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İlyas 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 İlyas Efendi began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Work began in Shkodër in 1886/87, at about 18. From the first annual entry, for 1886/87, to 1891/92, every annual entry places İlyas in the same post, Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı, in Shkodër, the birthplace.

The salary went from 25 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to 60 in 1891/92, the peak, in Shkodër, when 2 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 1,620 kuruş, 8 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1891/92.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02040601886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 130960 kuruşVilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309This 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 İlyas Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1888/89254003001%
1889/90254003000%
1890/91254003001%
1891/92604003002%

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 İlyas Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1886/87AH 1304First workShkodër (İşkodra)
1886 to 1892AH 1304 to 1309Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı
8 entries
YearSalary
1886/87
1887/88
1888/89
1888/8925
1889/9025
1890/9125
1891/9225
1891/9260
Shkodër (İşkodra)60

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)

First work

Year
1886/87 (AH 1304)

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 71 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, 68 have a recorded salary; İlyas Efendi had the 63rd highest salary of them.

All 191 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; İlyas Efendi had the 183rd highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304), 156 have a recorded salary; İlyas Efendi had the 155th highest salary of them.

All 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İlyas Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1886/87AH 1304Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105, s. 207.
1887/88AH 1305Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105, s. 207.
1888/89AH 1306Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105, s. 207.
1888/89AH 1306Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi görevlisiShkodër (İşkodra)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105; 299 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105, s. 207.
1889/90AH 1307Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi görevlisiShkodër (İşkodra)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105; 299 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105, s. 207.
1890/91AH 1308Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi görevlisiShkodër (İşkodra)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105; 299 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105, s. 207.
1891/92AH 1309Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi görevlisiShkodër (İşkodra)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105; 299 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105, s. 207.
1891/92AH 1309Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi görevlisiShkodër (İşkodra)60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105; 299 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/105, s. 207.
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 İlyas 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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