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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

Osman Efendi was born in Alucra. Work began in Alucra in 1910/11 (AH 1328), on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1910/11, places Osman in Alucra, the birthplace, as Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibi, where the entries run to 1913/14. Alongside, the lists for 1913/14 give a second post, in Kangal as Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibi.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 400 kuruş a month in 1910/11, in Alucra, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 24,000 kuruş, 43 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1913/14.

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 2 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1913/1412AlucraKangal
  1. Alucra

    First work 1910/11 (AH 1328); 1910 to 1914 (AH 1328 to 1332)

    Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibi

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  2. Kangal

    1913/14 (AH 1332)

    Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibi

    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
01002003004001910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 13301912/13AH 13311913/14AH 1332400 kuruşMahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 13301912/13AH 13311913/14AH 1332This 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
1910/1140050035031%
191140060050026%
1911/124001,00060016%
1912/134001,20011%
1913/144001,25012%

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)
1910/11AH 1328First workAlucra400first-salary field
1910 to 1914AH 1328 to 1332Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibi
6 entries
YearSalary
1910/11400
1911400
1911/12400
1912/13400
1913/14400
1913/14
Alucra400
1913/14AH 1332Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibiKangal

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Alucra

First work

Year
1910/11 (AH 1328)
Place
Alucra

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 3 officials with entries in Alucra in the same years, 2 have a recorded salary; Osman Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 31 officials with entries in Alucra

Same birthplace

Of the 2 officials born in Alucra, Osman Efendi had the highest salary.

The page of Alucra, with the 2 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 98 officials whose first annual entry is for 1910/11 (AH 1328), 82 have a recorded salary; Osman Efendi had the 23rd highest salary of them.

All 98 officials whose first annual entry is for 1910/11 (AH 1328)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1910/11AH 1328Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibiAlucra400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1911AH 1329Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibiAlucra400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1911/12AH 1330Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibiAlucra400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1912/13AH 1331Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibiAlucra400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1913/14AH 1332Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibiAlucra400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1913/14AH 1332Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibi (Azil)AlucraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1913/14AH 1332Mahkeme-i Şer’iye başkâtibiKangalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsİST. MFT. MSH. SAİD., No: 210/26.
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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