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Osman Nuri Efendi

Born 1872/73 (AH 1289) · Tosya · Dated entries 1889 to 1901 (AH 1307 to 1318)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d.120/157

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1889/90 (AH 1307): Telgraf ve posta merkezleri stajyeri, Kastamonu; Tosya1899/1900 (AH 1317): Telgraf ve posta stajyeri, place unspecified1900/01 (AH 1318): Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru, Kale-i Sultani, 310 kuruşAH 1307AH 1318
Places and reading notes
  • Kastamonu; Tosya
  • Kale-i Sultani

3 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 4 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1Tosya
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 4 · Tosya

How to read this map

Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.

Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.

3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    Tosya

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Kastamonu; Tosya

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Kastamonu; Tosya

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 18

    2. Telgraf ve posta merkezleri stajyeri

      Calculated age 18

  3. 3

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Place not recorded

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Telgraf ve posta stajyeri

      Calculated age 28

  4. 4

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    Kale-i Sultani

    Not yet located on the map: Kale-i Sultani

    1. Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

      310 kuruşCalculated age 29

1 entry without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.

Pay over time

Pay in its time

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

How the comparison is calculated

One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.

Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.

View the yearly values
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1900/01 (AH 1318)310400140 to 1,50038.0%1761

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01553101900/01AH 13181900/01 (AH 1318) · 310 kuruş

Select an amount for its date, post, place and age.

● Post entry● Retirement● Other status

Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.

Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. Kale-i Sultani1
    1900/01 (AH 1318)
  2. Kastamonu; Tosya1
    1889/90 (AH 1307)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Kale-i Sultani310

Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.

Titles across the recorded years

Distinct AH years with each recorded title
  1. 1900/01 (AH 1318)
  2. 1889/90 (AH 1307)
  3. 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

The most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.

Related officials in the salary reference

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan Mektebi; Tosya Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Tosya [source]
Birth province
Kastamonu [source]
Birth year
1872/73 (AH 1289) [source]
Father’s occupation
Emekli redif mülazımı [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH.SAİD.d.120/157 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan Mektebi; Tosya Rüşdiye Mektebi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
18 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Kastamonu; Tosya [source]
First work year
1889/90 (AH 1307) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterleri'ne göre Tosyalı memurlar (1879-1909)

    BETÜL MERVE HAMAMCI · 2022 · Pages 43, 44

    BOA, DH.SAİD.d.120/157

Read the original source accounts · 4 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 3 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 3 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

Open the salary study and register readings →

How to read the records

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