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OSMAN ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/3)

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 ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/3) began in Çorum in 1858/59 (AH 1275); the father's occupation was "Nakşibendi şeyhi ve seccadenişin". Work began in Çorum in 1877/78, at about 18. The first annual entry, for 1877/78, places OSMAN ŞAKİR (DH. SAID 157/3) in Çorum, the birthplace, as Telgraf ve posta stajyeri. The lists have no entry for 1878 to 1881. The last entries, from 1881 to 1902, name OSMAN ŞAKİR (DH. SAID 157/3) as Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi, with no place. For 1882 to 1901 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 225 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to 400 in 1901/02, the peak, when 43 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1901/02.

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.

  1. Çorum

    Born 1858/59 (AH 1275); First work 1877/78 (AH 1294); 1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Telgraf ve posta stajyeri

    entries in 1 year

  2. Çermik as worded, no place record

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    No annual entry for 1878 to 1881 (AH 1295 to 1298) before it.

    Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

    225 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    No annual entry for 1882 to 1901 (AH 1300 to 1318) before it.

    Gezici tahsildar

    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
no entryno entry01002003004001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 1318400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 1318This officialMedian, all officials

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 ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/3) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/8222540016%
1901/0240040043%

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 ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/3), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1877/78AH 1294First workÇorum
1877/78AH 1294Telgraf ve posta stajyeriÇorum
No annual entry: 1878 to 1881 (AH 1295 to 1298)
1881/82AH 1299Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi225
No annual entry: 1882 to 1901 (AH 1300 to 1318)
1901/02AH 1319Gezici tahsildar400

Record

Personal

Born
1858/59 (AH 1275)
Birthplace
Çorum
Father's occupation
Nakşibendi şeyhi ve seccadenişin

First work

Year
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Place
Çorum

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 5 officials with entries in Çorum in the same years, OSMAN ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/3) had the 4th highest salary.

All 48 officials with entries in Çorum

Same birthplace

Of the 54 officials born in Çorum, 45 have a recorded salary; OSMAN ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/3) had the 20th highest salary of them.

The page of Çorum, with the 54 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; OSMAN ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/3) had the 107th highest salary of them.

All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of OSMAN ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/3)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1877/78AH 1294Telgraf ve posta stajyeriÇorumAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 157/3
1881/82AH 1299Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiÇermik225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 157/3
1901/02AH 1319Gezici tahsildar400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 157/3
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 ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/3) 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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