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Osman Nuri Efendi

Born 1863/64 (AH 1280) · Çemişgezek · Dated entries 1880 to 1910 (AH 1298 to 1327)

Languages Armenian, Persian, Turkish

Archival reference DH_SAİDd_____00108_00168

The career, year by year

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

Follow 13 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.

1ÇemişgezekNazımiye (Kızılkilise)Cebeli bereketLatakia (Lazkiye)Ergani
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 13 · Çemişgezek

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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.

1 stop kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.

  1. 1

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Çemişgezek

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Nazımiye (Kızılkilise)

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 18

    2. Tahrirat kâtibi

      150 kuruşCalculated age 18

  3. 3

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Nazımiye (Kızılkilise) / Place not recorded / Çemişgezek

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

      All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

    1. 4

      1882/83 (AH 1300)

      Çemişgezek

        All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

      1. 5

        1883/84 (AH 1301)

        Çemişgezek / Place not recorded

        Within-year entry order unresolved

        Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

          All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

        1. 6

          1885/86 (AH 1303)

          Çemişgezek

            All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

          1. 7

            1889/90 (AH 1307) · 5 recorded years

            Çemişgezek

            AH entries: 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311. Gaps remain open.

            Within-year entry order unresolved

              All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

            1. 8

              1894/95 (AH 1312)

              Çemişgezek / Place not recorded / Cebeli bereket

              Within-year entry order unresolved

              Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

              1. 9

                1896/97 (AH 1314)

                Cebeli bereket

                  All 1 recorded entry in this stage →

                1. 10

                  1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 2 recorded years

                  Cebeli bereket

                  AH entries: 1317, 1318. Gaps remain open.

                  Within-year entry order unresolved

                    All 3 recorded entries in this stage →

                  1. 11

                    1901/02 (AH 1319)

                    Cebeli bereket / Place not recorded / Latakia (Lazkiye)

                    Within-year entry order unresolved

                    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                      All 6 recorded entries in this stage →

                    1. 12

                      1907/08 (AH 1325)

                      Latakia (Lazkiye) / Ergani

                      Within-year entry order unresolved

                        All 2 recorded entries in this stage →

                      1. 13

                        1909/10 (AH 1327)

                        Place not recorded

                        Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

                        1. Infisal

                          Calculated age 47

                      8 entries without a resolved year

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

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                      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.

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                      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
                      1880/81 (AH 1298)150400160 to 1,5007.7%1448
                      1881/82 (AH 1299)150400150 to 1,5008.6%1489
                      1885/86 (AH 1303)200400150 to 1,50013.2%1787
                      1889/90 (AH 1307)150400130 to 1,50010.7%1874
                      1890/91 (AH 1308)150400125 to 1,50011.0%1896
                      1891/92 (AH 1309)150400140 to 1,60010.5%1927
                      1892/93 (AH 1310)150400135 to 1,50010.8%1935
                      1893/94 (AH 1311)150400140 to 1,40010.4%1929
                      1894/95 (AH 1312)380400140 to 1,50043.6%2004
                      1899/1900 (AH 1317)200400140 to 1,44015.4%1821
                      1900/01 (AH 1318)200400140 to 1,50015.0%1761
                      1901/02 (AH 1319)400400150 to 1,52043.9%1666
                      1907/08 (AH 1325)800460135 to 1,61571.5%1290

                      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. 1881 to 1895 (AH 1299 to 1312)
                      2. 1894 to 1902 (AH 1312 to 1319)
                      3. 1901 to 1908 (AH 1319 to 1325)
                      4. 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299)
                      5. 1907/08 (AH 1325)

                      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. Çemişgezek80 to 200
                      2. Cebeli bereket200 to 380

                      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. 1880 to 1895 (AH 1298 to 1312)
                      2. 1894 to 1908 (AH 1312 to 1325)
                      3. 1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319)
                      4. 1881 to 1884 (AH 1299 to 1301)
                      5. 1900 to 1902 (AH 1318 to 1319)
                      6. 1881 to 1910 (AH 1299 to 1327)

                      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

                      Schooling İbtidâî 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 çemişgezekli devlet memurları

                        YETER ÖZDEMİR BIYIK · 2024 · Pages 302, 303, 304, 305

                        377 DH_SAİDd_____00108_00168

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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 · 17 dated AH years

                      Annual salary study and register readings

                      The separate annual salary reference account has 30 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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