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Süleyman Nayab 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

Süleyman Nayab Efendi was born in Bursa in 1843/44 (AH 1259) into the İslam community. Work began in Bursa in 1860/61, at about 17. The first annual entry, for 1860/61, places Süleyman Nayab in Bursa, the birthplace, as Bursa tahrirat kalemi; mülâzemet, where the entries run to 1862/63. Alongside, the lists for 1862 to 1880 give a second post, in a post with no place named as muhâsebe kalemi maşat kitâbeti refakati. The lists have no entry for 1880 to 1882. At the same time, from 1878 to 1880, the lists also place Süleyman Nayab in İnegöl as İnegöl ... ser tahsildarlığı. The annual lists then follow Süleyman Nayab to Gemlik, Pazarcık and Bigadiç from 1884 to 1902. The last entries, from 1903 to 1909, name Süleyman Nayab as Sanduklı kazası kai’makamlığı, with no place. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1863/64, 1865/66 and 1879/80; Azil (dismissal) for 1891/92. Few careers in the lists are as long; fewer than 2 per cent of the 8,239 officials have entries spanning 50 years or more.

Pay rose from 75 kuruş a month in 1862/63 to a peak of 1,206 in 1893/94, when 87 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 33 years the salaries add up to 240,846 kuruş, 1.5 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.

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 11 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1887/881901/0214679Bursa, GemlikİnegölPazarcıkBigadiç

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 3 (Hüdâvendigâr), stop 5 (Place not recorded), stop 8 (Manastır vilâyeti), stop 10 (Sanduklı), stop 11 (Hassa).

  1. Bursa

    Born 1843/44 (AH 1259); First work 1860/61 (AH 1277); 1860 to 1863 (AH 1277 to 1279)

    Bursa tahrirat kalemi; mülâzemet

    entries in 3 years

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1862 to 1866 (AH 1279 to 1282)

    muhâsebe kalemi maşat kitâbeti refakati 1862 to 1866 (AH 1279 to 1282); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1863 to 1866 (AH 1280 to 1282)

    75 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  3. Hüdâvendigâr as worded, no place record not on the map

    1867 to 1880 (AH 1284 to 1297)

    No annual entry for 1866/67 (AH 1283) before it.

    Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliği

    250 to 460 kuruş a month; entries in 14 years

  4. İnegöl

    1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)

    İnegöl ... ser tahsildarlığı 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1879/80 (AH 1297)

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Place not recorded not on the map

    1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301)

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299) before it.

    İnegöl ... ser tahsildarlığı

    entries in 2 years

  6. Gemlik

    1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)

    Gemlik kazaları ser tahsildarlığı

    entries in 2 years

  7. Pazarcık

    1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309)

    No annual entry for 1886/87 (AH 1304) before it.

    Pazarcık nahiyesi müdiriyeti 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1891/92 (AH 1309)

    520 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  8. Manastır vilâyeti as worded, no place record not on the map

    1893 to 1900 (AH 1311 to 1317)

    No annual entry for 1892/93 (AH 1310) before it.

    (Okunamadı) kazası ka’imakamlığı

    1,120 to 1,206 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  9. Bigadiç

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    No annual entry for 1900/01 (AH 1318) before it.

    Bigadiç kazası kai’makamlığı

    1,120 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  10. Sanduklı as worded, no place record not on the map

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    No annual entry for 1902/03 (AH 1320) before it.

    Sanduklı kazası kai’makamlığı

    entries in 1 year

  11. Hassa as worded, no place record not on the map

    1907 to 1909 (AH 1325 to 1326)

    No annual entry for 1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324) before it.

    Hassa kazası ka’imakamlığı

    1,093.5 to 1,108 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entryno entryno entry05001,0001,5001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 13251,206 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0001863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 13201907/08AH 1325This 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 Süleyman Nayab Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1862/63754003%
1863/6415047511%
1864/6515040011%
1865/6625040022%
1867/6825045821%
1868/6925047520%
1869/7030040031%
1870/7130040030%
1871/72350420.538%
1872/7335045038%
1873/7438040542%
1874/7538045041%
1875/7638045039%
1876/7738042041%
1877/7838045040%
187844045049%
1878/7960040040063%
1879/8060040038065%
1887/8852040045062%
1888/8952040040064%
1889/9052040040064%
1890/9152040040063%
1891/9252040050063%
1893/941,20640087%
1894/951,20640086%
1895/961,20640085%
1896/971,20645085%
1897/981,12040086%
1898/991,12040086%
1899/19001,12040085%
1901/021,12040030083%
1907/081,10846081%
1908/091,093.540078%

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 Süleyman Nayab Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1860/61AH 1277First workBursa
1860 to 1863AH 1277 to 1279Bursa tahrirat kalemi; mülâzemet
3 entries
YearSalary
1860/61
1861/62
1862/63
Bursa
1862 to 1866AH 1279 to 1282muhâsebe kalemi maşat kitâbeti refakati
6 entries
YearSalary
1862/6375
1863/6475
1863/64150
1864/65150
1865/66150
1865/66250
75 to 250
1863/64AH 1280Infisala note on status, not a job
1865/66AH 1282Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1866/67 (AH 1283)
1867 to 1880AH 1284 to 1297Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliği
24 entries
YearSalary
1867/68250
1868/69250
1869/70250
1869/70300
1870/71300
1871/72300
1871/72340
1871/72320
1871/72350
1872/73350
1873/74350
1873/74380
1874/75380
1875/76380
1876/77380
1877/78380
1878380
1878420
1878440
1878/79440
1878/79460
1878/79330
1879/80330
1879/80270
250 to 270
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297İnegöl ... ser tahsildarlığı
2 entries
YearSalary
1878/79600
1879/80600
İnegöl600
1879/80AH 1297Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299)
1882 to 1884AH 1300 to 1301İnegöl ... ser tahsildarlığı
2 entries
YearSalary
1882/83
1883/84
1884 to 1886AH 1302 to 1303Gemlik kazaları ser tahsildarlığı
2 entries
YearSalary
1884/85
1885/86
Gemlik
No annual entry: 1886/87 (AH 1304)
1887 to 1892AH 1305 to 1309Pazarcık nahiyesi müdiriyeti
5 entries
YearSalary
1887/88520
1888/89520
1889/90520
1890/91520
1891/92520
Pazarcık520
1891/92AH 1309Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)Pazarcık
No annual entry: 1892/93 (AH 1310)
1893 to 1900AH 1311 to 1317(Okunamadı) kazası ka’imakamlığı
10 entries
YearSalary
1893/941,206
1894/951,206
1895/961,206
1896/971,206
1896/971,120
1896/971,120
1897/981,120
1898/991,120
1899/19001,120
1899/19001,120
1,206 to 1,120
No annual entry: 1900/01 (AH 1318)
1901/02AH 1319Bigadiç kazası kai’makamlığıBigadiç1,120
No annual entry: 1902/03 (AH 1320)
1903/04AH 1321Sanduklı kazası kai’makamlığı
No annual entry: 1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324)
1907 to 1909AH 1325 to 1326Hassa kazası ka’imakamlığı
2 entries
YearSalary
1907/081,108
1908/091,093.5
1,108 to 1,093.5

Record

Personal

Born
1843/44 (AH 1259)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1860/61 (AH 1277)
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 place, same years

Of the 8 officials with entries in Bursa in the same years, Süleyman Nayab Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

All 156 officials with entries in Bursa

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Nayab Efendi had the 74th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 38 officials whose first annual entry is for 1860/61 (AH 1277), 32 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Nayab Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

All 38 officials whose first annual entry is for 1860/61 (AH 1277)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Nayab Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1860/61AH 1277Bursa tahrirat kalemi; mülâzemetBursaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1861/62AH 1278Bursa tahrirat kalemi; mülâzemetBursaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1862/63AH 1279Bursa tahrirat kalemi; mülâzemetBursaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1862/63AH 1279muhâsebe kalemi maşat kitâbeti refakati75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1863/64AH 1280muhâsebe kalemi maşat kitâbeti refakati75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1863/64AH 1280InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1863/64AH 1280tahrir-i emlak kitâbeti150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1864/65AH 1281tahrir-i emlak kitâbeti150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1865/66AH 1282tahrir-i emlak kitâbeti150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1865/66AH 1282tahrir-i emlak kitâbeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1865/66AH 1282InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1867/68AH 1284Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1868/69AH 1285Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1869/70AH 1286Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1869/70AH 1286Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1870/71AH 1287Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1871/72AH 1288Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1871/72AH 1288Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr340Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1871/72AH 1288Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1871/72AH 1288Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1872/73AH 1289Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1873/74AH 1290Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1873/74AH 1290Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1874/75AH 1291Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1875/76AH 1292Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1876/77AH 1293Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1877/78AH 1294Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1878AH 1295Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1878AH 1295Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr420Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1878AH 1295Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1878/79AH 1296Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1878/79AH 1296Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr460Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1878/79AH 1296Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1878/79AH 1296İnegöl ... ser tahsildarlığıİnegöl600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1879/80AH 1297Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1879/80AH 1297Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti divan mütemeyyiz mukayidliğiHüdâvendigâr270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1879/80AH 1297InfisalHüdâvendigârAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1879/80AH 1297İnegöl ... ser tahsildarlığıİnegöl600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1882/83AH 1300İnegöl ... ser tahsildarlığıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1883/84AH 1301İnegöl ... ser tahsildarlığıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1884/85AH 1302Gemlik kazaları ser tahsildarlığıGemlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1885/86AH 1303Gemlik kazaları ser tahsildarlığıGemlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1887/88AH 1305Pazarcık nahiyesi müdiriyetiPazarcık520Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1888/89AH 1306Pazarcık nahiyesi müdiriyetiPazarcık520Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1889/90AH 1307Pazarcık nahiyesi müdiriyetiPazarcık520Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1890/91AH 1308Pazarcık nahiyesi müdiriyetiPazarcık520Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1891/92AH 1309Pazarcık nahiyesi müdiriyetiPazarcık520Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1891/92AH 1309AzilPazarcıkAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1893/94AH 1311(Okunamadı) kazası ka’imakamlığıManastır vilâyeti1,206Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1894/95AH 1312(Okunamadı) kazası ka’imakamlığıManastır vilâyeti1,206Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1895/96AH 1313(Okunamadı) kazası ka’imakamlığıManastır vilâyeti1,206Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1896/97AH 1314(Okunamadı) kazası ka’imakamlığıManastır vilâyeti1,206Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1896/97AH 1314(Okunamadı) kazası ka’imakamlığıManastır vilâyeti1,120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1896/97AH 1314Pravişte ka’imakamlığıSelanik vilâyeti1,120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1897/98AH 1315Pravişte ka’imakamlığıSelanik vilâyeti1,120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1898/99AH 1316Pravişte ka’imakamlığıSelanik vilâyeti1,120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1899/1900AH 1317Pravişte ka’imakamlığıSelanik vilâyeti1,120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1899/1900AH 1317Bala kazası ka’imakamlığıHüdâvendigâr vilâyeti1,120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1901/02AH 1319Bigadiç kazası kai’makamlığıBigadiç1,120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1903/04AH 1321Sanduklı kazası kai’makamlığıSanduklıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1907/08AH 1325Hassa kazası ka’imakamlığıHassa1,108Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
1908/09AH 1326Mihalıççık kazası kai’makamlığıAnkara vilâyeti1,093.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records42/182; 361
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 Nayab 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.

Subjects