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İstepan 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

İstepan Efendi was born in Bursa in 1833/34 (AH 1249) into the Hristiyan community. The first salary was 150 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1878, with İstepan as rüsumat muhafaza müdiriyeti deniz müfettişliği and no place named. For 1880 to 1895 the lists have no entry. The lists give Vefat (death) for 1895/96 instead of a title.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 800 kuruş a month in 1878, when three in four paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 28,800 kuruş, 1.9 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final 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. Bursa

    Born 1833/34 (AH 1249); First work here

  2. Place not recorded

    1878 to 1896 (AH 1295 to 1313)

    rüsumat muhafaza müdiriyeti deniz müfettişliği 1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297); Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job)) 1895/96 (AH 1313)

    640 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313800 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This 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 İstepan Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
187880045074%
1878/7980040073%
1879/8080040074%

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 İstepan Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workBursa150first-salary field
1878 to 1880AH 1295 to 1297rüsumat muhafaza müdiriyeti deniz müfettişliği
4 entries
YearSalary
1878800
1878/79800
1879/80800
1879/80640
800 to 640
No annual entry: 1880 to 1895 (AH 1298 to 1312)
1895/96AH 1313Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1833/34 (AH 1249)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni

First work

Place
Bursa

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 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; İstepan Efendi had the 94th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295), 129 have a recorded salary; İstepan Efendi had the 35th highest salary of them.

  • Petro Savadis Efendifirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 1,400 kuruş
  • Numan Efendifirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 380 kuruş
  • Feyzi Efendifirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
  • Artinfirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 3,000 kuruş
  • Hacı Mehmed Salih Efendifirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 1,000 kuruş

All 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İstepan Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878AH 1295rüsumat muhafaza müdiriyeti deniz müfettişliği800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records23/118; 231
1878/79AH 1296rüsumat muhafaza müdiriyeti deniz müfettişliği800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records23/118; 231
1879/80AH 1297rüsumat muhafaza müdiriyeti deniz müfettişliği800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records23/118; 231
1879/80AH 1297rüsumat muhafaza müdiriyeti deniz müfettişliği640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records23/118; 231
1895/96AH 1313VefatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records23/118; 231
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 İstepan 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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