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Recep 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 Recep Efendi began in Tamzara Karyesi, Karahisar-ı Şarki. The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). Work began in 1889/90 (AH 1307). The annual lists begin in 1889/90, with Recep as a candidate official (Mülazım) and no place named. The lists give Infisal for 1893/94 instead of a title.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 200 kuruş a month in 1891/92, when 14 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 7,200 kuruş, 50 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1893/94.

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. Küçükçekmece Mal Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Mülazım

    entries in 1 year

  2. Küçükçekmece as worded, no place record

    1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311)

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

    mal müdürü refakat memuru 1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1893/94 (AH 1311)

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001502001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311200 kuruşMülazımmal müdürü refakat memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311This 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 Recep Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1891/9220040014%
1892/9320040015%
1893/9420040014%

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 Recep Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1889/90AH 1307First work
1889/90AH 1307Mülazım
No annual entry: 1890/91 (AH 1308)
1891 to 1894AH 1309 to 1311mal müdürü refakat memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1891/92200
1892/93200
1893/94200
200
1893/94AH 1311Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Tamzara Karyesi, Karahisar-ı Şarki

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1889/90 (AH 1307)

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 job title, same years

Of the 6 officials with the title Mülazım in the same years, Recep Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 92 officials with the title Mülazım

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Recep Efendi had the 449th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), 180 have a recorded salary; Recep Efendi had the 155th highest salary of them.

All 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Recep Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307MülazımKüçükçekmece Mal KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 69/389; 384 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 69/389.
1891/92AH 1309mal müdürü refakat memuruKüçükçekmece200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 69/389; 384 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 69/389.
1892/93AH 1310mal müdürü refakat memuruKüçükçekmece200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 69/389; 384 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 69/389.
1893/94AH 1311mal müdürü refakat memuruKüçükçekmece200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 69/389; 384 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 69/389.
1893/94AH 1311InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 69/389
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 Recep 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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