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Karabet Efendi veled-i Mardiros Yakradonî

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

The life of Karabet Efendi veled-i Mardiros Yakradonî began in Çemişgezek in 1860/61 (AH 1277). At about 27, in 1887/88, Karabet veled-i Mardiros Yakradonî began work in Istanbul. The annual lists begin in 1887/88, with Karabet veled-i Mardiros Yakradonî as Babıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı in Istanbul, where the entries run to 1889/90. Alongside, the lists for 1889/90 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Maaş kaydı. The last posts were in Istanbul again from 1891 to 1893.

The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1889/90 to 200 in 1892/93, the peak, in Istanbul, when 15 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 5,400 kuruş, 37 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1892/93.

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 4 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1887/881891/92124ÇemişgezekIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded).

  1. Çemişgezek

    Born 1860/61 (AH 1277)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1887/88 (AH 1305); 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)

    Babıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 3 years

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Maaş kaydı

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)

    No annual entry for 1890/91 (AH 1308) before it.

    Babıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı

    150 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001502001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310200 kuruşBabıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıMaaş kaydıBabıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Karabet Efendi veled-i Mardiros Yakradonî against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1889/901004005%
1891/92150400537.510%
1892/9320040050015%

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 Karabet Efendi veled-i Mardiros Yakradonî, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1887 to 1890AH 1305 to 1307Babıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı
3 entries
YearSalary
1887/88
1888/89
1889/90
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1889/90AH 1307Maaş kaydı100
No annual entry: 1890/91 (AH 1308)
1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310Babıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı
3 entries
YearSalary
1891/92150
1892/93150
1892/93200
Istanbul (Dersaadet)150 to 200

Record

Personal

Born
1860/61 (AH 1277)
Birthplace
Çemişgezek
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni

First work

Year
1887/88 (AH 1305)

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 294 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 278 have a recorded salary; Karabet Efendi veled-i Mardiros Yakradonî had the 262nd highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 105 officials born in Çemişgezek, 102 have a recorded salary; Karabet Efendi veled-i Mardiros Yakradonî had the 93rd highest salary of them.

The page of Çemişgezek, with the 105 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; Karabet Efendi veled-i Mardiros Yakradonî had the 144th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Karabet Efendi veled-i Mardiros Yakradonî
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305Babıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH_SAİDd_____00019_00036
1888/89AH 1306Babıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH_SAİDd_____00019_00036
1889/90AH 1307Babıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH_SAİDd_____00019_00036
1889/90AH 1307Maaş kaydı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 DH_SAİDd_____00019_00036
1891/92AH 1309Babıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 DH_SAİDd_____00019_00036
1892/93AH 1310Babıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 DH_SAİDd_____00019_00036
1892/93AH 1310Babıali Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 DH_SAİDd_____00019_00036
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 Karabet Efendi veled-i Mardiros Yakradonî with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
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.

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