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Nimetullah 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

Nimetullah Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1879/80 (AH 1297), into the Katolik Hristiyan community, and the father's occupation was "Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu azası muhasebeci". Work began in 1899/1900, at about 19. The annual lists begin in 1899/1900, with Nimetullah as Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat-ı Refik memuru and no place named.

The salary went from 350 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to 400 in 1905/06, the peak, when 41 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1905/06.

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. Aleppo (Halep)

    Born 1879/80 (AH 1297)

  2. Suriye as worded, no place record

    1899 to 1906 (AH 1317 to 1323)

    Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat-ı Refik memuru

    350 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323400 kuruşSuriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat-ı Refik memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This 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 Nimetullah Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1903/0435040538%
1904/0535040037%
1905/0640043041%

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 Nimetullah Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1899/1900AH 1317First work
1899 to 1906AH 1317 to 1323Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat-ı Refik memuru
7 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04350
1904/05350
1905/06400
400

Record

Personal

Born
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Birthplace
Aleppo (Halep)
Community
Katolik Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded
Rum
Father's occupation
Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu azası muhasebeci

First work

Year
1899/1900 (AH 1317)

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 73 officials born in Aleppo (Halep), 70 have a recorded salary; Nimetullah Efendi had the 50th highest salary of them.

The page of Aleppo (Halep), with the 73 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317), 126 have a recorded salary; Nimetullah Efendi had the 52nd highest salary of them.

All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Nimetullah Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1899/1900AH 1317Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat-ı Refik memuruSuriyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 133 63
1900/01AH 1318Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat-ı Refik memuruSuriyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 133 63
1901/02AH 1319Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat-ı Refik memuruSuriyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 133 63
1902/03AH 1320Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat-ı Refik memuruSuriyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 133 63
1903/04AH 1321Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat-ı Refik memuruSuriye350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 133 63
1904/05AH 1322Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat-ı Refik memuruSuriye350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 133 63
1905/06AH 1323Suriye Arazi-i Seniyye Komisyonu Tahrirat-ı Refik memuruSuriye400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 133 63
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 Nimetullah 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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