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SALİH SABRİ EFENDİ

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

Born in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1845 (AH 1261), SALİH SABRİ EFENDİ was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Work began in Komotini in 1882/83, at about 38, on a first salary of 360 kuruş. Of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known, fewer than 4 per cent started at 38 or older. The annual lists begin in 1882/83, with SALİH SABRİ as Mahkeme-i Bidayet azası in Komotini, the birthplace. Alongside, the lists for 1883/84 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Görevin sona ermesi. The last posts were in Sultanyeri in 1885/86 and Smolyan in 1887/88 and Keşan in 1904/05. For 1888 to 1904 the lists have no entry.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 360 kuruş a month in 1882/83, in Komotini, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1904/05.

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 5 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1885/861887/881904/051345KomotiniSultanyeriSmolyanKeşan

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded).

  1. Komotini (Gümülcine)

    Born 1845 (AH 1261); First work 1882/83 (AH 1300); 1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301)

    Mahkeme-i Bidayet azası

    360 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    Görevin sona ermesi

    entries in 1 year

  3. Sultanyeri

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    No annual entry for 1884/85 (AH 1302) before it.

    İhale-i Aşar memuru (Menafi müdürü)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Smolyan (Ahiçelebi)

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

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

    Tahkik Memuru

    entries in 1 year

  5. Keşan

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    No annual entry for 1888 to 1904 (AH 1306 to 1321) before it.

    Tahsilat müfettişi

    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 entryno entryno entry01002003004001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322360 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322This 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 SALİH SABRİ EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/8336040042544%
1883/8436040040043%

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 SALİH SABRİ EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First workKomotini (Gümülcine)360first-salary field
1882 to 1884AH 1300 to 1301Mahkeme-i Bidayet azası
2 entries
YearSalary
1882/83360
1883/84360
Komotini (Gümülcine)360
1883/84AH 1301Görevin sona ermesi
No annual entry: 1884/85 (AH 1302)
1885/86AH 1303İhale-i Aşar memuru (Menafi müdürü)Sultanyeri
No annual entry: 1886/87 (AH 1304)
1887/88AH 1305Tahkik MemuruSmolyan (Ahiçelebi)
No annual entry: 1888 to 1904 (AH 1306 to 1321)
1904/05AH 1322Tahsilat müfettişiKeşan

Record

Personal

Born
1845 (AH 1261)
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)

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 22 officials with entries in Komotini (Gümülcine) in the same years, 20 have a recorded salary; SALİH SABRİ EFENDİ had the 15th highest salary of them.

All 86 officials with entries in Komotini (Gümülcine)

Same birthplace

Of the 64 officials born in Komotini (Gümülcine), 59 have a recorded salary; SALİH SABRİ EFENDİ had the 37th highest salary of them.

The page of Komotini (Gümülcine), with the 64 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; SALİH SABRİ EFENDİ had the 131st highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of SALİH SABRİ EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Mahkeme-i Bidayet azasıKomotini (Gümülcine)360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records216 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 139/415.
1883/84AH 1301Mahkeme-i Bidayet azasıKomotini (Gümülcine)360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records216 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 139/415.
1883/84AH 1301Görevin sona ermesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records216 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 139/415.
1885/86AH 1303İhale-i Aşar memuru (Menafi müdürü)SultanyeriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records216 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 139/415.
1887/88AH 1305Tahkik MemuruSmolyan (Ahiçelebi)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records216 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 139/415.
1904/05AH 1322Tahsilat müfettişiKeşanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records216 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 139/415.
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 SALİH SABRİ EFENDİ 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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