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İsa 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 İsa Efendi began in Ürgüp in 1861/62 (AH 1278). İsa began work in Ayvalık in 1881/82, at about 20, on a first salary of 200 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1881/82, places İsa in Ayvalık as Rüsumat müdüriyeti baytarı, where the entries run to 1883/84. Alongside, the lists for 1883/84 give a second post, in a post with no place named as İskele rüsumat kâtibi.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to a peak of 300 in 1883/84, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 8,400 kuruş, 58 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1883/84.

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
1881/8212ÜrgüpAyvalık

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

  1. Ürgüp

    Born 1861/62 (AH 1278)

  2. Ayvalık

    First work 1881/82 (AH 1299); 1881 to 1884 (AH 1299 to 1301)

    Rüsumat müdüriyeti baytarı

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

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

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    İskele rüsumat kâtibi

    300 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
01002003001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301300 kuruşRüsumat müdüriyeti baytarıİskele rüsumat kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301This 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 İsa Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/8220040035013%
1882/8320040012%
1883/8430040028%

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 İsa Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workAyvalık200first-salary field
1881 to 1884AH 1299 to 1301Rüsumat müdüriyeti baytarı
3 entries
YearSalary
1881/82200
1882/83200
1883/84200
Ayvalık200
1883/84AH 1301İskele rüsumat kâtibi300

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Ürgüp

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

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 6 officials with entries in Ayvalık in the same years, İsa Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

All 41 officials with entries in Ayvalık

Same birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; İsa Efendi had the 72nd highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; İsa Efendi had the 123rd highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İsa Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299Rüsumat müdüriyeti baytarıAyvalık200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00016/00124.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsumat müdüriyeti baytarıAyvalık200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00016/00124.
1883/84AH 1301Rüsumat müdüriyeti baytarıAyvalık200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00016/00124.
1883/84AH 1301İskele rüsumat kâtibiİlice300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH, SAİD, d, 00016/00124.
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 İsa 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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