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Süleyman 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

Süleyman Efendi was born in Çemişgezek in 1866/67 (AH 1283); the father was a farmer (çiftçi). The first salary was 120 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with Süleyman as Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahı and no place named. In place of a title the lists give Azil (dismissal) for 1909/10.

Pay rose from 120 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to a peak of 400 in 1908/09, when 42 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 13 years of salary come to 40,800 kuruş, 61 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.

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. Çemişgezek

    Born 1866/67 (AH 1283)

  2. Eczahane-i Hümayun as worded, no place record

    1897 to 1910 (AH 1315 to 1327)

    Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahı 1897 to 1910 (AH 1315 to 1327); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1909/10 (AH 1327)

    120 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327400 kuruşEczahane-i Hümayun cerrahı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This officialMedian, all officials

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 Süleyman Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/981204006%
1898/9924840020%
1899/190024840021%
1900/0124840021%
1901/0224840021%
1902/0324840021%
1903/0424840522%
1904/0524840021%
1905/0624843022%
1906/0724845022%
1907/0824846022%
1908/0940040042%
1909/1040060031%

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 Süleyman Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First work120first-salary field
1897 to 1910AH 1315 to 1327Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahı
16 entries
YearSalary
1897/98120
1898/99120
1898/99248
1899/1900248
1900/01248
1901/02248
1902/03248
1903/04248
1904/05248
1905/06248
1906/07248
1907/08248
1908/09248
1908/09400
1909/10400
1909/10200
120 to 200
1909/10AH 1327Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Birthplace
Çemişgezek
Father's occupation
Çiftçi

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 birthplace

Of the 105 officials born in Çemişgezek, 102 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

The page of Çemişgezek, with the 105 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1898/99AH 1316Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1898/99AH 1316Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun248Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1899/1900AH 1317Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun248Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1900/01AH 1318Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun248Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1901/02AH 1319Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun248Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1902/03AH 1320Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun248Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1903/04AH 1321Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun248Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1904/05AH 1322Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun248Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1905/06AH 1323Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun248Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1906/07AH 1324Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun248Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1907/08AH 1325Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun248Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1908/09AH 1326Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun248Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1908/09AH 1326Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1909/10AH 1327Eczahane-i Hümayun cerrahıEczahane-i Hümayun400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1909/10AH 1327AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
1909/10AH 1327Topkapı Sarayı Eczanesi eczacısıTopkapı Sarayı Eczanesi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records399 DH_SAİDd_____00142_00095
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 Süleyman 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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