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Osep 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

Osep Efendi was born in Bursa in 1859/60 (AH 1276) into the Hristiyan community; the father was a merchant (tüccar). At about 18, in 1878, Osep began work in Bandırma. The first annual entry, for 1878, places Osep in Bandırma as Bandırma kazası tahrîrat kalemine mülâzemet. The last entries, from 1879 to 1893, name Osep as Bandırma rüsûmuna müdiriyeti harir ve Koza kitâbeti, with no place. For 1884 to 1890 the lists have no entry. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1880/81, Azil (dismissal) for 1883/84 and İstifa (resignation) for 1892/93.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to 400 in 1890/91, the peak, when 45 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 25,080 kuruş, 74 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1892/93.

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
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
187812BursaBandırma

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Place not recorded), stop 5 (Place not recorded).

  1. Bursa

    Born 1859/60 (AH 1276)

  2. Bandırma

    First work 1878 (AH 1295); 1878 (AH 1295)

    Bandırma kazası tahrîrat kalemine mülâzemet

    entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298)

    No annual entry for 1878/79 (AH 1296) before it.

    Bandırma rüsûmuna müdiriyeti harir ve Koza kitâbeti 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1880/81 (AH 1298)

    150 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Place not recorded not on the map

    1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301)

    No annual entry for 1881/82 (AH 1299) before it.

    Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job))

    150 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Place not recorded not on the map

    1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310)

    No annual entry for 1884 to 1890 (AH 1302 to 1307) before it.

    Mıhalıç Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti ikinci kitâbet ve sanduk sarraflığı 1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1892/93 (AH 1310)

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry01002003004001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310This officialMedian, all officials

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 Osep Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/8025040019%
1880/8119040011%
1882/831504008%
1883/8430040028%
1890/9140040045%
1891/9240040045%
1892/9340040045%

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 Osep Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878AH 1295First workBandırma
1878AH 1295Bandırma kazası tahrîrat kalemine mülâzemetBandırma
No annual entry: 1878/79 (AH 1296)
1879 to 1881AH 1297 to 1298Bandırma rüsûmuna müdiriyeti harir ve Koza kitâbeti
4 entries
YearSalary
1879/80250
1879/80150
1880/81150
1880/81190
250 to 190
1880/81AH 1298Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1881/82 (AH 1299)
1882 to 1884AH 1300 to 1301
2 entries
YearSalary
1882/83150
1883/84300
150 to 300
1883/84AH 1301Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1884 to 1890 (AH 1302 to 1307)
1890 to 1893AH 1308 to 1310Mıhalıç Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti ikinci kitâbet ve sanduk sarraflığı
3 entries
YearSalary
1890/91400
1891/92400
1892/93400
400
1892/93AH 1310İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1859/60 (AH 1276)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1878 (AH 1295)

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 Bandırma in the same years, Osep Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 64 officials with entries in Bandırma

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Osep Efendi had the 181st highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295), 129 have a recorded salary; Osep Efendi had the 83rd highest salary of them.

All 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osep Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878AH 1295Bandırma kazası tahrîrat kalemine mülâzemetBandırmaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1879/80AH 1297Bandırma rüsûmuna müdiriyeti harir ve Koza kitâbeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1879/80AH 1297Bandırma ikinci duhan fabrikası muâvinliği150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1880/81AH 1298Bandırma ikinci duhan fabrikası muâvinliği150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1880/81AH 1298InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1880/81AH 1298müdiriyet-i merkume harir ve Koza müzâyede kitâbeti190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1882/83AH 1300150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1883/84AH 1301AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1883/84AH 1301Mıhalıç merkez me'muriyetine mülhak ümeralı rüsûmu me'murluğu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1890/91AH 1308Mıhalıç Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti ikinci kitâbet ve sanduk sarraflığı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1891/92AH 1309Mıhalıç Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti ikinci kitâbet ve sanduk sarraflığı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1892/93AH 1310Mıhalıç Düyûn-ı umûmiye merkez me'muriyeti ikinci kitâbet ve sanduk sarraflığı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
1892/93AH 1310İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57/244; 485
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 Osep 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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