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Maarif Mektebi

Group of schools: Other named school

Stored spellings: Maarif Mektebi; maarif mektebi

Note: No gloss: the school meant could not be confirmed

12 officials have Maarif Mektebi recorded as school. The annual entries of these officials, 293 in all, run from 1844 to 1910 (AH 1260 to 1327). The median of the 289 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş, against 500 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 1.9 times the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 71 per cent of the other officials with a salary in the same year. The median number of unpaid years before the first salary is 3, and 75 per cent of the officials had at least one. The median first salary is 100 kuruş and the median highest salary 2,125 kuruş. The job titles held by most of them were Muhabere Memuru (3), 2. Müdür (2) and 3. Müdür (2). The place with the largest number of officials is Istanbul, with 10.

Officials
12
Years on recordAH 1260 to 1327, 68 years with an entry
1844 to 1910
Median monthly salary1.86× the collection median of the same years (500 kuruş)
1,000 kuruş
Places with officials
36

Schooling, first pay and careers

What the records say about the 12 officials with this school.

Years of schooling recorded
7.0 yearsmean 7.0; 12 officials with years; all schooling up to this school, not the years spent in it
Unpaid years before the first salary
3 yearsmedian (mülazemet) of 12 officials; 75% had one or more
First salary in the personnel record
100 kuruşmedian of 12 officials, monthly
First salary in the annual lists
325 kuruşmedian of the first year with a salary, 12 officials
Highest salary reached
2,125 kuruşmedian of 12 officials, monthly
Years with an annual entry
31 yearsmedian of the whole careers; a quarter have 35.25 or more

From the first work in the personnel record to the first year with a salary in the annual lists took a median of 3 years (12 officials). The figure is too high for officials who began before about 1868 (AH 1285), when the annual lists are thin: the years before their first listed year count in it. The unpaid years above are the better measure of the wait for a salary.

The job titles they reached

Shares of the 12 officials with a job title. With two posts in the first or last year, both count.

First job title

The title of the first year with a job title.

  1. Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)25%3 officials
  2. Memurofficial17%2 officials
  3. Adliye Memuru8%1 official
  4. Idare Kalemi8%1 official
  5. İstatistik Kalemistatistics office8%1 official

Held by most

Held in any year of the record.

  1. Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)25%3 officials
  2. 2. Müdürdirector of the second grade17%2 officials
  3. 3. Müdürdirector of the third grade17%2 officials
  4. Memurofficial17%2 officials
  5. 1. Müdürdirector of the first grade8%1 official

Last job title

The title of the last year with a job title.

  1. 3. Müdürdirector of the third grade8%1 official
  2. Asar Nezareti8%1 official
  3. Butce Kitabeti Mumeyyizligi8%1 official
  4. Divan-i Muhasebat8%1 official
  5. İstatistik Kalemistatistics office8%1 official

Where the school was

1 official of 12 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 Maarif Mektebi
Place as the record words itPlace of the catalogue (probable)Officials
istanbulIstanbul (Dersaadet)1
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 289 recorded monthly salaries is 1,000 kuruş, the mean 1,750 kuruş.
05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0001844/45AH 12601848/49AH 12651853/54AH 12701858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325Median 630 kuruş in 1897/98Maarif Mektebi, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Maarif Mektebi
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1844/45140404040400
1845150505050350
1845/46180808080300
1846/471100100100100300
1847/481120120120120250
1848/491130130130130300
1849/501130130130130250
1850/511500500500500175
1851/521500500500500282.5
1852/532575575537.5612.5350
1853/542575575537.5612.5400
1854/5521,5751,5751,112.52,037.5400
1855/5621,5751,5751,112.52,037.5450
1856/574450857.51951,112.5375
1857/5841,5001,7751,1502,125475
1858/5931,5001,866.678002,750500
1859/6022,1052,1051,157.53,052.5500
1860/6131,5001,958.33937.52,750500
1861/6232,0002,5001,7503,000600
1862/6322,7502,7502,1253,375500
1863/6441,0001,6004752,125500
1864/6555001,3764801,500625
1865/6657201,9646004,000650
1866/6742,1252,158.54713,812.5600
1867/6842,2352,242.56653,812.5600
1868/6957502,4147204,000600
1869/7067602,036.67637.53,192.5600
1870/7179002,297.145404,000600
1871/7279002,644.294304,000550
1872/7366902,5854052,850550
1873/7486502,119.38441.251,662.5500
1874/7581,0002,458.755153,125535
1875/7681,0002,365552.52,625530
1876/7798002,066.676003,000575
1877/7889002,3756001,875560
187871,0001,492.867002,250600
1878/7961,0001,0756501,425600
1879/8069001,358.336001,950500
1880/8151,2001,2561,1001,400500
1881/8261,1501,096.676501,200500
1882/8361,2001,4306752,175500
1883/8451,2001,4765002,500500
1884/8551,2001,6561,2002,500500
1885/8661,3001,513.337502,225500
1886/8771,2001,568.577002,500500
1887/8871,5001,611.437002,500500
1888/8971,6001,628.577002,500500
1889/9071,6001,628.577002,500500
1890/9171,1751,439.297002,050500
1891/9258001,1806001,600500
1892/9358001,1926001,600500
1893/9458001,3886001,600500
1894/9558001,4306001,750500
1895/9658001,5607502,250500
1896/9741,327.51,668.75602.52,393.75500
1897/9856301,4665502,150500
1898/9941,5251,775812.52,487.5500
1899/190041,7001,8758252,750500
1900/0132,7502,283.331,6753,125500
1901/0232,7502,283.331,6753,125500
1902/0332,7502,316.671,7253,125500
1903/0432,7502,316.671,7253,125475
1904/0532,7502,316.671,7253,125450
1905/0641,7251,762.55502,937.5475
1906/0741,7251,762.55502,937.5450
1907/0831001,210651,800300
1908/0913,5003,5003,5003,500350
1909/1013,5003,5003,5003,500462.5

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.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary over the career
Officials of this schoolWhole collection
8%8%8%17%8%17%8%25%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

12 officials with a salary, each counted once in the band of the median of the official's salaries over the career. A bar runs from its number to the next; the last is 2,500 kuruş and more. Most officials (25%) are in the band 2,500 kuruş and more.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Maarif Mektebi by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10018%3%
100 to 20018%10%
200 to 30000%17%
300 to 40000%18%
400 to 50018%17%
500 to 750217%23%
750 to 1,00018%5%
1,000 to 1,500217%4%
1,500 to 2,50018%2%
2,500 and more325%1%

The median of the 289 recorded monthly salaries of this school is 1,000 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 500 kuruş. The median entry paid 1.86× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 1× and 5.36×. On average an official of this school was paid more than 71% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median1.86×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×8×Share of paid officials earning less71%0%25%50%75%100%

The dot is the median, the box the middle half of the entries. Dashed lines: the collection median of the same years (1×) and the middle of the paid officials (50%).

Jobs each year

51 job titles on record. The most frequent is Muhabere Memuru, held by 3 officials.
Muhabere Memuru32. Müdür23. Müdür2Memur21. Müdür1Adliye Memuru1Adliye Muhasebecisi1Asar Muduru11844/45AH 12601848/49AH 12651853/54AH 12701858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251 official2 officials

The 8 titles with most officials. A darker cell means more officials in that year.

The same numbers as a table
Officials by job title and year, Maarif Mektebi
YearMuhabere Memuru2. Müdür3. MüdürMemur1. MüdürAdliye MemuruAdliye MuhasebecisiAsar Muduru
1844/451
18451
1845/461
1846/471
1847/481
1848/491
1849/501
1850/511
1851/521
1852/531
1853/541
1854/55
1855/56
1856/571
1857/581
1858/591
1859/60
1860/611
1861/621
1862/631
1863/6411
1864/652
1865/662
1866/671
1867/68
1868/691
1869/7011
1870/7121
1871/7221
1872/7321
1873/74111
1874/751111
1875/76111
1876/77111
1877/7811
18781
1878/791
1879/801
1880/811
1881/8211
1882/831
1883/841
1884/85
1885/861
1886/8711
1887/8811
1888/8911
1889/9011
1890/9111
1891/9211
1892/9311
1893/9411
1894/9511
1895/9611
1896/97
1897/981
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/011
1901/021
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1907/08
1908/09
1909/10

Where its officials served

All years
36 places with officials on record, 36 of them with a position on the map. A larger dot means more officials.
Seat of a province (vilayet) Seat of a sancak District (kaza) Other place Office or region
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Aleppo (Halep)HudavendigarIzmir (İzmir)TrabzonAdanaBaghdad (Bağdat)BalıkesirTarhuna (Terhune)Further places10 officials1 official

The 10 places with most officials, of 36, all years
PlaceOfficialsRemark
Istanbul (Dersaadet)10
Aleppo (Halep)2
Beyoğlu2
Hudavendigar2
Izmir (İzmir)2
Trabzon2
Üsküdar2
Adana1
Baghdad (Bağdat)1
Balıkesir1

Who its officials were

Officials of this schoolWhole collection

Community

12 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)100%12

Age at the first annual entry

12 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 1950%6
  3. 20 to 2442%5
  4. 25 to 298%1
  5. 30 to 340%0
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over0%0

Province of birth

12 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province100%12

Schooling

12 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%. The groups of the schools recorded for each official.

  1. Other named school100%12
  2. Higher or professional17%2

Languages

12 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

  1. Turkish100%12
  2. French25%3

Qualification

12 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.

  1. No75%9
  2. Yes25%3

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1876/77 (AH 1293) with 9 officials. Years with an annual entry: 68.
02468101844/45AH 12601848/49AH 12651853/54AH 12701858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13259 in 1876/77Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Maarif Mektebi
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1844/45 (AH 1260)111
1845 (AH 1261)101
1845/46 (AH 1262)101
1846/47 (AH 1263)101
1847/48 (AH 1264)101
1848/49 (AH 1265)101
1849/50 (AH 1266)101
1850/51 (AH 1267)101
1851/52 (AH 1268)101
1852/53 (AH 1269)212
1853/54 (AH 1270)202
1854/55 (AH 1271)202
1855/56 (AH 1272)202
1856/57 (AH 1273)424
1857/58 (AH 1274)404
1858/59 (AH 1275)303
1859/60 (AH 1276)202
1860/61 (AH 1277)303
1861/62 (AH 1278)303
1862/63 (AH 1279)303
1863/64 (AH 1280)414
1864/65 (AH 1281)515
1865/66 (AH 1282)505
1866/67 (AH 1283)404
1867/68 (AH 1284)404
1868/69 (AH 1285)505
1869/70 (AH 1286)616
1870/71 (AH 1287)717
1871/72 (AH 1288)707
1872/73 (AH 1289)707
1873/74 (AH 1290)818
1874/75 (AH 1291)808
1875/76 (AH 1292)808
1876/77 (AH 1293)919
1877/78 (AH 1294)909
1878 (AH 1295)707
1878/79 (AH 1296)606
1879/80 (AH 1297)707
1880/81 (AH 1298)505
1881/82 (AH 1299)606
1882/83 (AH 1300)606
1883/84 (AH 1301)505
1884/85 (AH 1302)505
1885/86 (AH 1303)606
1886/87 (AH 1304)707
1887/88 (AH 1305)707
1888/89 (AH 1306)707
1889/90 (AH 1307)707
1890/91 (AH 1308)707
1891/92 (AH 1309)505
1892/93 (AH 1310)505
1893/94 (AH 1311)505
1894/95 (AH 1312)505
1895/96 (AH 1313)505
1896/97 (AH 1314)404
1897/98 (AH 1315)505
1898/99 (AH 1316)404
1899/1900 (AH 1317)404
1900/01 (AH 1318)303
1901/02 (AH 1319)303
1902/03 (AH 1320)303
1903/04 (AH 1321)303
1904/05 (AH 1322)303
1905/06 (AH 1323)414
1906/07 (AH 1324)404
1907/08 (AH 1325)313
1908/09 (AH 1326)101
1909/10 (AH 1327)101

An official is counted once in a year. First recorded is the first year in which the collection has an annual entry of the official on this page. It is not a hiring date.

Places

Show the other 11 places

Ottoman officials recorded

12 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Maarif Mektebi
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesMain titleKuruş a monthBirthplace
Tevfik Bey1869 to 191041Istinaf Mahkemesi Azasi100 to 3,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Riza Efendi1856 to 189136Sancak Muhasebecisi30 to 4,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Munir Bey1844 to 187835Gumruk Baskitabeti40 to 11,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Kadri Efendi1870 to 190735Muhabere Memurucommunications official (telegraph operator)380 to 900Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hüseyin Lebib Efendi1856 to 189134Müdürdirector250 to 4,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Faik Efendi1873 to 190028Muhasebe Kalemiaccounts office350 to 600Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Hacı Kazım Efendi1864 to 1898242. Müdürdirector of the second grade480 to 800Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmed Nazım Efendi1852 to 18586Posta Memurupostal official650 to 1,500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Fahri Efendi1876 to 18805Tahrirat Kalemicorrespondence office600 to 3,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmed Sadi Efendi1905 to 19083İttihat Posta Memuruofficial of the union (international) post100Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Rıza Efendi1907/081İstatistik Kalemistatistics office30Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Unnamed official (0007_0144; 285)1863 to 190745Butce Kitabeti384 to 2,750Istanbul (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.

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