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Osman Nuri Efendi

Born 1861/62 (AH 1278) · Elbistan · Dated entries 1878 to 1886 (AH 1296 to 1303)

Languages Turkish

Archival references BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 8/775; BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 189/239

The career, year by year

Read every year

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

1878/79 (AH 1296): Aşar dairesi mülazımı, Elbistan1879/80 (AH 1297): Aşar dairesi mülazımı, Elbistan1880/81 (AH 1298): Aşar dairesi mülazımı, Elbistan1880/81 (AH 1298): Sancak idare meclisi mukayyidi, Zor, 250 kuruş1880/81 (AH 1298): İstifa, place unspecified1882/83 (AH 1300): Bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini, Elbistan, 300 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302): Bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi, Zeytin, 400 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302): Bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini, Elbistan, 300 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302): Bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi, Zeytin, 300 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303): Bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi, Zeytin, 300 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303): Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi, Elbistan, 225 kuruşAH 1296AH 1300AH 1303
Places and reading notes
  • Elbistan
  • Zor
  • Zeytin

6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.

Follow 6 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.

1ElbistanZor
● Birth○ First work● Career→ Earlier recorded connections

Stage 1 of 6 · Elbistan

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. 1

    1861/62 (AH 1278)

    Elbistan

    1. Birth

  2. 2

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Elbistan

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    1. First work as recorded

      Calculated age 18

    2. Aşar dairesi mülazımı

      Calculated age 18

  3. 3

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Elbistan

    1. Aşar dairesi mülazımı

      Calculated age 19

      Continuing service as described

  4. 4

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Elbistan / Zor / Place not recorded

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded

    1. Elbistan

      Aşar dairesi mülazımı

      Calculated age 20

      Continuing service as described

    2. Zor

      Sancak idare meclisi mukayyidi

      250 kuruşCalculated age 20

    3. Place not recorded

      İstifa

      Calculated age 20

  5. 5

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Elbistan

    1. Bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini

      300 kuruşCalculated age 22

  6. 6

    1884/85 (AH 1302) · 2 recorded years

    Zeytin / Elbistan

    AH entries: 1302, 1303. Gaps remain open.

    Within-year entry order unresolved

    Not yet located on the map: Zeytin

    1. Zeytin

      Bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi

      400 kuruşCalculated age 24

    2. Elbistan

      Bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini

      300 kuruşCalculated age 24

    3. Zeytin

      Bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 24

    4. Zeytin

      Bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi

      300 kuruşCalculated age 25

      Continuing service as described

    5. Elbistan

      Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

      225 kuruşCalculated age 25

1 entry without a resolved year

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

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.

View the yearly values
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)250400160 to 1,50020.5%1448
1882/83 (AH 1300)300400150 to 1,40027.9%1655
1884/85 (AH 1302)400400150 to 1,50045.1%1748
1885/86 (AH 1303)300400150 to 1,50027.9%1787

Career patterns and pay

Recorded pay over the career

Kuruş · dated amounts
02004001880/81AH 12981883/84AH 13011885/86AH 13031880/81 (AH 1298) · 250 kuruş1882/83 (AH 1300) · 300 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 400 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 300 kuruş1884/85 (AH 1302) · 300 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 300 kuruş1885/86 (AH 1303) · 225 kuruş

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. 1878 to 1886 (AH 1296 to 1303)
  2. Zeytin2
    1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
  3. 1880/81 (AH 1298)

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. Elbistan225 to 300
  2. Zeytin300 to 400
  3. Zor250

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. 1878 to 1881 (AH 1296 to 1298)
  2. 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
  3. 1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302)
  4. 1885/86 (AH 1303)
  5. 1880/81 (AH 1298)

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

Qualification Formal qualification recorded; Rüşdiye şahadetnamesi [1]

Schooling Sıbyan mektebi; Elbistan Rüşdiyesi [source]

Language skills and historical terms

Kitâbet means writing; tekellüm means speaking; âşinâ means familiarity.

Honours and other personal details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]
All personal fields and their sources

Personal details

Birthplace
Elbistan [source]
Birth year
1861/62 (AH 1278) [source]
Archive references
BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 8/775 [1]BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 189/239 [1]

Education and languages

Turkish
Kitâbet [source]
Qualification
Formal qualification recorded [source]Rüşdiye şahadetnamesi [1]Original wording is retained alongside any qualification indicator.
Education
Sıbyan mektebi; Elbistan Rüşdiyesi [source]
Education level equivalent
7 [source]The coded level equivalent is not the number of years this official attended school.

First work and apprenticeship

Age at first service
16 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
First work place
Elbistan [source]
First work year
1878/79 (AH 1296) [source]
Apprenticeship
2 [source]Duration as recorded; this field alone does not date a service interval.

Other recorded details

Judicial record indicator (recorded code)
1 (recorded code) [source]The original code is retained without assigning an unverified meaning to zero.

Sources and evidence

  1. Sicill-i Ahvâl kayıtlarına göre Elbistanlı memurlar

    ŞEYMA BÜLBÜL · 2025 · Pages 79, 80

    BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 8/775; 67 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 8/775.; 68 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 189/239.; BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 8/775

Read the original source accounts · 12 source entries →

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 · 6 dated AH years

Annual salary study and register readings

The separate annual salary reference account has 11 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.

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