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Ömer 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

The life of Ömer Efendi began in Harput in 1845/46 (AH 1262). Work began in 1867/68, at about 21, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1867/68, with Ömer as Sahil kolcusu and no place named.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1867/68 to a peak of 400 in 1881/82, when 46 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 26 years of salary come to 98,640 kuruş, 75 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1891/92.

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. Harput

    Born 1845/46 (AH 1262)

  2. Rüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti as worded, no place record

    1867 to 1892 (AH 1284 to 1309)

    Sahil kolcusu

    250 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 26 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    Iskele Memuru

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 1308400 kuruşSahil kolcusu
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 1308This 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 Ömer Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1867/6825045821%
1868/6925047520%
1869/7025040023%
1870/7125040021%
1871/72250420.521%
1872/7325045023%
1873/7425040524%
1874/7525045022%
1875/7625045021%
1876/7725042023%
1877/7825045023%
187825045023%
1878/7925040021%
1879/8025040019%
1880/8132040038%
1881/8240040046%
1882/8340040046%
1883/8440040046%
1884/8540040045%
1885/8640040044%
1886/8740040045%
1887/8840040043%
1888/8940040045%
1889/9040040046%
1890/9140040045%
1891/9240040045%

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 Ömer Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1867/68AH 1284First work250first-salary field
1867 to 1892AH 1284 to 1309Sahil kolcusu
29 entries
YearSalary
1867/68250
1868/69250
1869/70250
1870/71250
1871/72250
1872/73250
1873/74250
1874/75250
1875/76250
1876/77250
1877/78250
1878250
1878/79250
1879/80250
1880/81250
1880/81320
1881/82320
1881/82400
1881/82400
1882/83400
1883/84400
1884/85400
1885/86400
1886/87400
1887/88400
1888/89400
1889/90400
1890/91400
1891/92400
250 to 400
1891/92AH 1309Iskele Memuru400

Record

Personal

Born
1845/46 (AH 1262)
Birthplace
Harput

First work

Year
1867/68 (AH 1284)

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 birthplace

Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Ömer Efendi had the 100th highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284), 83 have a recorded salary; Ömer Efendi had the 69th highest salary of them.

  • Beşare Efendifirst annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 865 kuruş
  • David Efendifirst annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 977 kuruş
  • Ali Efendifirst annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 800 kuruş
  • Atanik Arabyan Efendifirst annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
  • MEHMED BEYfirst annual entry 1867/68 (AH 1284); highest salary 500 kuruş

All 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Ömer Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1867/68AH 1284Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1868/69AH 1285Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1869/70AH 1286Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1870/71AH 1287Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1871/72AH 1288Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1872/73AH 1289Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1873/74AH 1290Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1874/75AH 1291Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1875/76AH 1292Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1876/77AH 1293Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1877/78AH 1294Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1878AH 1295Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1878/79AH 1296Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1879/80AH 1297Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1880/81AH 1298Sahil kolcusuRüsûmat muhafaza müdürlüğü maiyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1880/81AH 1298Gümrük görevlisiEmtia dahiliye gümrüğü320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1881/82AH 1299Gümrük görevlisiEmtia dahiliye gümrüğü320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1881/82AH 1299İcmal mukayyidiEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1881/82AH 1299Ambar memuruEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1882/83AH 1300Ambar memuruEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1883/84AH 1301Ambar memuruEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1884/85AH 1302Ambar memuruEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1885/86AH 1303Ambar memuruEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1886/87AH 1304Ambar memuruEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1887/88AH 1305Ambar memuruEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1888/89AH 1306Ambar memuruEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1889/90AH 1307Ambar memuruEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1890/91AH 1308Ambar memuruEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1891/92AH 1309Ambar memuruEmtia ecnebiye gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
1891/92AH 1309Iskele Memuru400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-143
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 Ömer 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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