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RAGIB BEY

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

RAGIB BEY was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). At about 16, in 1884/85, RAGIB began work in Shkodër. Every annual entry from 1884/85 to 1896/97 places RAGIB in the same post, Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı, in Shkodër, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 25 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to a peak of 90 in 1896/97, in Shkodër, when 3 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over nine years the salaries add up to 5,580 kuruş, 12 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1896/97.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0204060801001884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 131490 kuruşVilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314This 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 RAGIB BEY against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1888/89254003001%
1889/90254003000%
1890/91254003001%
1891/92604003002%
1892/93604003502%
1893/94604003502%
1894/95604003002%
1895/96604003002%
1896/97904503253%

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 RAGIB BEY, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1884/85AH 1302First workShkodër (İşkodra)
1884 to 1897AH 1302 to 1314Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı
16 entries
YearSalary
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88
1888/89
1888/8925
1889/9025
1890/9125
1891/9225
1891/9260
1892/9360
1893/9460
1894/9560
1895/9660
1896/9760
1896/9790
Shkodër (İşkodra)90

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)

First work

Year
1884/85 (AH 1302)

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 103 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, 100 have a recorded salary; RAGIB BEY had the 89th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; RAGIB BEY had the 179th highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302), 157 have a recorded salary; RAGIB BEY had the 153rd highest salary of them.

All 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of RAGIB BEY
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1884/85AH 1302Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1885/86AH 1303Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1886/87AH 1304Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1887/88AH 1305Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1888/89AH 1306Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1888/89AH 1306Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi hizmetiShkodër (İşkodra)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1889/90AH 1307Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi hizmetiShkodër (İşkodra)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1890/91AH 1308Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi hizmetiShkodër (İşkodra)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1891/92AH 1309Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi hizmetiShkodër (İşkodra)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1891/92AH 1309Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi hizmetiShkodër (İşkodra)60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1892/93AH 1310Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi hizmetiShkodër (İşkodra)60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1893/94AH 1311Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi hizmetiShkodër (İşkodra)60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1894/95AH 1312Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi hizmetiShkodër (İşkodra)60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1895/96AH 1313Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi hizmetiShkodër (İşkodra)60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1896/97AH 1314Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi hizmetiShkodër (İşkodra)60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
1896/97AH 1314Vilayet Mektupçu Kalemi hizmetiShkodër (İşkodra)90Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111; 376 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/111, s. 219.
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 RAGIB BEY 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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