Ömer Bahattin 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

Ömer Bahattin Efendi was born in Kars; the father's occupation was "Attar esnafı". The first annual entry, for 1879/80 (AH 1297), places Ömer Bahattin in Bafra as Telgraf ve Posta Memuru. For 1880 to 1882 the lists have no entry. Next came Samsun in 1882/83. The lists have no entry for 1883 to 1889. At the same time, from 1882 to 1890, the lists also place Ömer Bahattin in Erzurum as Merkez Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü.

The salary went from 475 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to 1,140 in 1882/83, the peak, in Erzurum, when 85 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1889/90.

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

place of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there

Bafra
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Telgraf ve Posta Memuru
475 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Samsun
1882/83 (AH 1300)
No annual entry for 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299) before it.
Merkez Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü
950 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Erzurum
1882 to 1890 (AH 1300 to 1307)
Merkez Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü 1882/83 (AH 1300); Merkez Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü (Azil) 1889/90 (AH 1307)
1,140 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
No annual entry for 1883 to 1889 (AH 1301 to 1306).

Career and salary

All years

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry

Salary against the medians of the same year

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 Bahattin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
Year	Salary	Median, all officials	Median, same title	Median, same province	Paid less
1879/80	475	400		400	55%
1882/83	1,140	400		300	85%

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 Bahattin Efendi, one row per stage
Years	Title	Place	Salary (kuruş a month)
1879/80AH 1297	Telgraf ve Posta Memuru	Bafra	475
No annual entry: 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299)
1882/83AH 1300	Merkez Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü	Samsun	950
1882/83AH 1300	Merkez Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü	Erzurum	1,140
No annual entry: 1883 to 1889 (AH 1301 to 1306)
1889/90AH 1307	Merkez Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü (Azil)	Erzurum

Record

Personal

Birthplace: Kars
Father's occupation: Attar esnafı

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 26 officials with entries in Erzurum in the same years, 25 have a recorded salary; Ömer Bahattin Efendi had the 10th highest salary of them.

Hamamcıyan Agob Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 4,500 kuruş
Tahir Avni Bey2 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Aziz Azmi Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
Süleyman Şadi Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
Arif Hikmet Bey1 shared year; highest salary 6,000 kuruş

All 146 officials with entries in Erzurum

Same birthplace

Of the 193 officials born in Kars, 113 have a recorded salary; Ömer Bahattin Efendi had the 25th highest salary of them.

Ahmed Ferid Paşaborn 1831/32 (AH 1247); highest salary 6,000 kuruş
Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1842/43 (AH 1258); highest salary 750 kuruş
Seyit Ahmet RaĢit Efendiborn 1843/44 (AH 1259); highest salary 1,250 kuruş
Seyit Ahmet Raşit Efendiborn 1843/44 (AH 1259); no salary recorded
Mehmet ġevki Beyborn 1845/46 (AH 1262); highest salary 2,250 kuruş

The page of Kars, with the 193 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297), 191 have a recorded salary; Ömer Bahattin Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.

Mustafa Mümtaz Beyfirst annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Hirebet Efendifirst entry in Rhodes (Rodos); no salary recorded
Recep Sabri Efendifirst entry in Ovacık; highest salary 250 kuruş
Ali Efendifirst entry in Çankırı; highest salary 400 kuruş
Hafız Kasım Efendifirst entry in Tokat; highest salary 550 kuruş

All 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Ömer Bahattin Efendi
Year	Title	Place	Kuruş a month	Institution	Source	Archive reference
1879/80AH 1297	Telgraf ve Posta Memuru	Bafra	475	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	120 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 5/675.
1882/83AH 1300	Merkez Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü	Samsun	950	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	120 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 5/675.
1882/83AH 1300	Merkez Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü	Erzurum	1,140	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	120 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 5/675.
1889/90AH 1307	Merkez Telgraf ve Posta Müdürü (Azil)	Erzurum		Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	BOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 5/675

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 Bahattin Efendi with their sources
Field	Recorded value	Source