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Osman Vehbi 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 Vehbi Efendi was born in Sivas. The first annual entry, for 1869/70 (AH 1286), names Osman Vehbi as Arazi kitabeti stajyeri (Nakil), with no place. The lists have no entry for 1870 to 1878. At the same time, from 1879/80, the lists also place Osman Vehbi in Istanbul as Sandık emaneti varidat kısmı yevmiye kitabeti muavini.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1869/70 to a peak of 1,350 in 1879/80, when 85 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 31,200 kuruş, 1.6 times what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1879/80.

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. Sivas mal kalemi as worded, no place record

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Arazi kitabeti stajyeri (Nakil)

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Maliye Hazinesi, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297)

    No annual entry for 1870 to 1878 (AH 1287 to 1294) before it.

    Umumiye muhasebesi şubesi memuru

    500 to 1,350 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Sandık emaneti varidat kısmı yevmiye kitabeti muavini

    900 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 entry05001,0001,5001869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971,350 kuruşUmumiye muhasebesi şubesi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0001869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 1297This 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 Vehbi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1869/701504009%
187850045054%
1878/7960040063%
1879/801,35040085%

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 Vehbi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869/70AH 1286Arazi kitabeti stajyeri (Nakil)
2 entries
YearSalary
1869/70
1869/70150
150
No annual entry: 1870 to 1878 (AH 1287 to 1294)
1878 to 1880AH 1295 to 1297Umumiye muhasebesi şubesi memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1878500
1878/79600
1879/801,350
1879/801,000
500 to 1,000
1879/80AH 1297Sandık emaneti varidat kısmı yevmiye kitabeti muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)900

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Sivas

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 176 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 167 have a recorded salary; Osman Vehbi Efendi had the 81st highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Osman Vehbi Efendi had the 27th highest salary of them.

The page of Sivas, with the 399 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), 121 have a recorded salary; Osman Vehbi Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.

All 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Vehbi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Arazi kitabeti stajyeri (Nakil)Sivas mal kalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records583 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00008,s.617
1869/70AH 1286Muhasebat dairesi muvazene odası memuruMaliye Hazinesi, İstanbul150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records583 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00008,s.617
1878AH 1295Umumiye muhasebesi şubesi memuruMaliye Hazinesi, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records583 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00008,s.617
1878/79AH 1296Umumiye muhasebesi şubesi memuruMaliye Hazinesi, İstanbul600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records583 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00008,s.617
1879/80AH 1297Sandık emaneti varidat kısmı yevmiye kitabeti muaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records583 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00008,s.617
1879/80AH 1297Adliye muhasebesi birinci sınıf memuruAdliye Muhasebesi, İstanbul1,350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records583 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00008,s.617
1879/80AH 1297Adliye muhasebesi birinci sınıf memuruAdliye Muhasebesi, İstanbul1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH.SAİD.d,nr.00008,s.617
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 Vehbi 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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