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Mikail 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 Mikail Efendi began in Bandırma in 1851/52 (AH 1268). Work began in 1869/70, at about 17, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1869/70, names Mikail as Takvim-i Vekayi mukayyidi, with no place. For 1872 to 1882 the lists have no entry.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 300 kuruş a month in 1869/70, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 13,800 kuruş, 70 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1882/83.

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. Bandırma

    Born 1851/52 (AH 1268)

  2. Matbaa-i Âmire as worded, no place record

    1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288)

    Takvim-i Vekayi mukayyidi

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Alaçatı as worded, no place record

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    No annual entry for 1872 to 1882 (AH 1289 to 1299) before it.

    Alaçatı Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibi

    250 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 entry01002003001869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300300 kuruşTakvim-i Vekayi mukayyidi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300This 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 Mikail Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1869/7030040031%
1870/7130040030%
1871/72300420.530%
1882/8325040019%

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 Mikail Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869/70AH 1286First work300first-salary field
1869 to 1872AH 1286 to 1288Takvim-i Vekayi mukayyidi
4 entries
YearSalary
1869/70300
1870/71300
1871/72300
1871/72
300
No annual entry: 1872 to 1882 (AH 1289 to 1299)
1882/83AH 1300Alaçatı Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibi250

Record

Personal

Born
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Birthplace
Bandırma

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 birthplace

Of the 41 officials born in Bandırma, 37 have a recorded salary; Mikail Efendi had the 23rd highest salary of them.

The page of Bandırma, with the 41 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; Mikail Efendi had the 105th 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 Mikail Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Takvim-i Vekayi mukayyidiMatbaa-i Âmire300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1870/71AH 1287Takvim-i Vekayi mukayyidiMatbaa-i Âmire300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1871/72AH 1288Takvim-i Vekayi mukayyidiMatbaa-i Âmire300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1871/72AH 1288Takvim-i Vekayi mukayyidi (İstifa)Matbaa-i ÂmireAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Alaçatı Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibiAlaçatı250Affiliation 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 Mikail 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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