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Ömer Sadık 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 Sadık Efendi began in Istanbul in 1872/73 (AH 1289); the father's occupation was "Adliye Nezareti Evrak Odası kâtibi". Work began in 1891/92, at about 19. The first annual entry, for 1891/92, names Ömer Sadık as Tesviyeci, with no place. The lists give Infisal for 1892/93 instead of a title.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to 800 in 1902/03, the peak, when 76 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1902/03.

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. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1872/73 (AH 1289)

  2. Anadolu Osmanlı Demiryolu Şirketi Haydarpaşa Fabrikası, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1891 to 1903 (AH 1309 to 1320)

    Tesviyeci 1891 to 1903 (AH 1309 to 1320); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1892/93 (AH 1310)

    300 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 12 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 1320800 kuruşTesviyeci
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 1320This 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 Sadık Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/9330040027%
1893/9440040044%
1894/9550040055%
1895/9650040055%
1896/9750045052%
1897/9850040056%
1898/9958040068%
1899/190058040067%
1900/0163040071%
1901/0270040072%
1902/0380040076%

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 Sadık Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First work
1891 to 1903AH 1309 to 1320Tesviyeci
19 entries
YearSalary
1891/92
1892/93
1892/93300
1893/94300
1893/94400
1894/95400
1894/95500
1895/96500
1896/97500
1897/98500
1898/99500
1898/99580
1899/1900580
1900/01580
1900/01630
1901/02630
1901/02700
1902/03700
1902/03800
800
1892/93AH 1310Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Father's occupation
Adliye Nezareti Evrak Odası kâtibi

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Ömer Sadık Efendi had the 268th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Ömer Sadık Efendi had the 29th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Ömer Sadık Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309TesviyeciAnadolu Osmanlı Demiryolu Şirketi Haydarpaşa Fabrikası, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1892/93AH 1310TesviyeciAnadolu Osmanlı Demiryolu Şirketi Haydarpaşa Fabrikası, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1892/93AH 1310InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1892/93AH 1310Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1893/94AH 1311Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1893/94AH 1311Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1894/95AH 1312Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1894/95AH 1312Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1895/96AH 1313Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1896/97AH 1314Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1897/98AH 1315Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1898/99AH 1316Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1898/99AH 1316Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke580Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1899/1900AH 1317Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke580Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1900/01AH 1318Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke580Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1900/01AH 1318Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke630Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1901/02AH 1319Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke630Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1901/02AH 1319Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1902/03AH 1320Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
1902/03AH 1320Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu kâtibiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu, Hereke800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.719
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 Sadık 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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