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Osman 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 Efendi began in Gaziantep (Antep) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). Work began in Jerusalem (Kudüs) in 1898/99, at about 38, on a first salary of 500 kuruş. Of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known, fewer than 4 per cent started at 38 or older. The annual lists begin in 1898/99, with Osman as Nafia İdaresi muvakkat kondüktörü in Jerusalem. At the same time, from 1899 to 1903, the lists also place Osman in Harput as Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi. The last post was in Silivri in 1903/04.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 500 kuruş a month in 1898/99, in Jerusalem, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 400 kuruş. The final annual entry is for 1903/04.

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
1898/991899/19001903/041234GaziantepJerusalemHarputSilivri
  1. Gaziantep (Antep)

    Born 1860/61 (AH 1277)

  2. Jerusalem (Kudüs)

    First work 1898/99 (AH 1316); 1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317)

    Nafia İdaresi muvakkat kondüktörü

    200 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Harput

    1899 to 1903 (AH 1317 to 1320)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  4. Silivri

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibi

    400 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
02004006001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321500 kuruşNafia İdaresi muvakkat kondüktörüBidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibiBidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1898/9950040065055%
1899/190040040036044%
1900/0140040033045%
1901/0240040030043%
1902/0340040030044%
1903/0440040555043%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First workJerusalem (Kudüs)500first-salary field
1898 to 1900AH 1316 to 1317Nafia İdaresi muvakkat kondüktörü
5 entries
YearSalary
1898/99500
1898/99
1898/99200
1899/1900200
1899/1900
Jerusalem (Kudüs)500
1899 to 1903AH 1317 to 1320Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900400
1900/01400
1901/02400
1902/03400
1902/03
Harput400
1903/04AH 1321Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibiSilivri400

Record

Personal

Born
1860/61 (AH 1277)

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)

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 6 officials with entries in Harput in the same years, Osman Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 32 officials with entries in Harput

Same birthplace

Of the 59 officials born in Gaziantep (Antep), 55 have a recorded salary; Osman Efendi had the 32nd highest salary of them.

The page of Gaziantep (Antep), with the 59 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; Osman Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Nafia İdaresi muvakkat kondüktörüJerusalem (Kudüs)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.; 268 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.
1898/99AH 1316Nafia İdaresi muvakkat kondüktörü (İstifa)Jerusalem (Kudüs)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.; 268 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.
1898/99AH 1316Nafia-ı Eytam kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.; 268 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.
1899/1900AH 1317Nafia-ı Eytam kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.; 268 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.
1899/1900AH 1317Nafia-ı Eytam kâtibi (İnfisal)Jerusalem (Kudüs)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.; 268 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.
1899/1900AH 1317Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibiHarput400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.; 268 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.
1900/01AH 1318Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibiHarput400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.; 268 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.
1901/02AH 1319Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibiHarput400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.; 268 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.
1902/03AH 1320Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibiHarput400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.; 268 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.
1902/03AH 1320Bidayet Mahkemesi birinci kâtibi (Azil)HarputAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.; 268 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.
1903/04AH 1321Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibiSilivri400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.; 268 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 130/235.
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 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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