Rüşdiye muallim-i sânîsiArapgir200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1897/98AH 1315Rüşdiye muallim-i sânîsiArapgir200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1898/99AH 1316Rüşdiye muallim-i sânîsiArapgir200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1899/1900AH 1317Rüşdiye muallim-i sânîsiArapgir200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1900/01AH 1318Rüşdiye muallim-i sânîsiArapgir200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1900/01AH 1318Rüşdiye muallim-i sânîsiArapgir250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1900/01AH 1318Rika muallimiArapgir RüşdiyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
1902/03AH 1320Askerî rüşdiye lisan-ı Osmanî muallimiMamuratülaziz320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 186-55
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 Avni 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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