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Osman Şükrü 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

Osman Şükrü Efendi was born in Bahya, Gönye nahiyesi, Batum sancağı in 1842/43 (AH 1258). Work began in Istanbul in 1856/57, at about 15. The first annual entry, for 1856/57, places Osman Şükrü in Istanbul as Süleymaniye Camii dersiamı, where the entries run to 1876/77. For 1857 to 1876 the lists have no entry. Next came a post with no place named from 1878 to 1883. The lists have no entry for 1883 to 1887. The last posts were in Istanbul in 1887/88 and Istanbul again in 1893/94. For 1888 to 1891 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 318 kuruş a month in 1876/77 to 590 in 1891/92, the peak, when 65 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1893/94.

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
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1887/88135Istanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Fetvahane, Pusula Odası), stop 4 (Fetvahane, İ‘lâmât-ı Şer‘iyye Mukayyidliği).

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1856/57 (AH 1273); 1856 to 1877 (AH 1273 to 1293)

    Süleymaniye Camii dersiamı 1856/57 (AH 1273); İbtidâ-i Hâriç müderrisi 1876/77 (AH 1293)

    318 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1857 to 1876 (AH 1274 to 1292).

  2. Fetvahane, Pusula Odası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1878 to 1883 (AH 1295 to 1300)

    No annual entry for 1877/78 (AH 1294) before it.

    Fetvahane Pusula Odası görevlisi

    entries in 6 years

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304) before it.

    Süleymaniye Camii dersiamı

    entries in 1 year

  4. Fetvahane, İ‘lâmât-ı Şer‘iyye Mukayyidliği as worded, no place record not on the map

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    No annual entry for 1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308) before it.

    İ‘lâmât-ı Şer‘iyye mukayyidi

    590 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    No annual entry for 1892/93 (AH 1310) before it.

    Mûsıle-i Sahn müderrisi

    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 entryno entryno entryno entryno entry02004006001857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 1310590 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 1310This 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 Şükrü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1876/7731842050037%
1891/9259040065%

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 Şükrü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1856/57AH 1273First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1856/57AH 1273Süleymaniye Camii dersiamıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
No annual entry: 1857 to 1876 (AH 1274 to 1292)
1876/77AH 1293İbtidâ-i Hâriç müderrisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)318
No annual entry: 1877/78 (AH 1294)
1878 to 1883AH 1295 to 1300Fetvahane Pusula Odası görevlisi
7 entries
YearSalary
1878
1878/79
1879/80
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1882/83
No annual entry: 1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)
1887/88AH 1305Süleymaniye Camii dersiamıIstanbul (Dersaadet)
No annual entry: 1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)
1891/92AH 1309İ‘lâmât-ı Şer‘iyye mukayyidi590
No annual entry: 1892/93 (AH 1310)
1893/94AH 1311Mûsıle-i Sahn müderrisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)

Record

Personal

Born
1842/43 (AH 1258)
Birthplace
Bahya, Gönye nahiyesi, Batum sancağı

First work

Year
1856/57 (AH 1273)

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 350 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 333 have a recorded salary; Osman Şükrü Efendi had the 252nd highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 33 officials whose first annual entry is for 1856/57 (AH 1273), 25 have a recorded salary; Osman Şükrü Efendi had the 18th highest salary of them.

All 33 officials whose first annual entry is for 1856/57 (AH 1273)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Şükrü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1856/57AH 1273Süleymaniye Camii dersiamıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1876/77AH 1293İbtidâ-i Hâriç müderrisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)318Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295Fetvahane Pusula Odası görevlisiFetvahane, Pusula OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878/79AH 1296Fetvahane Pusula Odası görevlisiFetvahane, Pusula OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Fetvahane Pusula Odası görevlisiFetvahane, Pusula OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1880/81AH 1298Fetvahane Pusula Odası görevlisiFetvahane, Pusula OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Fetvahane Pusula Odası görevlisiFetvahane, Pusula OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Fetvahane Pusula Odası görevlisiFetvahane, Pusula OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Fetva Odası görevlisiFetvahane, Fetva OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Süleymaniye Camii dersiamıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsM.Ş.A. nr. 5/18/1.
1891/92AH 1309İ‘lâmât-ı Şer‘iyye mukayyidiFetvahane, İ‘lâmât-ı Şer‘iyye Mukayyidliği590Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1893/94AH 1311Mûsıle-i Sahn müderrisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Şükrü 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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