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Osman 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

Osman Nuri Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1846/47 (AH 1263). Work began in Kütahya in 1864/65, at about 17, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1864/65, places Osman Nuri in Kütahya, the birthplace, as Tahrir-i Emlak Messahlığı, where the entries run to 1869/70. At the same time, from 1869 to 1872, the lists also place Osman Nuri in a post with no place named in the Vukuat Kitabeti. Alongside, the lists for 1871 to 1896 give a second post, in Kütahya in the Muhasebe Kalemi Masraf Kitabeti. Alongside, the lists for 1895/96 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Aşar İhale Memurluğu.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1864/65 to a peak of 520 in 1878/79, in Kütahya, when 61 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 420 kuruş. Over 33 years the salaries add up to 158,520 kuruş, about what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1895/96.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1871/7213Kütahya

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Şaphane ve Dağardı), stop 4 (Tavşanlı ve Eğrigöz).

  1. Kütahya

    Born 1846/47 (AH 1263); First work 1864/65 (AH 1281); 1864 to 1870 (AH 1281 to 1286)

    Tahrir-i Emlak Messahlığı

    250 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  2. Şaphane ve Dağardı as worded, no place record not on the map

    1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288)

    Vukuat Kitabeti 1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288); Vukuat Kitabeti (Nakil) 1871/72 (AH 1288)

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Kütahya

    1871 to 1896 (AH 1288 to 1313)

    Muhasebe Kalemi Masraf Kitabeti

    250 to 520 kuruş a month; entries in 26 years

  4. Tavşanlı ve Eğrigöz as worded, no place record not on the map

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Aşar İhale Memurluğu

    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
02004006001865/66AH 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 13101894/95AH 1312520 kuruşTahrir-i Emlak MessahlığıMuhasebe Kalemi Masraf Kitabeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001865/66AH 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 13101894/95AH 1312This 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 Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1864/6525040025026%
1865/6625040022522%
1866/6740040041542%
1867/6840045835041%
1868/6925047530620%
1869/7025040025023%
1870/7125040021%
1871/72250420.521%
1872/7325045038023%
1873/7440040539044%
1874/7540045038043%
1875/7640045035042%
1876/7740042038043%
1877/7850045040054%
1878500450377.554%
1878/7952040040061%
1879/8042040038051%
1880/8144540038055%
1881/8244540038055%
1882/8344540036854%
1883/8444540040055%
1884/8544540040054%
1885/8644540040053%
1886/8744540040053%
1887/8844540037051%
1888/8944540035052%
1889/9044540038053%
1890/9144540035053%
1891/9244540035053%
1892/9344540034053%
1893/94445400377.552%
1894/9544540035052%
1895/9644540030052%

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 Nuri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1864/65AH 1281First workKütahya250first-salary field
1864 to 1870AH 1281 to 1286Tahrir-i Emlak Messahlığı
11 entries
YearSalary
1864/65250
1865/66250
1866/67250
1866/67
1866/67400
1867/68400
1867/68
1867/68250
1868/69250
1869/70250
1869/70
Kütahya250
1869 to 1872AH 1286 to 1288Vukuat Kitabeti
3 entries
YearSalary
1869/70250
1870/71250
1871/72250
250
1871/72AH 1288Vukuat Kitabeti (Nakil)
1871 to 1896AH 1288 to 1313Muhasebe Kalemi Masraf Kitabeti
36 entries
YearSalary
1871/72250
1872/73250
1873/74250
1873/74
1873/74400
1874/75400
1875/76400
1876/77400
1877/78400
1877/78500
1878500
1878475
1878/79475
1878/79520
1878/79365
1879/80365
1879/80420
1880/81420
1880/81445
1881/82445
1882/83445
1883/84445
1884/85445
1885/86445
1886/87445
1887/88445
1888/89445
1889/90445
1890/91445
1891/92445
1892/93445
1893/94445
1894/95445
1895/96
1895/96445
1895/96445
Kütahya250 to 445
1895/96AH 1313Aşar İhale Memurluğu

Record

Personal

Born
1846/47 (AH 1263)
Birthplace
Kütahya

First work

Year
1864/65 (AH 1281)

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 90 officials with entries in Kütahya in the same years, 85 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Efendi had the 30th highest salary of them.

All 133 officials with entries in Kütahya

Same job title, same years

Of the 2 officials with the title Vukuat Kitabeti in the same years, only Osman Nuri Efendi has a recorded salary.

All 4 officials with the title Vukuat Kitabeti

Same birthplace

Of the 150 officials born in Kütahya, 140 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Efendi had the 43rd highest salary of them.

The page of Kütahya, with the 150 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 73 officials whose first annual entry is for 1864/65 (AH 1281), 61 have a recorded salary; Osman Nuri Efendi had the 46th highest salary of them.

All 73 officials whose first annual entry is for 1864/65 (AH 1281)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1864/65AH 1281Tahrir-i Emlak MessahlığıKütahya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1865/66AH 1282Tahrir-i Emlak MessahlığıKütahya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1866/67AH 1283Tahrir-i Emlak MessahlığıKütahya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1866/67AH 1283Tahrir-i Emlak Messahlığı (Nakil)KütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1866/67AH 1283Emlak-ı Muharrer SâniliğiKütahya400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1867/68AH 1284Emlak-ı Muharrer SâniliğiKütahya400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1867/68AH 1284Emlak-ı Muharrer Sâniliği (Görevin sona ermesi)KütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1867/68AH 1284Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi MukayyitliğiKütahya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1868/69AH 1285Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi MukayyitliğiKütahya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1869/70AH 1286Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi MukayyitliğiKütahya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1869/70AH 1286Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi Mukayyitliği (Nakil)KütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1869/70AH 1286Vukuat KitabetiŞaphane ve Dağardı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1870/71AH 1287Vukuat KitabetiŞaphane ve Dağardı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1871/72AH 1288Vukuat KitabetiŞaphane ve Dağardı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1871/72AH 1288Vukuat Kitabeti (Nakil)Şaphane ve DağardıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1871/72AH 1288Muhasebe Kalemi Masraf KitabetiKütahya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1872/73AH 1289Muhasebe Kalemi Masraf KitabetiKütahya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1873/74AH 1290Muhasebe Kalemi Masraf KitabetiKütahya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1873/74AH 1290Muhasebe Kalemi Masraf Kitabeti (Nakil)KütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1873/74AH 1290Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1874/75AH 1291Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1875/76AH 1292Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1876/77AH 1293Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1877/78AH 1294Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1877/78AH 1294Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1878AH 1295Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1878AH 1295Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya475Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1878/79AH 1296Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya475Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1878/79AH 1296Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya520Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1878/79AH 1296Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya365Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1879/80AH 1297Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya365Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1879/80AH 1297Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya420Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1880/81AH 1298Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya420Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1880/81AH 1298Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1881/82AH 1299Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1882/83AH 1300Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1883/84AH 1301Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1884/85AH 1302Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1885/86AH 1303Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1886/87AH 1304Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1887/88AH 1305Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1888/89AH 1306Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1889/90AH 1307Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1890/91AH 1308Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1891/92AH 1309Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1892/93AH 1310Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1893/94AH 1311Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1894/95AH 1312Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1895/96AH 1313Muhasebe Varidat Kitabeti (Nakil)KütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1895/96AH 1313Muhasebe Varidat KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1895/96AH 1313Muhasebe Kalemi Masraf KitabetiKütahya445Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
1895/96AH 1313Aşar İhale MemurluğuTavşanlı ve EğrigözAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.131
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 Nuri 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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