İsmail Şevki 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 İsmail Şevki Efendi began in Saimbeyli (Haçin) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The annual lists begin in 1891/92, with İsmail Şevki as Nüfus kâtibi in Bilan. The last entries, from 1893 to 1897, name İsmail Şevki as Nüfus kâtibi, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1894 to 1896.
The salary went from 125 kuruş a month in 1891/92 to 300 in 1896/97, the peak, when 26 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 8,100 kuruş, 40 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1896/97.
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.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Zeytin), stop 4 (Üsküdar 36. Çinili Merkezi, İstanbul).
Born 1873/74 (AH 1290); First work here
Zeytin as worded, no place record not on the map
1893/94 (AH 1311)
Nüfus kâtibi
125 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Üsküdar 36. Çinili Merkezi, İstanbul as worded, no place record not on the map
1896/97 (AH 1314)
No annual entry for 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313) before it.
Polis askeri
300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92 | 125 | 400 | 8% | ||
| 1892/93 | 125 | 400 | 8% | ||
| 1893/94 | 125 | 400 | 8% | ||
| 1896/97 | 300 | 450 | 26% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First work | Saimbeyli (Haçin) | ||
| 1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310 | Nüfus kâtibi | Bilan | 125 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Nüfus kâtibi | 125 | |
| No annual entry: 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313) | |||
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Polis askeri | 300 | |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Saimbeyli (Haçin)
First work
- Place
- Saimbeyli (Haçin)
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 8 officials born in Saimbeyli (Haçin), 7 have a recorded salary; İsmail Şevki Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.
- Haçer Efendiborn 1868/69 (AH 1285); highest salary 135 kuruş
- Ecibyan Agob Efendiborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- MAHMUD NEDĠM EFENDĠborn 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 125 kuruş
- Serkes Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Halil Hilmi Efendiborn 1888/89 (AH 1306); no salary recorded
The page of Saimbeyli (Haçin), with the 8 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; İsmail Şevki Efendi had the 96th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Hilmi Efendifirst entry in Shkodër (İşkodra); highest salary 30 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309); no salary recorded
- Ali Sırrı Efendifirst annual entry 1891/92 (AH 1309); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Cemil Kemal Efendifirst entry in Baghdad (Bağdat); highest salary 75 kuruş
- Hüseyin Avni Efendifirst entry in Koy Sanjaq (Köysancak); highest salary 600 kuruş
All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Nüfus kâtibi | Bilan | 125 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 167/911; 186 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 167/911. |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Nüfus kâtibi | Bilan | 125 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 167/911; 186 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 167/911. |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Nüfus kâtibi (İstifa) | Bilan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 167/911; 186 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 167/911. | |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Nüfus kâtibi | Zeytin | 125 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 167/911; 186 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 167/911. |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Polis askeri | Üsküdar 36. Çinili Merkezi, İstanbul | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 167/911; 186 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 167/911. |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)