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Samuel 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 Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290), Samuel Efendi came from the Musevi community; the father's occupation was "zahire tüccarı". Work began in Veles (Köprülü) in 1908/09, at about 35, on a first salary of 600 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1908/09, names Samuel as belediye tabibi, with no place.

The one salary in the lists is 600 kuruş a month, for 1908/09, when 61 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.

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
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1908/0912IstanbulVeles

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Köprülü).

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)

  2. Veles (Köprülü)

    First work 1908/09 (AH 1326)

  3. Köprülü as worded, no place record not on the map

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    belediye tabibi

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Career of Samuel Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1908/09AH 1326First workVeles (Köprülü)600first-salary field
1908/09AH 1326belediye tabibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1908/09600
1908/09
600

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Community
Musevi
Nationality as recorded
Yahudi
Father's occupation
zahire tüccarı

First work

Year
1908/09 (AH 1326)

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 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Samuel Efendi had the 310th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 158 officials whose first annual entry is for 1908/09 (AH 1326), 139 have a recorded salary; Samuel Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

  • Tahir Efendifirst annual entry 1908/09 (AH 1326); highest salary 500 kuruş
  • YordanEfendifirst annual entry 1908/09 (AH 1326); highest salary 600 kuruş
  • Mustafa Efendifirst annual entry 1908/09 (AH 1326); highest salary 500 kuruş
  • Osman Nuri Efendifirst annual entry 1908/09 (AH 1326); no salary recorded
  • Arakel Efendifirst annual entry 1908/09 (AH 1326); highest salary 250 kuruş

All 158 officials whose first annual entry is for 1908/09 (AH 1326)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Samuel Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1908/09AH 1326belediye tabibiKöprülü600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00156/00048, s. 93.
1908/09AH 1326belediye tabibi (İstifa)KöprülüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00156/00048, s. 93.
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 Samuel 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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