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Osman Efendi

Born Year not recorded · Gelibolu · Dated entries 1860 to 1891 (AH 1277 to 1308)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 4/736

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1GeliboluIstanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First workB / F · year unresolved● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 3 · Gelibolu

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  1. 1

    1860/61 (AH 1277)

    Gelibolu

    1. Tapu Refakati memuru

      250 kuruş

  2. 2

    1862/63 (AH 1279) · 29 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Maliye Hazinesi Rumeli Varidatı Harp Muhaberatı stajyeri

      50 kuruş

    2. Muhasebe-i Umumiye Muhasebecisi

      7,500 kuruş

      Continuing service as described

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  3. 3

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet) / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

      Maliye Hazinesi Rumeli Varidatı Harp Muhaberatı stajyeri

      150 kuruş

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Vefat

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8 entries without a resolved year

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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

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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.

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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
1860/61 (AH 1277)250500150 to 3,00021.8%134
1862/63 (AH 1279)150400140 to 3,00010.2%197
1863/64 (AH 1280)500475125 to 3,00050.2%232
1864/65 (AH 1281)150400125 to 3,00011.1%253
1865/66 (AH 1282)550400150 to 2,00062.4%341
1866/67 (AH 1283)1,000400146 to 2,00076.1%399
1867/68 (AH 1284)150458150 to 2,5008.1%435
1868/69 (AH 1285)850475150 to 3,00071.4%505
1869/70 (AH 1286)1,250400150 to 2,25079.9%609
1870/71 (AH 1287)150400150 to 2,0009.3%649
1871/72 (AH 1288)1,109420.5125 to 2,37579.6%712
1872/73 (AH 1289)150450140 to 2,35010.8%736
1873/74 (AH 1290)3,000405130 to 2,20092.7%805
1874/75 (AH 1291)3,500450150 to 1,80095.1%882
1875/76 (AH 1292)3,250450150 to 2,00094.3%976
1876/77 (AH 1293)150420150 to 2,00010.0%1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)3,000450150 to 1,80094.2%1160
1878 (AH 1295)2,500450150 to 2,00092.7%1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)150400150 to 2,0007.6%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)150400180 to 1,8007.7%1534
1880/81 (AH 1298)150400160 to 1,5007.7%1448
1881/82 (AH 1299)150400150 to 1,5008.6%1489
1882/83 (AH 1300)3,000400150 to 1,40095.8%1655
1883/84 (AH 1301)4,827.5400150 to 1,40098.0%1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)150400150 to 1,5008.2%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)150400150 to 1,5009.3%1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)150400150 to 1,5009.2%1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)6,000400150 to 1,50097.8%1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)7,500400135 to 1,50098.4%1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)7,500400130 to 1,50098.5%1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)7,500400125 to 1,50098.3%1896

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

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Where the career is recorded

Distinct AH years with career entries
  1. 1862 to 1891 (AH 1279 to 1308)
  2. 1860/61 (AH 1277)

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Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate

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. 1862 to 1891 (AH 1279 to 1308)
  2. 1873 to 1878 (AH 1290 to 1294)
  3. 1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)
  4. 1863 to 1866 (AH 1280 to 1282)
  5. 1866 to 1869 (AH 1283 to 1285)
  6. 1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288)

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Related officials in the salary reference

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Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; muallim-i mahsus [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

  • Turkish · Kitâbetokur yazar [1]
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Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Gelibolu doğumlu memurlar (1879-1909)

    OSMAN UMUT NAL · 2026 · Pages 146, 147

    13 Mayıs 1877 tarihinde tekrar 250 kuruş indirimle maaşı 3000 kuruşa indirilmiştir. 13 Mart 1878 tarihinde söz konusu muhasebedeki görevinden dolayı 2500 kuruş maaşla Nâfiʿa Nezareti Kalemi Müdürlüğüne nakledilmiş ve 1880 senesinin mart ayında yapılan maaş düzenlemesi sırasında maaşı 2000 kuruşa indirilmiştir. Aynı yıl içerisinde kendisine Rütbe-i Sani verilmiştir. 6 Eylül 1883 tarihinde, 3000 kuruş maaş ile Vergi Emaneti Muhasebeciliğine tayin edilmiştir. 12 Nisan 1884 tarihinde 1827,5 kuruş ve 1884 senesinin ekim ayında 172,5 kuruş maaşına zam yapılmıştır. 2 Ocak 1884 tarihinde Rütbe-i Evvel ve aynı yılın içinde 3’üncü Rütbeden Nişan-ı Ali-i Osmani verilmiştir. 28 Mart 1888 tari hinde, 6000 kuruş maaş ile Hazine -i Celile Duyun -u Umumiye Müdürlüğüne nakledilmiştir. Memuriyeti, 10 Mart 1889 tarihinde, 7500 kuruş maaş ile Muhasebe-i Umumiye Muhasebeciliğine çevrilmişti r. Nisan 1890 tarihinde, 2’nci Rütbeden Mecidiye Nişanı verilmişti r. Kendisinin rahatsızlığı nedeniyle oluşan aksamalar nedeniyle 8 Aralık 1890 tarihinde yerine vekâleten başkası atanmıştır. 19 Şubat 1891 tarihinde vefat etmiştir (BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 4/736). 4.107. Osman Nuri Efendi Gelibolu Belediye Reisi Osmanzade Mustafa Asım Efendi’nin oğludur. 1877 senesinde Gelibolu’da doğmuştur. Gelibolu’da sıbyan mektebinde dinî ilimlere giriş dersleri almıştır. Gelibolu Rüşdiye Mektebi ve Gelibo lu Mülkiye İdadi Mektebinde müretteb dersleri al mıştır. 2 Temmuz 1890 ve 3 Ağustos 1893 tarihlerinde iki kıta şehadetname almıştır. Türkçe ve Fransızca okuryazardır.; BOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 4/736

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Yearly entries and their source passages · 31 dated AH years

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