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İsmail Efendi

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 İsmail Efendi began in Silistra (Silistre). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). Work began in İzmit in 1885/86 (AH 1303), on a first salary of 190 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1885/86, with İsmail as Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarı in İzmit, where the entries run to 1894/95. Alongside, the lists for 1894 to 1896 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Emaneten idare olunan aşar muharriri.

The salary went from 190 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to 300 in 1895/96, the peak, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 11 years of salary come to 26,400 kuruş, 50 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1895/96.

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.

  1. İzmit

    First work 1885/86 (AH 1303); 1885 to 1895 (AH 1303 to 1312)

    Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarı

    190 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

  2. Karasu as worded, no place record

    1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)

    Emaneten idare olunan aşar muharriri

    300 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
01002003001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313300 kuruşFırka-i seyyare tahsildarı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This 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 İsmail Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/8619040050012%
1886/8719040055012%
1887/8819040055013%
1888/8919040050014%
1889/9019040050014%
1890/9119040040015%
1891/9219040035014%
1892/9319040025014%
1893/9419040040013%
1894/9519040030014%
1895/9630040027%

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 İsmail Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First workİzmit190first-salary field
1885 to 1895AH 1303 to 1312Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarı
11 entries
YearSalary
1885/86190
1886/87190
1887/88190
1888/89190
1889/90190
1890/91190
1891/92190
1892/93190
1893/94190
1894/95190
1894/95
İzmit190
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313Emaneten idare olunan aşar muharriri
3 entries
YearSalary
1894/95
1894/95
1895/96300
300

Record

Personal

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Place
İzmit

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 20 officials with entries in İzmit in the same years, 19 have a recorded salary; İsmail Efendi had the 17th highest salary of them.

All 55 officials with entries in İzmit

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; İsmail Efendi had the 359th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 54 officials born in Silistra (Silistre), 50 have a recorded salary; İsmail Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

The page of Silistra (Silistre), with the 54 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; İsmail Efendi had the 114th highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İsmail Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarıİzmit190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1886/87AH 1304Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarıİzmit190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1887/88AH 1305Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarıİzmit190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1888/89AH 1306Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarıİzmit190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1889/90AH 1307Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarıİzmit190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1890/91AH 1308Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarıİzmit190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1891/92AH 1309Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarıİzmit190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1892/93AH 1310Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarıİzmit190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1893/94AH 1311Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarıİzmit190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1894/95AH 1312Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarıİzmit190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1894/95AH 1312Fırka-i seyyare tahsildarı (Nakil)İzmitAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1894/95AH 1312Emaneten idare olunan aşar muharririAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1894/95AH 1312Emaneten idare olunan aşar muharriri (İstifa)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153; 199 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153.
1895/96AH 1313Düyun-ı umumiye idaresi kâtibi ve kantarcısı (vekâleten)Karasu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 117/153
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 İsmail Efendi 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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