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Tade 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

Tade Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1851/52 (AH 1268). Work began in Istanbul in 1869/70, at about 17. The first annual entry, for 1869/70, places Tade in Istanbul, the birthplace, as Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı, where the entries run to 1875/76. Alongside, the lists for 1875/76 give a second post, in Benghazi as Bingazi vilayeti tercümanı.

The salary went from 93 kuruş a month in 1871/72 to 710 in 1875/76, the peak, in Benghazi, when 68 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 12,984 kuruş, 49 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1875/76.

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 2 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1875/7612IstanbulBenghazi
  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1851/52 (AH 1268); First work 1869/70 (AH 1286); 1869 to 1876 (AH 1286 to 1292)

    Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı

    93 to 143 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  2. Benghazi (Bingazi)

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Bingazi vilayeti tercümanı

    710 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
02004006008001869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 1292710 kuruşBâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 1292This 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 Tade Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1871/7293420.55006%
1872/73934505005%
1873/74934055005%
1874/75934505004%
1875/7671045068%

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 Tade Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869/70AH 1286First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1869 to 1876AH 1286 to 1292Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımı
8 entries
YearSalary
1869/70
1870/71
1871/7293
1872/7393
1873/7493
1874/7593
1875/7693
1875/76143
Istanbul (Dersaadet)143
1875/76AH 1292Bingazi vilayeti tercümanıBenghazi (Bingazi)710

Record

Personal

Born
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni

First work

Year
1869/70 (AH 1286)

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 193 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 170 have a recorded salary; Tade Efendi had the 141st highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Tade Efendi had the 294th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), 121 have a recorded salary; Tade Efendi had the 63rd highest salary of them.

All 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Tade Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1870/71AH 1287Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1871/72AH 1288Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)93Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1872/73AH 1289Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)93Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1873/74AH 1290Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)93Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1874/75AH 1291Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)93Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1875/76AH 1292Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)93Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1875/76AH 1292Bâbıâli Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Kalemi mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)143Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1875/76AH 1292Bingazi vilayeti tercümanıBenghazi (Bingazi)710Affiliation 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 Tade 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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