NİKOLA BONATİ EFENDİ
Born 1847/48 (AH 1264) · Shkodër (İşkodra) · Dated entries 1863 to 1906 (AH 1280 to 1323)
Languages French, Italian
Archival references BOA. DH. SAİDd., 58/189; BOA. DH. SAİDd., 58/189, s. 375
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
NİKOLA BONATİ EFENDİ was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1847/48 (AH 1264). Schooling included Millet Mektebi. The language repertoire included French and Italian. [1]
Service began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1863/64 (AH 1280). Dated career entries span 1863/64 (AH 1280) to 1905/06 (AH 1323) across 44 AH years, from Shkodër (İşkodra) to Istanbul (Dersaadet), beginning with İşkodra Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru and ending with entries for Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi muhasebe memuru. More than one post or place appears in 2 of those years. Place names include Shkodër (İşkodra) and Istanbul (Dersaadet). [1]
Monthly pay went from 566 kuruş in 1863/64 (AH 1280) to 1,350 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323); the highest recorded monthly rate is 1,350 kuruş in 1905/06 (AH 1323). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 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.
Stage 1 of 5 · Shkodër (İşkodra)
How to read this map
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 1847/48 (AH 1264)
Shkodër (İşkodra)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 16
3 1864/65 (AH 1281) · 10 recorded years
Shkodër (İşkodra)
AH entries: 1281, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
4 1874/75 (AH 1291)
Shkodër (İşkodra) / Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Within-year entry order unresolved
5 1875/76 (AH 1292) · 32 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Beyoğlu Telgraf Merkezi muhasebe ve müstediyat memuru
1,000 kuruşCalculated age 28
Continuing service as described
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
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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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| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1863/64 (AH 1280) | 566 | 475 | 125 to 3,000 | 58.0% | 232 |
| 1864/65 (AH 1281) | 566 | 400 | 125 to 3,000 | 60.7% | 253 |
| 1865/66 (AH 1282) | 566 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 62.9% | 341 |
| 1866/67 (AH 1283) | 720 | 400 | 146 to 2,000 | 68.1% | 399 |
| 1867/68 (AH 1284) | 600 | 458 | 150 to 2,500 | 59.9% | 435 |
| 1868/69 (AH 1285) | 600 | 475 | 150 to 3,000 | 60.5% | 505 |
| 1869/70 (AH 1286) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 2,250 | 63.2% | 609 |
| 1870/71 (AH 1287) | 600 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 64.8% | 649 |
| 1871/72 (AH 1288) | 600 | 420.5 | 125 to 2,375 | 63.4% | 712 |
| 1872/73 (AH 1289) | 800 | 450 | 140 to 2,350 | 71.6% | 736 |
| 1873/74 (AH 1290) | 800 | 405 | 130 to 2,200 | 70.9% | 805 |
| 1874/75 (AH 1291) | 1,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 78.4% | 882 |
| 1875/76 (AH 1292) | 1,000 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 77.1% | 976 |
| 1876/77 (AH 1293) | 1,000 | 420 | 150 to 2,000 | 77.9% | 1102 |
| 1877/78 (AH 1294) | 1,000 | 450 | 150 to 1,800 | 77.9% | 1160 |
| 1878 (AH 1295) | 1,000 | 450 | 150 to 2,000 | 78.9% | 1196 |
| 1878/79 (AH 1296) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 76.9% | 1328 |
| 1879/80 (AH 1297) | 1,100 | 400 | 180 to 1,800 | 81.4% | 1534 |
| 1880/81 (AH 1298) | 1,000 | 400 | 160 to 1,500 | 81.6% | 1448 |
| 1881/82 (AH 1299) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 81.5% | 1489 |
| 1882/83 (AH 1300) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 81.9% | 1655 |
| 1883/84 (AH 1301) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,400 | 82.3% | 1720 |
| 1884/85 (AH 1302) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 80.7% | 1748 |
| 1885/86 (AH 1303) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 80.2% | 1787 |
| 1886/87 (AH 1304) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 80.0% | 1725 |
| 1887/88 (AH 1305) | 1,000 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 79.0% | 1762 |
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 1,100 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 82.9% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 1,100 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 84.1% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 1,100 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 82.8% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 1,100 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 83.1% | 1927 |
| 1892/93 (AH 1310) | 1,100 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 84.4% | 1935 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 1,100 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 85.1% | 1929 |
| 1894/95 (AH 1312) | 1,100 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 84.0% | 2004 |
| 1895/96 (AH 1313) | 1,175 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 84.1% | 1981 |
| 1896/97 (AH 1314) | 1,220 | 450 | 150 to 1,575 | 85.7% | 2119 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 1,098 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 86.4% | 1891 |
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 1,098 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 86.1% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 1,098 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 85.5% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 1,250 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 88.0% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 1,250 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 86.4% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 1,250 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 87.5% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 1,250 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 87.6% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 1,250 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 87.3% | 1493 |
| 1905/06 (AH 1323) | 1,350 | 430 | 125 to 1,500 | 88.5% | 1423 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect 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 entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Istanbul (Dersaadet)800 to 1,350
- Shkodër (İşkodra)566 to 800
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 titleThe 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
- Shkodër (İşkodra)310 other officialsAbdulsabri Efendi born 1847/48 (AH 1264); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Istanbul855 other officialsAli Bey 33 shared years; highest salary 2,400 kuruş
- Millet Mektebi47 other officialsDimitri Antaşyadi Efendi born 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 800 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde görev yapan İşkodralı devlet memurları
AHMET MURAT ATABAY · 2022 · Pages 272, 273, 274
BOA. DH. SAİDd., 58/189; 362 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 58/189, s. 375.
Read the original source accounts · 62 source entries →
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Yearly entries and their source passages · 44 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 62 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.