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Osman Tevfik 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

Born in Safranbolu in 1848/49 (AH 1265) into the İslam community, Osman Tevfik Efendi was the child of an imam. At about 26, in 1875/76, Osman Tevfik began work in Safranbolu. The first annual entry, for 1875/76, places Osman Tevfik in Safranbolu, the birthplace, as Aşar, vergi ve mal kalemleri mülazımı, where the entries run to 1882/83. Alongside, the lists for 1882/83 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Nahiye vergi kâtibi.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 300 kuruş a month in 1876/77, in Safranbolu, when 30 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 24,000 kuruş, 68 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1882/83.

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. Safranbolu

    Born 1848/49 (AH 1265); First work 1875/76 (AH 1292); 1875 to 1883 (AH 1292 to 1300)

    Aşar, vergi ve mal kalemleri mülazımı 1875 to 1879 (AH 1292 to 1296); Vergi kâtibi refakati 1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300)

    250 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

    No annual entry for 1879/80 (AH 1297).

  2. Ulus Aktaş nahiyesi (Mea) as worded, no place record

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Nahiye vergi kâtibi

    300 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 entry01002003001875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300300 kuruşAşar, vergi ve mal kalemleri mülazımıVergi kâtibi refakati
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1876/7730042047530%
1877/7830045035529%
187830045030029%
1878/7930040030027%
1880/8125040039020%
1881/8225040039019%
1882/8330040027%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1875/76AH 1292First workSafranbolu
1875 to 1879AH 1292 to 1296Aşar, vergi ve mal kalemleri mülazımı
9 entries
YearSalary
1875/76
1876/77300
1876/77300
1877/78300
1877/78300
1877/78
1878300
1878/79300
1878/79
Safranbolu
No annual entry: 1879/80 (AH 1297)
1880 to 1883AH 1298 to 1300Vergi kâtibi refakati
4 entries
YearSalary
1880/81250
1881/82250
1882/83250
1882/83
Safranbolu250
1882/83AH 1300Nahiye vergi kâtibi300

Record

Personal

Born
1848/49 (AH 1265)
Birthplace
Safranbolu
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
İmam

First work

Year
1875/76 (AH 1292)

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 11 officials with entries in Safranbolu in the same years, Osman Tevfik Efendi had the 8th highest salary.

All 31 officials with entries in Safranbolu

Same birthplace

Of the 89 officials born in Safranbolu, 71 have a recorded salary; Osman Tevfik Efendi had the 49th highest salary of them.

The page of Safranbolu, with the 89 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1875/76 (AH 1292), 143 have a recorded salary; Osman Tevfik Efendi had the 114th highest salary of them.

All 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1875/76 (AH 1292)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Osman Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1875/76AH 1292Aşar, vergi ve mal kalemleri mülazımıSafranboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1876/77AH 1293Aşar kol kâtibi (mevsimlik, Haziran-Ağustos)Safranbolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1876/77AH 1293Kaza aşar kâtibi refakati (muvakkat, Eylül-Teşrinisani)Safranbolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1877/78AH 1294Aşar kol kâtibi (mevsimlik, Haziran-Ağustos)Safranbolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1877/78AH 1294Kaza aşar kâtibi refakati (muvakkat, Eylül-Teşrinisani)Safranbolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1877/78AH 1294Kaza aşar kâtibi refakati (muvakkat, Eylül-Teşrinisani) (Görevin sona ermesi)SafranboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1878AH 1295Aşar kol kâtibi (mevsimlik, Haziran-Ağustos)Safranbolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1878/79AH 1296Aşar kol kâtibi (mevsimlik, Haziran-Ağustos)Safranbolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1878/79AH 1296Aşar kol kâtibi (mevsimlik, Haziran-Ağustos) (Görevin sona ermesi)SafranboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1880/81AH 1298Vergi kâtibi refakatiSafranbolu250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1881/82AH 1299Vergi kâtibi refakatiSafranbolu250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1882/83AH 1300Vergi kâtibi refakatiSafranbolu250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1882/83AH 1300Vergi kâtibi refakati (Nakil)SafranboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.143
1882/83AH 1300Nahiye vergi kâtibiUlus Aktaş nahiyesi (Mea)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records105 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.14, s.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 Osman Tevfik 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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