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Nikolaki 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

Nikolaki Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin). The schooling was at a community school (Millet Mektebi). Work began in 1879/80 (AH 1297), on a first salary of 500 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1879/80, with Nikolaki as Sandık Sarrafı and no place named. At the same time, from 1883 to 1885, the lists also place Nikolaki in Geyve as Hükümet Sandık Sarrafı. Alongside, the lists for 1884 to 1888 give a second post, in Ayvalık as Muhasebe Müfettişi. Alongside, the lists for 1887 to 1893 give a second post, in Çankırı as Muhasebe Müdürü. Alongside, the lists for 1892 to 1895 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Memlaha Müdürü. The lists give Vefat (death) for 1894/95 instead of a title.

Pay rose from 500 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to a peak of 1,200 in 1892/93, when 85 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 15 years of salary come to 168,000 kuruş, 2.3 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1894/95.

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.

All 5 stops
place of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1884/851887/88234GeyveAyvalıkÇankırı

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 1 (İzmit Rüsumat Merkez Müdüriyeti), stop 5 (Karaburun (Ahurlu)).

  1. İzmit Rüsumat Merkez Müdüriyeti as worded, no place record not on the map

    1879 to 1884 (AH 1297 to 1301)

    Sandık Sarrafı

    500 to 650 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  2. Geyve

    1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)

    Hükümet Sandık Sarrafı

    360 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Ayvalık

    1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305)

    Muhasebe Müfettişi

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  4. Çankırı

    1887 to 1893 (AH 1305 to 1310)

    Muhasebe Müdürü

    1,000 to 1,100 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  5. Karaburun (Ahurlu) as worded, no place record not on the map

    1892 to 1895 (AH 1310 to 1312)

    Memlaha Müdürü 1892 to 1895 (AH 1310 to 1312); Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job)) 1894/95 (AH 1312)

    1,200 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
05001,0001,5001879/80AH 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 13121,200 kuruşSandık SarrafıMuhasebe MüfettişiMuhasebe MüdürüMemlaha Müdürü
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001879/80AH 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 1312This 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 Nikolaki Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/8050040057%
1880/8165040074%
1881/8265040073%
1882/8365040073%
1883/8465040074%
1884/851,00040080%
1885/861,00040080%
1886/871,00040080%
1887/881,00040060078%
1889/901,10040030084%
1890/911,10040030082%
1891/921,10040036083%
1892/931,20040085%
1893/941,20040085%
1894/951,20040084%

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 Nikolaki Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1879/80AH 1297First work500first-salary field
1879 to 1884AH 1297 to 1301Sandık Sarrafı
7 entries
YearSalary
1879/80500
1880/81
1880/81650
1881/82650
1882/83650
1883/84650
1883/84
500
1883 to 1885AH 1301 to 1302Hükümet Sandık Sarrafı
3 entries
YearSalary
1883/84360
1884/85360
1884/85
Geyve360
1884 to 1888AH 1302 to 1305Muhasebe Müfettişi
5 entries
YearSalary
1884/851,000
1885/861,000
1886/871,000
1887/881,000
1887/88
Ayvalık1,000
1887 to 1893AH 1305 to 1310Muhasebe Müdürü
8 entries
YearSalary
1887/881,000
1888/89
1889/90
1889/901,100
1890/911,100
1891/921,100
1892/931,100
1892/93
Çankırı1,000
1892 to 1895AH 1310 to 1312Memlaha Müdürü
4 entries
YearSalary
1892/931,200
1893/941,200
1894/951,200
1894/95
1,200
1894/95AH 1312Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Nationality as recorded
Ermeni

Education

School
Millet Mektebicommunity school (school of a non-Muslim community)

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 24 officials with entries in Çankırı in the same years, Nikolaki Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 75 officials with entries in Çankırı

Same school

Of the 48 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, 45 have a recorded salary; Nikolaki Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.

All 48 officials with Millet Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 74 officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin), 62 have a recorded salary; Nikolaki Efendi had the 20th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemaliye (Eğin), with the 74 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; Nikolaki Efendi had the 31st 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 Nikolaki Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297Sandık Sarrafıİzmit Rüsumat Merkez Müdüriyeti500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1880/81AH 1298Sandık Sarrafıİzmit Rüsumat Merkez MüdüriyetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1880/81AH 1298Sandık Sarrafıİzmit Rüsumat Merkez Müdüriyeti650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1881/82AH 1299Sandık Sarrafıİzmit Rüsumat Merkez Müdüriyeti650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1882/83AH 1300Sandık Sarrafıİzmit Rüsumat Merkez Müdüriyeti650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1883/84AH 1301Sandık Sarrafıİzmit Rüsumat Merkez Müdüriyeti650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1883/84AH 1301Sandık Sarrafı (İstifa)İzmit Rüsumat Merkez MüdüriyetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1883/84AH 1301Hükümet Sandık SarrafıGeyve360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1884/85AH 1302Hükümet Sandık SarrafıGeyve360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1884/85AH 1302Hükümet Sandık Sarrafı (Nakil)GeyveAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1884/85AH 1302Muhasebe MüfettişiAyvalık1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1885/86AH 1303Muhasebe MüfettişiAyvalık1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1886/87AH 1304Muhasebe MüfettişiAyvalık1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1887/88AH 1305Muhasebe MüfettişiAyvalık1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1887/88AH 1305Muhasebe Müfettişi (Nakil)AyvalıkAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1887/88AH 1305Muhasebe MüdürüÇankırı1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1888/89AH 1306Muhasebe MüdürüÇankırıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1889/90AH 1307Muhasebe MüdürüÇankırıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1889/90AH 1307Muhasebe MüdürüÇankırı1,100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1890/91AH 1308Muhasebe MüdürüÇankırı1,100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1891/92AH 1309Muhasebe MüdürüÇankırı1,100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1892/93AH 1310Muhasebe MüdürüÇankırı1,100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1892/93AH 1310Muhasebe Müdürü (Nakil)ÇankırıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1892/93AH 1310Memlaha MüdürüKaraburun (Ahurlu)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1893/94AH 1311Memlaha MüdürüKaraburun (Ahurlu)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1894/95AH 1312Memlaha MüdürüKaraburun (Ahurlu)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1894/95AH 1312Memlaha Müdürü (Vefat)Karaburun (Ahurlu)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records150 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453.
1894/95AH 1312VefatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 57/453
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 Nikolaki 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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