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OSMAN ADĠL EFENDĠ

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 OSMAN ADĠL EFENDĠ began in Antalya in 1878/79 (AH 1296). OSMAN ADĠL EFENDĠ began work in Izmir (İzmir) in 1896/97, at about 17, on a first salary of 200 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1896/97, with OSMAN ADĠL EFENDĠ as Ahenk gazetesi idare kâtibi in Izmir, where the entries run to 1898/99. The last post was in Şereflikoçhisar (Koçhisar) in 1899/1900.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 200 kuruş a month in 1896/97, in Izmir, when 12 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 8,832 kuruş, 44 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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.

All 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1896/971899/1900123AntalyaIzmirŞereflikoçhisar
  1. Antalya

    Born 1878/79 (AH 1296)

  2. Izmir (İzmir)

    First work 1896/97 (AH 1314); 1896 to 1899 (AH 1314 to 1316)

    Ahenk gazetesi idare kâtibi

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Şereflikoçhisar (Koçhisar)

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Koçhisar kazası tahrirat kâtibi

    136 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
0501001502001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317200 kuruşAhenk gazetesi idare kâtibiKoçhisar kazası tahrirat kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This 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 ADĠL EFENDĠ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/9720045040012%
1897/9820040040014%
1898/9920040040014%
1899/19001364004009%

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 ADĠL EFENDĠ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workIzmir (İzmir)200first-salary field
1896 to 1899AH 1314 to 1316Ahenk gazetesi idare kâtibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1896/97200
1897/98200
1898/99200
1898/99
Izmir (İzmir)200
1899/1900AH 1317Koçhisar kazası tahrirat kâtibiŞereflikoçhisar (Koçhisar)136

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Birthplace
Antalya

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)

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 34 officials with entries in Izmir (İzmir) in the same years, OSMAN ADĠL EFENDĠ had the lowest salary.

All 154 officials with entries in Izmir (İzmir)

Same birthplace

Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; OSMAN ADĠL EFENDĠ had the 204th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; OSMAN ADĠL EFENDĠ had the 139th highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of OSMAN ADĠL EFENDĠ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Ahenk gazetesi idare kâtibiIzmir (İzmir)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00127 – 00017/31
1897/98AH 1315Ahenk gazetesi idare kâtibiIzmir (İzmir)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00127 – 00017/31
1898/99AH 1316Ahenk gazetesi idare kâtibiIzmir (İzmir)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00127 – 00017/31
1898/99AH 1316Ahenk gazetesi idare kâtibi (İnfisal)Izmir (İzmir)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00127 – 00017/31
1899/1900AH 1317Koçhisar kazası tahrirat kâtibiŞereflikoçhisar (Koçhisar)136Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00127 – 00017/31
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 ADĠL EFENDĠ 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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