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Ömer Şevki 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 Şevki Efendi began in Bilecik in 1887/88 (AH 1305). Ömer Şevki began work in Bilecik in 1901/02, at about 14, on a first salary of 0 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1901/02, with Ömer Şevki as Yazı İşleri Kalemi stajyeri in Bilecik, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1909/10. Alongside, the lists for 1901 to 1910 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Tahrirat Kalemi hizmeti.

Pay rose from 0 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to a peak of 400 in 1909/10, in Bilecik, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, nine years of salary come to 9,060 kuruş, 19 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

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. Bilecik

    Born 1887/88 (AH 1305); First work 1901/02 (AH 1319); 1901 to 1910 (AH 1319 to 1327)

    Yazı İşleri Kalemi stajyeri

    0 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

  2. Ertuğrul sancağı as worded, no place record

    1901 to 1910 (AH 1319 to 1327)

    Tahrirat Kalemi hizmeti

    25 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327400 kuruşYazı İşleri Kalemi stajyeriTahrirat Kalemi hizmeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Ömer Şevki Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1901/0204003000%
1902/0304003000%
1903/0404053000%
1904/05254003501%
1905/06254304001%
1906/07554503752%
1907/081004605%
1908/091504003007%
1909/1040060040031%

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 Şevki Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1901/02AH 1319First workBilecik0first-salary field
1901 to 1910AH 1319 to 1327Yazı İşleri Kalemi stajyeri
15 entries
YearSalary
1901/020
1902/030
1903/040
1904/050
1904/05
1904/0525
1905/0625
1906/0725
1906/0755
1906/0745
1907/0845
1907/08
1908/09150
1909/10150
1909/10400
Bilecik0 to 400
1901 to 1910AH 1319 to 1327Tahrirat Kalemi hizmeti
17 entries
YearSalary
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1904/0525
1905/0625
1906/0725
1906/0755
1907/0855
1907/08
1907/08
1907/08100
1908/09100
1908/09
1908/0950
1909/1050
1909/10400
400

Record

Personal

Born
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Birthplace
Bilecik

First work

Year
1901/02 (AH 1319)
Place
Bilecik

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 7 officials with entries in Bilecik in the same years, Ömer Şevki Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 43 officials with entries in Bilecik

Same birthplace

Of the 51 officials born in Bilecik, 45 have a recorded salary; Ömer Şevki Efendi had the 22nd highest salary of them.

The page of Bilecik, with the 51 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), 110 have a recorded salary; Ömer Şevki Efendi had the 38th highest salary of them.

All 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Ömer Şevki Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1901/02AH 1319Yazı İşleri Kalemi stajyeriBilecik0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1901/02AH 1319Tahrirat Kalemi hizmetiErtuğrul sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1902/03AH 1320Yazı İşleri Kalemi stajyeriBilecik0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1902/03AH 1320Tahrirat Kalemi hizmetiErtuğrul sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1903/04AH 1321Yazı İşleri Kalemi stajyeriBilecik0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1903/04AH 1321Tahrirat Kalemi hizmetiErtuğrul sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1904/05AH 1322Yazı İşleri Kalemi stajyeriBilecik0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1904/05AH 1322Yazı İşleri Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)BilecikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1904/05AH 1322Yazı İşleri Kalemi kayıt memuruBilecik25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1904/05AH 1322Tahrirat Kalemi hizmetiErtuğrul sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1904/05AH 1322Tahrirat Kalemi kayıt memuruErtuğrul sancağı25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1905/06AH 1323Yazı İşleri Kalemi kayıt memuruBilecik25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat Kalemi kayıt memuruErtuğrul sancağı25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1906/07AH 1324Yazı İşleri Kalemi kayıt memuruBilecik25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1906/07AH 1324Yazı İşleri Kalemi kayıt memuruBilecik55Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1906/07AH 1324Yazı İşleri Kalemi kayıt memuruBilecik45Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat Kalemi kayıt memuruErtuğrul sancağı25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat Kalemi kayıt memuruErtuğrul sancağı55Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1907/08AH 1325Yazı İşleri Kalemi kayıt memuruBilecik45Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1907/08AH 1325Yazı İşleri Kalemi kayıt memuru (İnfisal)BilecikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1907/08AH 1325Tahrirat Kalemi kayıt memuruErtuğrul sancağı55Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1907/08AH 1325Tahrirat Kalemi kayıt memuru (İstifa)Ertuğrul sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1907/08AH 1325Merkez Bidayet Mahkemesi tahsil bakaya memuru (Nakil)Ertuğrul sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1907/08AH 1325Meclis İdare Kitabeti refakatiErtuğrul sancağı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1908/09AH 1326Yazı İşleri Kalemi memuruBilecik150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1908/09AH 1326Meclis İdare Kitabeti refakatiErtuğrul sancağı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1908/09AH 1326Meclis İdare Kitabeti refakati (Nakil)Ertuğrul sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1908/09AH 1326Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvid-i sânisiErtuğrul sancağı50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1909/10AH 1327Yazı İşleri Kalemi memuruBilecik150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1909/10AH 1327Yazı İşleri Kalemi memuruBilecik400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 181/188
1909/10AH 1327Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvid-i sânisiErtuğrul sancağı50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
1909/10AH 1327Tahrirat Kalemi müsevvid-i sânisiErtuğrul sancağı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373; 91 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:181, s.373.
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 Şevki 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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