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School

Askeri Rusdiye

Group of schools: Rüşdiye

Stored spellings: Askeri Rusdiye; askeri rusdiye

1 official has Askeri Rusdiye recorded as school. The annual entries of this official, 23 in all, run from 1880 to 1903 (AH 1298 to 1320). The median of the 23 recorded monthly salaries is 450 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The place with the largest number of officials is Üsküdar, with 1.

Officials
1
Years on recordAH 1298 to 1320, 23 years with an entry
1880 to 1903
Median monthly salaryfrom 23 recorded salaries
450 kuruş
Places with officials
5

Profile of the group: Rüşdiye

No source read describes Askeri Rusdiye by itself, so this is the profile of its group of schools.

The rüşdiye, the lower secondary school of the Ottoman state, four years after the primary school under the regulation of 1869. The first opened in Istanbul in 1847; at the end of the reign of Abdülhamid II there were 619.

Standing and pay of its pupils

In the paper's grouping a completed rüşdiye is the middle level of schooling.

Sources

  1. The school and the office: training, entry and pay in the Ottoman Post and Telegraph service, 1870-1905. Working paper, 2026 (the paper behind this collection; its Section II reports Akyıldız 2024, Ata 2022 and Ayhan and Maviş 1994).Pages or part: Section III. Used for: standing and pay of its pupils.
  2. Öztürk, Cemil (2008). Rüşdiye. TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, vol. 35, 300-303. Online copy (read 14 October 2026).Pages or part: 300-303. Used for: summary.

Schooling, first pay and careers

What the records say about the 1 official with this school.

Years of schooling recorded
7.0 yearsmean 7.0; 1 official with years; all schooling up to this school, not the years spent in it

The records give no place for this school.

All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 23 recorded monthly salaries is 450 kuruş, the mean 418 kuruş.
02004006001880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320575 kuruş in 1902/03Askeri Rusdiye, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Askeri Rusdiye
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1880/811120120120120500
1881/821120120120120500
1882/831380380380380500
1883/841380380380380500
1884/851380380380380500
1885/861500500500500500
1886/871500500500500500
1887/881500500500500500
1888/891400400400400500
1889/901400400400400500
1890/911400400400400500
1891/921400400400400500
1892/931400400400400500
1893/941450450450450500
1894/951450450450450500
1895/961450450450450500
1896/971450450450450500
1897/981450450450450500
1898/991475475475475500
1899/19001475475475475500
1900/011475475475475500
1901/021475475475475500
1902/031575575575575500

Salaries are nominal monthly amounts in kuruş, as assigned. The thick line is the median of each year and the thin line the mean. A year with fewer than 5 recorded salaries is drawn as an open mark and is not joined to the line.

Where its officials served

All years
5 places with officials on record, 5 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Other place
Bitola (Manastır)KadıköySelimiyeThessaloniki (Selanik)Üsküdar1 official

All 5 places, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Bitola (Manastır)1
Kadıköy1
Selimiye1
Thessaloniki (Selanik)1
Üsküdar1

Places

Places of Askeri Rusdiye, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
ÜsküdarIstanbul (Dersaadet) province191888 to 1897
SelimiyeIstanbul (Dersaadet) province161897 to 1903
Bitola (Manastır)Bitola (Manastır) province131885 to 1888
Thessaloniki (Selanik)Thessaloniki (Selanik) province131882 to 1885
KadıköyIstanbul (Dersaadet) province121880 to 1882

Ottoman officials recorded

Officials of Askeri Rusdiye
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesMain titleKuruş a monthBirthplace
Ali Rıza Efendi1880 to 190323Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)120 to 575Istanbul (Dersaadet)

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.