Skip to content
Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Osman Hilmi Bey

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

Osman Hilmi Bey was born in Sungurlu in 1865/66 (AH 1282). At about 14, in 1878/79, Osman Hilmi began work. The first annual entry, for 1878/79, names Osman Hilmi as Mal ve yazı işleri stajyeri, with no place. For 1880 to 1894 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1879/80 give a second post, in Sungurlu as Aşar vergisi kalemi memuru. Next came a post with no place named from 1894 to 1899. Alongside, the lists for 1898/99 give a second post, in Sungurlu as Mal müdür muavini.

The salary went from 245 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to 1,100 in 1898/99, the peak, in Sungurlu, when 86 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1879/80135Sungurlu

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Place not recorded).

  1. Sungurlu

    Born 1865/66 (AH 1282)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)

    Mal ve yazı işleri stajyeri

    entries in 2 years

  3. Sungurlu

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Aşar vergisi kalemi memuru

    245 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Place not recorded not on the map

    1894 to 1899 (AH 1312 to 1316)

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1894 (AH 1298 to 1311) before it.

    2. Daire Vergi ve Yazı İşleri kalemi memuru

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  5. Sungurlu

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Mal müdür muavini

    1,100 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001,5001878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161,100 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 1316This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Hilmi Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/80245400247.518%
1894/9525040021%
1898/991,10040044086%

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 Hilmi Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878/79AH 1296First work
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297Mal ve yazı işleri stajyeri
2 entries
YearSalary
1878/79
1879/80
1879/80AH 1297Aşar vergisi kalemi memuruSungurlu245
No annual entry: 1880 to 1894 (AH 1298 to 1311)
1894 to 1899AH 1312 to 13162. Daire Vergi ve Yazı İşleri kalemi memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1894/95250
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
250
1898/99AH 1316Mal müdür muaviniSungurlu1,100

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Birthplace
Sungurlu

First work

Year
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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 3 officials with entries in Sungurlu in the same years, 2 have a recorded salary; Osman Hilmi Bey had the highest salary of them.

All 17 officials with entries in Sungurlu

Same birthplace

Of the 9 officials born in Sungurlu, 8 have a recorded salary; Osman Hilmi Bey had the highest salary of them.

The page of Sungurlu, with the 9 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296), 157 have a recorded salary; Osman Hilmi Bey had the 28th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Hilmi Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878/79AH 1296Mal ve yazı işleri stajyeriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 95/100
1879/80AH 1297Mal ve yazı işleri stajyeriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 95/100
1879/80AH 1297Aşar vergisi kalemi memuruSungurlu245Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 95/100
1894/95AH 13122. Daire Vergi ve Yazı İşleri kalemi memuru250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 95/100
1895/96AH 13132. Daire Vergi ve Yazı İşleri kalemi memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 95/100
1896/97AH 13142. Daire Vergi ve Yazı İşleri kalemi memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 95/100
1897/98AH 13152. Daire Vergi ve Yazı İşleri kalemi memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 95/100
1898/99AH 13162. Daire Vergi ve Yazı İşleri kalemi memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 95/100
1898/99AH 1316Mal müdür muaviniSungurlu1,100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 95/100
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 Hilmi Bey 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.

Subjects