Odabaşıyan Rupen Efendi
Born 1861/62 (AH 1278) · Tokat · Dated entries 1883 to 1890 (AH 1301 to 1307)
Languages Armenian, Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 12, s. 237
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Sivas
7 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Odabaşıyan Rupen Efendi was born in Tokat in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The father’s occupation was Tüccar. Schooling included Tokat mektebi; Fen Mektebi (Nafia Nezareti). The language repertoire included Armenian and Turkish. [1]
Service began in Sivas Vilayeti in 1884/85 (AH 1302). Dated career entries span 1883/84 (AH 1301) to 1889/90 (AH 1307) across 7 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Sivas, beginning with Fen Mektebi öğrencisi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet) and Sivas. [1]
Monthly pay went from 500 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302) to 500 kuruş in 1889/90 (AH 1307); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1884/85 (AH 1302). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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.
Stage 1 of 5 · Tokat
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.
1 1861/62 (AH 1278)
Tokat
Birth
2 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Fen Mektebi öğrencisi
Calculated age 23
3 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Sivas Vilayeti / Sivas
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Sivas Vilayeti
Sivas Vilayeti
First work as recorded
Calculated age 24
Üçüncü Sınıf Kondüktör
500 kuruşCalculated age 24
4 Üçüncü Sınıf Kondüktör
500 kuruşCalculated age 25
Continuing service as described
Üçüncü Sınıf Kondüktör
500 kuruşCalculated age 26
Continuing service as described
Üçüncü Sınıf Kondüktör
500 kuruşCalculated age 27
Continuing service as described
Üçüncü Sınıf Kondüktör
500 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
5 1889/90 (AH 1307)
Sivas / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Üçüncü Sınıf Kondüktör
500 kuruşCalculated age 29
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 29
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
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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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
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 59.8% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 58.1% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 57.3% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 54.5% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 500 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 55.5% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 500 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 56.1% | 1874 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Sivas500
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 titleThe 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
- Tokat122 other officialsAgop Efendi born 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Sivas47 other officialsSerope Odabaşıyan Efendi 6 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- 1883/84 (AH 1301)217 other officialsMehmet Rüştü Efendi first entry in Istanbul; no salary recorded
Education and personal record
Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Diploma [1]
Schooling Tokat mektebi; Fen Mektebi (Nafia Nezareti) [source]
Honours and other personal details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 0 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 24 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Sivas Vilayeti [source]
- First-salary field
- 500 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1884/85 (AH 1302) [source]
Other recorded details
- Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
- 0 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı döneminde Tokatlı devlet memurları ( 1879-1909 )
ÜMMÜHAN UĞURLU · 2013 · Pages 280, 281
BOA. DH. SAİD., No: 12, s. 237
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
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