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Süleyman Ağa

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 Süleyman Ağa began in Gelibolu. Süleyman studied at a primary school (İbtidai Mektebi). The personnel record dates the first work in Gelibolu to 1886/87 (AH 1304), after the first annual entry, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1879/80, names Süleyman as askerlik (geri hizmet), with no place. In 1886/87 the lists place Süleyman in Gelibolu, the birthplace.

The one salary in the lists is 150 kuruş a month, for 1886/87, when one in ten paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1886/87.

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 3 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1886/8713Gelibolu

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded).

  1. Gelibolu

    First work 1886/87 (AH 1304)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1879 to 1885 (AH 1297 to 1302)

    askerlik (geri hizmet)

    entries in 6 years

  3. Gelibolu

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    No annual entry for 1885/86 (AH 1303) before it.

    Rüsumat Müdüriyeti kolcusu

    150 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 entry0501001501879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304150 kuruşaskerlik (geri hizmet)

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 Ağa, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1879 to 1885AH 1297 to 1302askerlik (geri hizmet)
7 entries
YearSalary
1879/80
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1884/85
No annual entry: 1885/86 (AH 1303)
1886/87AH 1304First workGelibolu150first-salary field
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat Müdüriyeti kolcusuGelibolu150

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Gelibolu

Education

School
İbtidai Mektebiprimary school

First work

Year
1886/87 (AH 1304)

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 4 officials with entries in Gelibolu in the same years, Süleyman Ağa had the lowest salary.

All 84 officials with entries in Gelibolu

Same school

Of the 14 officials with İbtidai Mektebi among their schools, 11 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Ağa had the lowest salary of them.

All 14 officials with İbtidai Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 127 officials born in Gelibolu, 118 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Ağa had the 112th highest salary of them.

The page of Gelibolu, with the 127 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 Ağa had the 183rd 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 Ağa
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297askerlik (geri hizmet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1880/81AH 1298askerlik (geri hizmet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299askerlik (geri hizmet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300askerlik (geri hizmet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301askerlik (geri hizmet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302askerlik (geri hizmet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302askerlik (geri hizmet) (Görevin sona ermesi)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat Müdüriyeti kolcusuGelibolu150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Ağa 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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