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Official

Ahmet Nurettin Efendi

Muslim (Müslüman). Born in Istanbul (Dersaadet) in 1860/61 (AH 1277). On record 1880 to 1890, 10 annual entries.

Life

Ahmet Nurettin Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1860/61 (AH 1277). The record gives the community as Muslim (Müslüman), the nationality as Turkish and the father's occupation as Kalem Hulefasi.

Schooling recorded: Mekteb-i Sultani, with 12 years of schooling recorded. Languages recorded, with the skill words of the record: Turkish, with Kitabet.

The record gives 1 year of unpaid apprenticeship (mülazemet) before the first salary. At the first annual entry, in 1880/81, the official was about 20 years old.

The first annual entry, for 1880/81, shows Rüsumat Memuru in Istanbul, with 100 kuruş a month.

The highest salary, 150 kuruş a month, is first recorded in 1888/89 as Rüsumat Memuru. 2 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less. The median salary of all officials that year was 500 kuruş. Over 10 years with a salary the median is 100 kuruş a month, with 1 rise and no cuts. The largest rise, 50 kuruş, is seen in 1888/89. From the first salary to the last the salary grew by 4.61 per cent a year on average. The last salary is recorded in 1889/90, when 5 per cent of the other officials with a recorded salary that year earned less.

Record

Personal

Born
1860/61 (AH 1277)
Community
Muslim (Müslüman)
Nationality as recorded
Turkish
Father's occupation
Kalem Hulefasi

Education

Higher or professional
Mekteb-i Sultani (12 years)Imperial School (Galatasaray)
Unpaid years (mülazemet)
1 year

The years count all schooling up to that school, as the record gives them.

Languages

Turkish
Kitabetwriting

The glosses are cautious historical readings of the recorded words, not modern levels of proficiency.

First work

First job as worded
Rusumat Kalemi
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)
100

Career

Career of Ahmet Nurettin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880 to 1890AH 1298 to 1307Rüsumat Memuru
10 entries
YearSalary
1880/81100
1881/82100
1882/83100
1883/84100
1884/85100
1885/86100
1886/87100
1887/88100
1888/89150
1889/90150
Istanbul (Dersaadet)100 to 150
Monthly salary, kuruş
0501001501880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 1306150 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 1306This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Ahmet Nurettin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titlePaid less
1880/811005003201%
1881/821005003000%
1882/831005004000%
1883/841005004000%
1884/851005004000%
1885/861005004000%
1886/871005004000%
1887/881005004000%
1888/891505004002%
1889/901505005005%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Choose a row to mark its years in the charts.

Recorded with

Recorded in the same place in the same years

613 officials in all. Officials recorded in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Same school recorded

52 officials in all. Officials with Mekteb-i Sultani recorded

Same birthplace

1,998 officials in all. Officials born in Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Full record

Annual entries (10)

Annual entries of Ahmet Nurettin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1880/81AH 1298Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0291; 577
1881/82AH 1299Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0291; 577
1882/83AH 1300Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0291; 577
1883/84AH 1301Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0291; 577
1884/85AH 1302Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0291; 577
1885/86AH 1303Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0291; 577
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0291; 577
1887/88AH 1305Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0291; 577
1888/89AH 1306Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0291; 577
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat MemuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Customs (Gümrük)Cross-ministry personnel workbook0006_0291; 577
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.

Sources and original values (12)

Recorded values of Ahmet Nurettin Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
Identity
NameAhmet Nurettin EfendiCross-ministry personnel workbook
Birth year (AH)1277Cross-ministry personnel workbook
BirthplaceistanbulCross-ministry personnel workbook
Father's occupationKalem HulefasiCross-ministry personnel workbook
ReligionMuslumanCross-ministry personnel workbook
Nationality or communityTurkishCross-ministry personnel workbook
Schooling
SchoolMektebi SultaniCross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of schooling12Cross-ministry personnel workbook
Years of apprenticeship (mülazemet)1Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First work
First work: year as written (calendar not established)1297Cross-ministry personnel workbook
First job as wordedRusumat KalemiCross-ministry personnel workbook
First-job salary of the original workbook (kuruş a month)100Cross-ministry personnel workbook
What the sources named in this table are
Cross-ministry personnel workbook
A personnel workbook with the annual entries in institutions other than the Post and Telegraph (justice, land registry, customs, police and others), with the same annual fields as the personnel workbook.
  • Origin of the record: Cross-ministry workbook.

How to read this record: calendar years, years without an annual entry, salaries and sources.