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Lisan Mektebi

3 officials have Lisan Mektebi recorded as school. The annual entries of these officials, 28 in all, run from 1885 to 1910 (AH 1303 to 1327). The median of the 28 recorded monthly salaries is 800 kuruş. The place with the largest number of officials is Beirut (Beyrut), with 2.

Officials
3
Annual entries1885 to 1910, AH 1303 to 1327
28
Year with most officials2 officials
1901/02
Median monthly salaryfrom 28 recorded salaries
800 kuruş
Places with officials
8

Stored spellings: Lisan Mektebi; lisan mektebi

All years

Schooling and first pay

Group of schools: higher or professional.

Officials with this school
3every school recorded for an official counts
Years of schooling recorded
12.0 yearsmean 12.0; 3 officials with years
First recorded monthly salary
375 kuruşmedian; mean 5,175 kuruş, 3 officials
Mean salary over the career
6,420 kuruşmean of each official's yearly salaries
With a qualification
33%1 of 3 officials with the code: diploma, certificate, training or nişan

The years of schooling count all schooling recorded up to this school, not the years spent in it. The first salary is that of the first year with a salary, not a hiring salary.

Where the school was

1 official of 3 give a place for this school. Places are worded by the officials. A place of the catalogue is named only when exactly one place has the same spelling, so it is a probable link, not a certain one.

Places given for Lisan Mektebi
Place as the record words itPlace of the catalogue (probable)Officials
istanbulIstanbul (Dersaadet)1

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 28 recorded monthly salaries is 800 kuruş, the mean 1,918 kuruş.
05,00010,00015,00020,0001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 132620,000 kuruş in 1909/10Lisan Mektebi, fewer than 5 salaries in every year

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Lisan Mektebi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1885/861150150150150500
1886/871150150150150500
1887/881150150150150500
1888/891250250250250500
1889/901300300300300500
1890/911300300300300500
1891/921800800800800500
1892/931800800800800500
1894/951300300300300500
1895/961350350350350500
1896/971395395395395500
1897/981440440440440500
1898/991440440440440500
1899/19001900900900900500
1900/011900900900900500
1901/022687.5687.5531.25843.75500
1902/032700700550850500
1903/0421,2501,2501,1251,375475
1904/0521,2501,2501,1251,375450
1905/0621,2501,2501,1251,375475
1906/0711,8001,8001,8001,800450
1908/09115,00015,00015,00015,000350
1909/10120,00020,00020,00020,000462.5

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.

Ottoman officials recorded

3 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Lisan Mektebi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesMain titleKuruş a monthBirthplace
İshak Nisyon Amon Efendi1885 to 190620Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications150 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Salih Efendi1901 to 19076Muhaberat-ı Ecnebiye Memuriyetipost of official for foreign communications375 to 1,800Damascus (Şam)
Ali Galip Bey1908 to 19102PT Naziri15,000 to 20,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

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