Mehmet 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 Mehmet Nuri Efendi began in Silistra (Silistre). The first annual entry, for 1888/89 (AH 1306), places Mehmet Nuri in Istanbul as a postal official (Posta Memuru), where the entries run to 1893/94, with a rise to mekatib dairesi memuru in 1888/89. For 1894 to 1897 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Ankara in 1897/98.
The salary went from 125 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to 300 in 1897/98, the peak, in Ankara, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, six years of salary come to 14,100 kuruş, 48 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1897/98.
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.
First work here; 1888 to 1894 (AH 1306 to 1311)
Posta Memuru 1888/89 (AH 1306); mekatib dairesi memuru 1888 to 1892 (AH 1306 to 1309); tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi 1893/94 (AH 1311)
100 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years
No annual entry for 1892/93 (AH 1310).
1897/98 (AH 1315)
No annual entry for 1894 to 1897 (AH 1312 to 1314) before it.
telgraf ve posta merkez katibi
300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 | 125 | 400 | 525 | 8% | |
| 1889/90 | 150 | 400 | 500 | 10% | |
| 1890/91 | 150 | 400 | 500 | 11% | |
| 1891/92 | 200 | 400 | 537.5 | 14% | |
| 1893/94 | 250 | 400 | 510 | 21% | |
| 1897/98 | 300 | 400 | 400 | 28% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | ||
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Posta Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 |
| 1888 to 1892AH 1306 to 1309 | mekatib dairesi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 125 to 200 |
| No annual entry: 1892/93 (AH 1310) | |||
| 1893/94AH 1311 | tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 |
| No annual entry: 1894 to 1897 (AH 1312 to 1314) | |||
| 1897/98AH 1315 | telgraf ve posta merkez katibi | Ankara | 300 |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Silistra (Silistre)
First work
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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 302 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 283 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Nuri Efendi had the 250th highest salary of them.
- Mehmed Said Paşa5 shared years; highest salary 45,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Raif Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
- Sâlih Münir Paşa5 shared years; highest salary 21,500 kuruş
- İbrahim Hayrullah Beğ5 shared years; highest salary 15,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Murad Bey5 shared years; highest salary 12,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 9 officials with the title Posta Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Nuri Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Hafız Mehmet Sadık Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Osman Hilmi Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 850 kuruş
- Abdullah Fikri Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Artin Ayvazyan Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 550 kuruş
- Murad Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 540 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 54 officials born in Silistra (Silistre), 50 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Nuri Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Emin Efendiborn 1845 (AH 1261); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Ahmet Faik Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- Mehmet Kâşif Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mustafa Behçet Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Mustafa Lütfi Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 350 kuruş
The page of Silistra (Silistre), with the 54 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Nuri Efendi had the 102nd highest salary of them.
- İlyas Fahri Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Mustafa Lütfi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 275 kuruş
- Mustafa Hasbi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; no salary recorded
- Anastaş Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Dimitri Lefteryadi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
All 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Posta Memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433; 164 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433. |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | mekatib dairesi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 125 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433; 164 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433. |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | mekatib dairesi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 125 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433; 164 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433. |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | mekatib dairesi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433; 164 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433. |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | mekatib dairesi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433; 164 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433. |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | mekatib dairesi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433; 164 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433. |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | mekatib dairesi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433; 164 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433. |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433; 164 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433. |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | telgraf ve posta merkez katibi | Ankara | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433 |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)