Süleyman Şemsi 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 Süleyman Şemsi Efendi began in Harput in 1859/60 (AH 1276); the father's occupation was "Kasap". Work began in Istanbul in 1887/88, at about 28. Every annual entry from 1887/88 to 1894/95 places Süleyman Şemsi in the same post, Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi mülazımı, in Istanbul.
Pay rose from 20 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to a peak of 60 in 1894/95, in Istanbul, when 2 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 1,560 kuruş, 8 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1894/95.
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.
Born 1859/60 (AH 1276)
First work 1887/88 (AH 1305); 1887 to 1895 (AH 1305 to 1312)
Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi mülazımı 1887 to 1891 (AH 1305 to 1308); Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi görevlisi 1894/95 (AH 1312)
20 to 60 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years
No annual entry for 1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 | 20 | 400 | 525 | 0% | |
| 1889/90 | 20 | 400 | 500 | 0% | |
| 1890/91 | 30 | 400 | 500 | 1% | |
| 1894/95 | 60 | 400 | 530 | 2% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | |
| 1887 to 1891AH 1305 to 1308 | Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 30 |
| No annual entry: 1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311) | |||
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi görevlisi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 60 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1859/60 (AH 1276)
- Birthplace
- Harput
- Father's occupation
- Kasap
First work
- Year
- 1887/88 (AH 1305)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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 340 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 318 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Şemsi Efendi had the 314th highest salary of them.
- Mehmed Said Paşa5 shared years; highest salary 45,000 kuruş
- Sâlih Münir Paşa5 shared years; highest salary 21,500 kuruş
- İbrahim Hayrullah Beğ5 shared years; highest salary 15,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Memduh Beğ5 shared years; highest salary 15,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Murad Bey5 shared years; highest salary 12,000 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Şemsi Efendi had the 159th highest salary of them.
- Hafız Mehmed Tevfik Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 1,080 kuruş
- Haseb Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 15,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Ziya Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 576 kuruş
- Agop Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ahmed Remzi Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 360 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Şemsi Efendi had the 170th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Hamdi Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Karabet Efendi veled-i Mardiros Yakradonîfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 200 kuruş
- Hasan Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; no salary recorded
- Ali Sedat Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mahmud Kemaleddin Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 600 kuruş
All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 51-50 | |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 51-50 | |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi görevlisi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 20 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 51-50 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi görevlisi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 20 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 51-50 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi görevlisi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 20 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 51-50 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi görevlisi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 30 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 51-50 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Defter-i Hakani Nezareti Senedat Kalemi görevlisi | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 60 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 51-50 |
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)