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Nikola 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

Born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1865/66 (AH 1282), Nikola Efendi came from the Katolik community; the father's occupation was "Halep Ticaret Mahkemesi tercümanı". Nikola began work in Aleppo in 1885/86, at about 20, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1885/86, with Nikola as Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi in Aleppo, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1888/89. Alongside, the lists for 1888 to 1899 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Ebukalfal Şubesi Numune Çiftliği kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1898/99 give a second post, in Antakya as Antakya Emlak-ı Hümayun memuru.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to a peak of 800 in 1891/92, when three in four paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.

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 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1898/9913AleppoAntakya

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

  1. Aleppo (Halep)

    Born 1865/66 (AH 1282); First work 1885/86 (AH 1303); 1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306)

    Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  2. Ebukalfal as worded, no place record not on the map

    1888 to 1899 (AH 1306 to 1316)

    Ebukalfal Şubesi Numune Çiftliği kâtibi

    500 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

  3. Antakya

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Antakya Emlak-ı Hümayun memuru

    800 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
02004006008001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316800 kuruşEbukalfal Şubesi Numune Çiftliği kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This 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 Nikola Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/861504005009%
1886/871504004509%
1887/881504004509%
1888/8950040055%
1889/9050040056%
1890/9150040056%
1891/9280040075%
1892/9380040076%
1893/9480040077%
1894/9580040076%
1895/9680040075%
1896/9780045074%
1897/9880040078%
1898/9980040078%

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 Nikola Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First workAleppo (Halep)150first-salary field
1885 to 1889AH 1303 to 1306Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisi
5 entries
YearSalary
1885/86150
1886/87150
1887/88150
1887/88150
1888/89150
Aleppo (Halep)150
1888 to 1899AH 1306 to 1316Ebukalfal Şubesi Numune Çiftliği kâtibi
14 entries
YearSalary
1888/89500
1889/90500
1889/90500
1890/91500
1891/92500
1891/92800
1892/93800
1893/94800
1894/95800
1895/96800
1896/97800
1896/97800
1897/98800
1898/99800
500 to 800
1898/99AH 1316Antakya Emlak-ı Hümayun memuruAntakya800

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Birthplace
Aleppo (Halep)
Community
Katolik
Nationality as recorded
Rum
Father's occupation
Halep Ticaret Mahkemesi tercümanı

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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 49 officials with entries in Aleppo (Halep) in the same years, 48 have a recorded salary; Nikola Efendi had the 25th highest salary of them.

All 175 officials with entries in Aleppo (Halep)

Same birthplace

Of the 73 officials born in Aleppo (Halep), 70 have a recorded salary; Nikola Efendi had the 19th highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; Nikola Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Nikola Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisiAleppo (Halep)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1886/87AH 1304Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisiAleppo (Halep)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1887/88AH 1305Halep Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi Muhasebe ve Tahrirat Kalemi görevlisiAleppo (Halep)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1887/88AH 1305Muhasebe Kalemi maiyetiAleppo (Halep)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1888/89AH 1306Muhasebe Kalemi maiyetiAleppo (Halep)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1888/89AH 1306Ebukalfal Şubesi Numune Çiftliği kâtibiEbukalfal500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1889/90AH 1307Ebukalfal Şubesi Numune Çiftliği kâtibiEbukalfal500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1889/90AH 1307Menbiç Şubesi ikinci kâtibiMenbiç500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1890/91AH 1308Menbiç Şubesi ikinci kâtibiMenbiç500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1891/92AH 1309Menbiç Şubesi ikinci kâtibiMenbiç500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1891/92AH 1309Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibiMenbiç800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1892/93AH 1310Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibiMenbiç800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1893/94AH 1311Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibiMenbiç800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1894/95AH 1312Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibiMenbiç800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1895/96AH 1313Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibiMenbiç800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1896/97AH 1314Menbiç Şubesi birinci kâtibiMenbiç800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1896/97AH 1314Ebukalfal Şubesi başkâtibiEbukalfal800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1897/98AH 1315Ebukalfal Şubesi başkâtibiEbukalfal800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1898/99AH 1316Ebukalfal Şubesi başkâtibiEbukalfal800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
1898/99AH 1316Antakya Emlak-ı Hümayun memuruAntakya800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 60 409
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 Nikola 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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