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Osman Nuri Efendi

Born 1859/60 (AH 1276) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Dated entries 1890 to 1902 (AH 1308 to 1319)

Languages Arabic, Turkish

The career, year by year

Read every year

Each mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.

1890/91 (AH 1308): Cebeller Kethüda Vekili, Cebeller1893/94 (AH 1311): Polis Neferi, place unspecified, 300 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312): Polis Çavuşu, place unspecified, 350 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312): Üçüncü Sınıf Komiser, place unspecified1898/99 (AH 1316): İkinci Sınıf Komiser, place unspecified1898/99 (AH 1316): Birinci Sınıf Komiser, place unspecified1899/1900 (AH 1317): Şehremaneti Sermüfettişi, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 2,400 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317): Şehremaneti Sermüfettişi, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 2,500 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318): Şehremaneti Sermüfettişi, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 2,500 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319): Şehremaneti Sermüfettişi, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 2,500 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319): Şehremaneti Sermüfettişi, Istanbul (Dersaadet), 2,250 kuruşAH 1308AH 1319
Places and reading notes
  • Cebeller
  • Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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.

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.

1Istanbul (Dersaadet)
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 5 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)

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.

3 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1859/60 (AH 1276)

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Cebeller

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Cebeller

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 32

    2. Cebeller Kethüda Vekili

      Calculated age 32

  3. 3

    1893/94 (AH 1311) · 2 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1311, 1312. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Polis Neferi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 35

    2. Polis Çavuşu

      350 kuruşCalculated age 36

    3. Üçüncü Sınıf Komiser

      Calculated age 36

  4. 4

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. İkinci Sınıf Komiser

      Calculated age 40

    2. Birinci Sınıf Komiser

      Calculated age 40

  5. 5

    1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 3 recorded years

    Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. Şehremaneti Sermüfettişi

      2,400 kuruşCalculated age 41

    2. Şehremaneti Sermüfettişi

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 41

    3. Şehremaneti Sermüfettişi

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

    4. Şehremaneti Sermüfettişi

      2,500 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

    5. Şehremaneti Sermüfettişi

      2,250 kuruşCalculated age 43

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

Current collection salary comparison

Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.

Monthly rate and same-year salariesNominal monthly kuruş · log scale · annual entries only
Relative pay percentileShare of other annual-entry officials paid less

Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.

Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.

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
Monthly nominal kuruş. “Paid less” is the share of other officials in the same-year annual-entry sample with lower recorded pay; N is official-year observations.
AH yearOfficial rateSample medianSample p10 to p90Paid lessN
1893/94 (AH 1311)300400140 to 1,40027.9%1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)350400140 to 1,50039.7%2004
1899/1900 (AH 1317)2,500400140 to 1,44096.0%1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)2,500400140 to 1,50095.9%1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)2,500400150 to 1,52095.6%1666

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
01,2502,5001893/94AH 13111897/98AH 13151901/02AH 13191893/94 (AH 1311) · 300 kuruş1894/95 (AH 1312) · 350 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 2,400 kuruş1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 2,500 kuruş1900/01 (AH 1318) · 2,500 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · 2,500 kuruş1901/02 (AH 1319) · 2,250 kuruş

Select 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 entries
  1. 1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319)
  2. Cebeller1
    1890/91 (AH 1308)

Gaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.

Amounts recorded by place

Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate
  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)2,250 to 2,500

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 title
  1. 1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319)
  2. 1898/99 (AH 1316)
  3. 1890/91 (AH 1308)
  4. 1898/99 (AH 1316)
  5. 1894/95 (AH 1312)
  6. 1893/94 (AH 1311)

The 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

All related groups and salary ranks

Education and personal record

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Fatih Camii Medresesi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
İstanbul [source]
Birth province
Dersaadet [source]
Birth year
1859/60 (AH 1276) [source]

Education and languages

Arabic
Tekellüm [source]
Turkish
Kitâbet [source]okur yazar [1]
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Fatih Camii Medresesi [source]

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
32 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Cebeller [source]
First work year
1890/91 (AH 1308) [source]

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Antakyalı devlet memurları, 1879 - 1909

    NAZİR ÇETİN · 2015 · Pages 219, 220

Read the original source accounts · 11 source entries →

The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.

Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 11 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

Open the salary study and register readings →

How to read the records

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