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Süleyman Sima 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 Sima Efendi was born in Giresun; the father's occupation was "Giresun Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi". The first annual entry, for 1891/92 (AH 1309), names Süleyman Sima as kantarcı, with no place, with a rise to official (Memur) in 1893/94.

Pay rose from 180 kuruş a month in 1891/92 to a peak of 300 in 1893/94, as Memur, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 8,160 kuruş, 56 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1893/94.

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. Piraziz (Abdal) Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi as worded, no place record

    1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311)

    kantarcı

    180 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  2. Piraziz Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi as worded, no place record

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Memur

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311300 kuruşkantarcıMemur
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 Sima Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1891/9218040013%
1892/9320040015%
1893/9430040030027%

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 Sima Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891 to 1894AH 1309 to 1311kantarcı
4 entries
YearSalary
1891/92180
1892/93180
1892/93200
1893/94200
180 to 200
1893/94AH 1311Memur300

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Giresun
Father's occupation
Giresun Ticaret Mahkemesi reisi

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 job title, same years

Of the 6 officials with the title Memur in the same years, Süleyman Sima Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 54 officials with the title Memur

Same birthplace

Of the 72 officials born in Giresun, 67 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Sima Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

The page of Giresun, with the 72 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Sima Efendi had the 96th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Sima Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309kantarcıPiraziz (Abdal) Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 108/123
1892/93AH 1310kantarcıPiraziz (Abdal) Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 108/123
1892/93AH 1310kantarcıPiraziz (Abdal) Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 108/123; 205 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 108/123.
1893/94AH 1311kantarcıPiraziz (Abdal) Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 108/123; 205 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 108/123.
1893/94AH 1311MemurPiraziz Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 108/123
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 Sima 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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