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Nuri 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 Nuri Efendi began in Skopje (Üsküp) in 1875/76 (AH 1292); the father's occupation was "Kosova Vilayeti Yazı İşleri müsevvidi". Nuri began work in Skopje in 1885/86, at about 11. Fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known began work at 11 or younger. The first annual entry, for 1885/86, names Nuri as Tahrirat Birimi stajyeri, with no place. For 1886 to 1888 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 40 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to a peak of 50 in 1890/91, when 2 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 1,560 kuruş, 10 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1890/91.

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. Skopje (Üsküp)

    Born 1875/76 (AH 1292); First work 1885/86 (AH 1303)

  2. Üsküp Tahrirat Birimi as worded, no place record

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Tahrirat Birimi stajyeri

    entries in 1 year

  3. Kosova Vilayeti Yazı İşleri, Üsküp as worded, no place record

    1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)

    No annual entry for 1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305) before it.

    Yazı İşleri memuru

    40 to 50 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 entry02040601885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 130850 kuruşTahrirat Birimi stajyeriYazı İşleri memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308This 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 Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1888/89404001%
1889/90404001%
1890/91504002%

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 Nuri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First workSkopje (Üsküp)
1885/86AH 1303Tahrirat Birimi stajyeri
No annual entry: 1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)
1888 to 1891AH 1306 to 1308Yazı İşleri memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1888/8940
1889/9040
1890/9140
1890/9150
40 to 50

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Father's occupation
Kosova Vilayeti Yazı İşleri müsevvidi

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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 birthplace

Of the 12 officials born in Skopje (Üsküp), Nuri Efendi had the lowest salary.

The page of Skopje (Üsküp), with the 12 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; Nuri Efendi had the 161st highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Tahrirat Birimi stajyeriÜsküp Tahrirat BirimiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19; 500 BOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19.; 501 BOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19.
1888/89AH 1306Yazı İşleri memuruKosova Vilayeti Yazı İşleri, Üsküp40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19; 500 BOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19.; 501 BOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19.
1889/90AH 1307Yazı İşleri memuruKosova Vilayeti Yazı İşleri, Üsküp40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19; 500 BOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19.; 501 BOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19.
1890/91AH 1308Yazı İşleri memuruKosova Vilayeti Yazı İşleri, Üsküp40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19; 500 BOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19.; 501 BOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19.
1890/91AH 1308Yazı İşleri memuruKosova Vilayeti Yazı İşleri, Üsküp50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19; 500 BOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19.; 501 BOA. DH. SAİD. 29/19.
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 Nuri 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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