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Osman 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 Osman Nuri Efendi began in Safranbolu in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Work began in Istanbul in 1894/95, at about 21, on a first salary of 10 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1894/95, names Osman Nuri as a candidate official (Mülazım), with no place. The lists have no entry for 1904 to 1906.

The salary went from 10 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to 200 in 1907/08, the peak, as Katip, when 16 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over ten years the salaries add up to 12,540 kuruş, 25 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

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 4 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1894/9512SafranboluIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Evkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi Dışarı Şubesi, İstanbul), stop 4 (Evkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul).

  1. Safranbolu

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1894/95 (AH 1312)

  3. Evkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi Dışarı Şubesi, İstanbul as worded, no place record not on the map

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Mülazım

    entries in 1 year

  4. Evkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul as worded, no place record not on the map

    1894 to 1908 (AH 1312 to 1325)

    Katip

    10 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

    No annual entry for 1896/97 (AH 1314) or 1902/03 (AH 1320) or 1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry0501001502001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325200 kuruşMülazımKatip
Salary against the medians of the same year
1020501002005001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1894/95104002500%
1895/96204001550%
1897/98504002101%
1898/99654002402%
1899/19001004002504%
1900/011254008%
1901/021354003008%
1903/0416040513%
1906/0718045014%
1907/0820046016%

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 Nuri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1894/95AH 1312First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)10first-salary field
1894/95AH 1312Mülazım
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313Katip
2 entries
YearSalary
1894/9510
1895/9620
10 to 20
No annual entry: 1896/97 (AH 1314)
1897 to 1902AH 1315 to 1319Katip
6 entries
YearSalary
1897/9850
1898/9965
1899/190085
1899/1900100
1900/01125
1901/02135
50 to 135
No annual entry: 1902/03 (AH 1320)
1903/04AH 1321Katip
2 entries
YearSalary
1903/04145
1903/04160
145 to 160
No annual entry: 1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323)
1906 to 1908AH 1324 to 1325Katip
2 entries
YearSalary
1906/07180
1907/08200
180 to 200

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Safranbolu

First work

Year
1894/95 (AH 1312)

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 job title, same years

Of the 13 officials with the title Katip in the same years, Osman Nuri Efendi had the 9th highest salary.

All 37 officials with the title Katip

Same birthplace

Of the 89 officials born in Safranbolu, 71 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Efendi had the 60th highest salary of them.

The page of Safranbolu, with the 89 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Efendi had the 157th highest salary of them.

All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312MülazımEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi Dışarı Şubesi, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1894/95AH 1312KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul10Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1895/96AH 1313KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1897/98AH 1315KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1898/99AH 1316KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul65Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1899/1900AH 1317KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul85Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1899/1900AH 1317KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1900/01AH 1318KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1901/02AH 1319KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1903/04AH 1321KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul145Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1903/04AH 1321KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1906/07AH 1324KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
1907/08AH 1325KatipEvkaf Nezareti Masarifat-ı Umumiye İdaresi, İstanbul200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records103 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.67, s.129
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 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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