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Kasti Çaliki 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

The life of Kasti Çaliki Efendi began in Istanbul in 1864/65 (AH 1281). Work began in 1887/88, at about 23, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1887/88, with Kasti Çaliki as Şehir Dairesi Memuru and no place named.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1887/88 to a peak of 500 in 1891/92, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final 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.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1864/65 (AH 1281)

  2. Galata Postahanesi, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1887 to 1895 (AH 1305 to 1312)

    Şehir Dairesi Memuru

    250 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 1312500 kuruşŞehir Dairesi Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 1312This 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 Kasti Çaliki Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1887/8840040043%
1888/8940040045%
1889/9040040046%
1890/9140040045%
1891/9250040056%
1892/9350040056%
1893/9450040055%
1894/9550040055%

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 Kasti Çaliki Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First work250first-salary field
1887 to 1895AH 1305 to 1312Şehir Dairesi Memuru
11 entries
YearSalary
1887/88250
1887/88400
1888/89400
1889/90400
1890/91400
1891/92400
1891/92500
1892/93500
1893/94500
1894/95500
1894/95
250

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Nationality as recorded
Rum

First work

Year
1887/88 (AH 1305)

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 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Kasti Çaliki Efendi had the 342nd highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; Kasti Çaliki Efendi had the 64th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Kasti Çaliki Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305Şehir Dairesi MemuruGalata Postahanesi, İstanbul250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.
1887/88AH 1305Şehir Dairesi MemuruGalata Postahanesi, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records226 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.
1888/89AH 1306Şehir Dairesi MemuruGalata Postahanesi, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records226 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.
1889/90AH 1307Şehir Dairesi MemuruGalata Postahanesi, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records226 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.
1890/91AH 1308Şehir Dairesi MemuruGalata Postahanesi, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records226 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.
1891/92AH 1309Şehir Dairesi MemuruGalata Postahanesi, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records226 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.
1891/92AH 1309Şehir Dairesi MemuruGalata Postahanesi, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records226 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.
1892/93AH 1310Şehir Dairesi MemuruGalata Postahanesi, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records226 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.
1893/94AH 1311Şehir Dairesi MemuruGalata Postahanesi, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records226 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.
1894/95AH 1312Şehir Dairesi MemuruGalata Postahanesi, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records226 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.
1894/95AH 1312Şehir Dairesi Memuru (İnfisal)Galata Postahanesi, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records226 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00065/00141, s. 279.
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 Kasti Çaliki 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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