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Süleyman Şevket 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

Born in Kilitbahir, Süleyman Şevket Efendi came from the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Reis". Süleyman Şevket studied at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

Work began in 1879/80 (AH 1297), on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1879/80, with Süleyman Şevket as Tütün Fabrikası Memuru and no place named. At the same time, from 1882/83, the lists also place Süleyman Şevket in Lapseki as Lapseki Muvakkat Tütün Yoklama ve Tahrir Kâtibi.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to a peak of 450 in 1910/11, when 43 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 31 years of salary come to 101,400 kuruş, 65 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1910/11.

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. Tütün Fabrikası as worded, no place record

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Tütün Fabrikası Memuru

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Kale-i Sultaniyye as worded, no place record

    1881 to 1911 (AH 1299 to 1328)

    No annual entry for 1880/81 (AH 1298) before it.

    Papasyan Agob Efendi Fabrikası Memuru

    125 to 450 kuruş a month; entries in 30 years

  3. Lapseki

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Lapseki Muvakkat Tütün Yoklama ve Tahrir Kâtibi

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328450 kuruşPapasyan Agob Efendi Fabrikası Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328This 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 Şevket Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/8025040019%
1881/8225040019%
1882/8330040027%
1883/8420040012%
1884/8520040012%
1885/8620040013%
1886/8720040013%
1887/8820040014%
1888/8920040015%
1889/9020040015%
1890/9120040015%
1891/9220040014%
1892/9330040027%
1893/9430040027%
1894/9530040028%
1895/9630040027%
1896/9730045026%
1897/9830040028%
1898/9930040027%
1899/190030040029%
1900/0130040029%
1901/0230040029%
1902/0330040028%
1903/0430040529%
1904/0530040029%
1905/0630043029%
1906/0730045029%
1907/0830046029%
1908/0930040032%
1909/1030060022%
1910/1145050043%

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 Şevket Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1879/80AH 1297First work250first-salary field
1879/80AH 1297Tütün Fabrikası Memuru250
No annual entry: 1880/81 (AH 1298)
1881 to 1911AH 1299 to 1328Papasyan Agob Efendi Fabrikası Memuru
38 entries
YearSalary
1881/82250
1882/83250
1882/83
1882/83125
1882/83
1882/83200
1883/84200
1884/85200
1885/86200
1886/87200
1887/88200
1888/89200
1889/90200
1890/91200
1891/92200
1892/93200
1892/93
1892/93300
1893/94300
1894/95300
1895/96300
1896/97300
1897/98300
1898/99300
1899/1900300
1900/01300
1901/02300
1902/03300
1903/04300
1904/05300
1905/06300
1906/07300
1907/08300
1908/09300
1909/10300
1910/11300
1910/11
1910/11450
250 to 450
1882/83AH 1300Lapseki Muvakkat Tütün Yoklama ve Tahrir Kâtibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1882/83300
1882/83
Lapseki300

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kilitbahir
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Reis

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1879/80 (AH 1297)

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 2 officials with entries in Lapseki in the same years, Süleyman Şevket Efendi had the highest salary.

All 6 officials with entries in Lapseki

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Şevket Efendi had the 270th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 2 officials born in Kilitbahir, Süleyman Şevket Efendi had the lowest salary.

The page of Kilitbahir, with the 2 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297), 191 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Şevket Efendi had the 106th highest salary of them.

All 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Şevket Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297Tütün Fabrikası MemuruTütün Fabrikası250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1881/82AH 1299Papasyan Agob Efendi Fabrikası MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1882/83AH 1300Papasyan Agob Efendi Fabrikası MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1882/83AH 1300Papasyan Agob Efendi Fabrikası Memuru (İstifa)Kale-i SultaniyyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1882/83AH 1300Lapseki Muvakkat Tütün Yoklama ve Tahrir KâtibiLapseki300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1882/83AH 1300Lapseki Muvakkat Tütün Yoklama ve Tahrir Kâtibi (İstifa)LapsekiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1882/83AH 1300Tütün Fabrikası MuaviniMaydos125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1882/83AH 1300Tütün Fabrikası Muavini (İstifa)MaydosAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1882/83AH 1300Rüsumat Müdüriyeti MümeyyiziKale-i Sultaniyye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1883/84AH 1301Rüsumat Müdüriyeti MümeyyiziKale-i Sultaniyye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1884/85AH 1302Rüsumat Müdüriyeti MümeyyiziKale-i Sultaniyye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1885/86AH 1303Rüsumat Müdüriyeti MümeyyiziKale-i Sultaniyye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat Müdüriyeti MümeyyiziKale-i Sultaniyye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1887/88AH 1305Rüsumat Müdüriyeti MümeyyiziKale-i Sultaniyye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1888/89AH 1306Rüsumat Müdüriyeti MümeyyiziKale-i Sultaniyye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat Müdüriyeti MümeyyiziKale-i Sultaniyye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1890/91AH 1308Rüsumat Müdüriyeti MümeyyiziKale-i Sultaniyye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1891/92AH 1309Rüsumat Müdüriyeti MümeyyiziKale-i Sultaniyye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1892/93AH 1310Rüsumat Müdüriyeti MümeyyiziKale-i Sultaniyye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1892/93AH 1310Rüsumat Müdüriyeti Mümeyyizi (Nakil)Kale-i SultaniyyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1892/93AH 1310Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1893/94AH 1311Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1894/95AH 1312Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1895/96AH 1313Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1896/97AH 1314Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1897/98AH 1315Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1898/99AH 1316Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1899/1900AH 1317Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1900/01AH 1318Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1901/02AH 1319Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1902/03AH 1320Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1903/04AH 1321Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1904/05AH 1322Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1905/06AH 1323Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1906/07AH 1324Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1907/08AH 1325Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1908/09AH 1326Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1909/10AH 1327Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1910/11AH 1328Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1910/11AH 1328Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar Memuru (Nakil)Kale-i SultaniyyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
1910/11AH 1328Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar ve Eşya-yı Ayniye MemuruKale-i Sultaniyye450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 194/119
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 Şevket 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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