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İsa Ruhi Efendi

Born 1855/56 (AH 1272) · Dagistan · Dated entries 1876 to 1907 (AH 1293 to 1324)

Languages Turkish

Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 59/117

The career, year by year

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

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1Dagistan
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 10 · Dagistan

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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.

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

  1. 1

    1855/56 (AH 1272)

    Dagistan

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Nizamiye Ruznamçe Kalemi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Nizamiye Ruznamçe Kalemi

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 21

    2. Nizamiye Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımı

      100 kuruşCalculated age 21

  3. 3

    1877/78 (AH 1294) · 4 recorded years

    Nizamiye Ruznamçe Kalemi

    AH entries: 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Nizamiye Ruznamçe Kalemi

    1. Nizamiye Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımı

      100 kuruşCalculated age 22

      Continuing service as described

    2. Nizamiye Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımı

      80 kuruşCalculated age 25

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  4. 4

    1883/84 (AH 1301) · 7 recorded years

    Place not recorded

    AH entries: 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Muhasebat Dairesi üçüncü şube dördüncü sınıf memuru

      320 kuruşCalculated age 29

    2. Muhasebat Dairesi üçüncü şube dördüncü sınıf memuru

      320 kuruşCalculated age 35

      Continuing service as described

    All 7 recorded entries in this stage →

  5. 5

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Place not recorded / Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubesi tahrirat kısmı

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubesi tahrirat kısmı

    1. Place not recorded

      Muhasebat Dairesi üçüncü şube dördüncü sınıf memuru

      320 kuruşCalculated age 36

      Continuing service as described

    2. Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubesi tahrirat kısmı

      Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube tahrirat kısmı üçüncü sınıf memuru

      640 kuruşCalculated age 36

  6. 6

    1891/92 (AH 1309) · 5 recorded years

    Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubesi tahrirat kısmı

    AH entries: 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313. Gaps remain open.

    Not yet located on the map: Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubesi tahrirat kısmı

    1. Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube tahrirat kısmı üçüncü sınıf memuru

      640 kuruşCalculated age 37

      Continuing service as described

    2. Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube tahrirat kısmı üçüncü sınıf memuru

      640 kuruşCalculated age 41

      Continuing service as described

    All 5 recorded entries in this stage →

  7. 7

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubesi tahrirat kısmı / Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şubesi

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubesi tahrirat kısmı; Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şubesi

    1. Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubesi tahrirat kısmı

      Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube tahrirat kısmı üçüncü sınıf memuru

      640 kuruşCalculated age 42

      Continuing service as described

    2. Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şubesi

      Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şube üçüncü sınıf memuru

      640 kuruşCalculated age 42

  8. 8

    1897/98 (AH 1315) · 8 recorded years

    Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şubesi

    AH entries: 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şubesi

    1. Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şube üçüncü sınıf memuru

      640 kuruşCalculated age 43

      Continuing service as described

    2. Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şube üçüncü sınıf memuru

      576 kuruşCalculated age 50

      Continuing service as described

    All 9 recorded entries in this stage →

  9. 9

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şubesi / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şubesi; Location not recorded

    1. Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şubesi

      Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şube üçüncü sınıf memuru

      576 kuruşCalculated age 51

      Continuing service as described

    2. Place not recorded

      Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şube ikinci sınıf memuru

      648 kuruşCalculated age 51

  10. 10

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Place not recorded / Meşihat

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded; Meşihat

    1. Place not recorded

      Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şube ikinci sınıf memuru

      648 kuruşCalculated age 52

      Continuing service as described

    2. Meşihat

      Askerî efrat ve zabitan muhallefat işlemlerinin Meşihat nezdinde takibi ve vekâleten ifası

      Calculated age 52

    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

1 entry without a resolved year

These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.

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
1876/77 (AH 1293)100420150 to 2,0005.3%1102
1877/78 (AH 1294)100450150 to 1,8004.4%1160
1878 (AH 1295)100450150 to 2,0003.9%1196
1878/79 (AH 1296)100400150 to 2,0003.2%1328
1879/80 (AH 1297)100400180 to 1,8004.0%1534
1883/84 (AH 1301)320400150 to 1,40039.1%1720
1884/85 (AH 1302)320400150 to 1,50038.4%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)320400150 to 1,50037.9%1787
1886/87 (AH 1304)320400150 to 1,50038.3%1725
1887/88 (AH 1305)320400150 to 1,50037.5%1762
1888/89 (AH 1306)320400135 to 1,50038.4%1797
1889/90 (AH 1307)320400130 to 1,50038.6%1874
1890/91 (AH 1308)640400125 to 1,50071.7%1896
1891/92 (AH 1309)640400140 to 1,60071.1%1927
1892/93 (AH 1310)640400135 to 1,50072.1%1935
1893/94 (AH 1311)640400140 to 1,40072.0%1929
1894/95 (AH 1312)640400140 to 1,50071.0%2004
1895/96 (AH 1313)640400140 to 1,50070.8%1981
1896/97 (AH 1314)640450150 to 1,57569.4%2119
1897/98 (AH 1315)640400140 to 1,42573.8%1891
1898/99 (AH 1316)576400144 to 1,40068.0%1844
1899/1900 (AH 1317)576400140 to 1,44067.0%1821
1900/01 (AH 1318)576400140 to 1,50067.4%1761
1901/02 (AH 1319)576400150 to 1,52066.0%1666
1902/03 (AH 1320)576400150 to 1,50067.3%1627
1903/04 (AH 1321)576405150 to 1,45066.5%1578
1904/05 (AH 1322)576400135 to 1,50066.3%1493
1905/06 (AH 1323)648430125 to 1,50068.8%1423
1906/07 (AH 1324)936450150 to 1,52577.4%1371

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts

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. Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şubesi10
    1896 to 1906 (AH 1314 to 1323)
  2. Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubesi tahrirat kısmı7
    1890 to 1897 (AH 1308 to 1314)
  3. Nizamiye Ruznamçe Kalemi5
    1876 to 1880 (AH 1293 to 1297)
  4. Meşihat1
    1906/07 (AH 1324)

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. Muhasebat-ı Umumiye Dairesi üçüncü şubesi576 to 640
  2. Dördüncü Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubesi tahrirat kısmı640
  3. Nizamiye Ruznamçe Kalemi80 to 100

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. 1896 to 1906 (AH 1314 to 1323)
  2. 1883 to 1891 (AH 1301 to 1308)
  3. 1890 to 1897 (AH 1308 to 1314)
  4. 1876 to 1880 (AH 1293 to 1297)
  5. 1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324)
  6. 1906/07 (AH 1324)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye şehadetnamesi [1]

Schooling Sıbyan ve Rüşdiye mektepleri [source]

Language skills and historical terms

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

All personal fields and their sources

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Dağıstanlılar

    SAİT ARAS · 2023 · Pages 224, 225

    BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 59/117

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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 · 29 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 36 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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