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Sâlih 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

Sâlih Efendi was born in Çemişgezek in 1846/47 (AH 1263). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). At about 24, in 1871/72, Sâlih began work, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1871/72, with Sâlih as Rüsumat Muhafaza Müdürlüğü maiyetinde muhafaza memuru and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1878 to 1883. Sâlih then moved to Bandırma from 1883 to 1885. Alongside, the lists for 1884/85 give a second post, in Akçakoca as a customs official (Rüsumat Memuru), with a rise to Rüsumat Memuru. In place of a title the lists give İstifa (resignation) for 1878.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1871/72 to 400 in 1878, the peak, as Rüsumat Memuru, when 42 per cent of paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 250 kuruş. In all, ten years of salary come to 36,000 kuruş, 69 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1884/85.

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 5 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1883/841884/85145ÇemişgezekBandırmaAkçakoca

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 3 (Boğazada).

  1. Çemişgezek

    Born 1846/47 (AH 1263)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1871 to 1876 (AH 1288 to 1292)

    Rüsumat Muhafaza Müdürlüğü maiyetinde muhafaza memuru

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

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

    1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1295)

    Rüsumat Memuru 1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1295); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1878 (AH 1295)

    350 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  4. Bandırma

    1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)

    No annual entry for 1878 to 1883 (AH 1296 to 1300) before it.

    Bandırma Rüsumat Müdürlüğü manifesto mukayyidi

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Akçakoca (Akçaşehir)

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Rüsumat Memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 1302400 kuruşRüsumat Muhafaza Müdürlüğü maiyetinde muhafaza memuruRüsumat Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 1302This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 Sâlih Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1871/72250420.521%
1872/7325045023%
1873/7425040524%
1874/7525045022%
1875/7635045030036%
1876/7735042030039%
1877/7835045030038%
187840045030042%
1883/8425040040019%
1884/8530040032533928%

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 Sâlih Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1871/72AH 1288First work250first-salary field
1871 to 1876AH 1288 to 1292Rüsumat Muhafaza Müdürlüğü maiyetinde muhafaza memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1871/72250
1872/73250
1873/74250
1874/75250
1875/76250
250
1875 to 1878AH 1292 to 1295Rüsumat Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1875/76350
1876/77350
1877/78350
1878350
1878400
350 to 400
1878AH 1295İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1878 to 1883 (AH 1296 to 1300)
1883 to 1885AH 1301 to 1302Bandırma Rüsumat Müdürlüğü manifesto mukayyidi
2 entries
YearSalary
1883/84250
1884/85250
Bandırma250
1884/85AH 1302Rüsumat MemuruAkçakoca (Akçaşehir)300

Record

Personal

Born
1846/47 (AH 1263)
Birthplace
Çemişgezek

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1871/72 (AH 1288)

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 11 officials with entries in Bandırma in the same years, Sâlih Efendi had the 6th highest salary.

All 64 officials with entries in Bandırma

Same job title, same years

Of the 51 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru in the same years, Sâlih Efendi had the 34th highest salary.

All 117 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Sâlih Efendi had the 287th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 105 officials born in Çemişgezek, 102 have a recorded salary; Sâlih Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

The page of Çemişgezek, with the 105 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1871/72 (AH 1288), 103 have a recorded salary; Sâlih Efendi had the 88th highest salary of them.

All 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1871/72 (AH 1288)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Sâlih Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1871/72AH 1288Rüsumat Muhafaza Müdürlüğü maiyetinde muhafaza memuru250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1872/73AH 1289Rüsumat Muhafaza Müdürlüğü maiyetinde muhafaza memuru250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1873/74AH 1290Rüsumat Muhafaza Müdürlüğü maiyetinde muhafaza memuru250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1874/75AH 1291Rüsumat Muhafaza Müdürlüğü maiyetinde muhafaza memuru250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1875/76AH 1292Rüsumat Muhafaza Müdürlüğü maiyetinde muhafaza memuru250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1875/76AH 1292Rüsumat MemuruBoğazada350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1876/77AH 1293Rüsumat MemuruBoğazada350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1877/78AH 1294Rüsumat MemuruBoğazada350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1878AH 1295Rüsumat MemuruBoğazada350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1878AH 1295Rüsumat MemuruBoğazada400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1878AH 1295İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1883/84AH 1301Bandırma Rüsumat Müdürlüğü manifesto mukayyidiBandırma250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1884/85AH 1302Bandırma Rüsumat Müdürlüğü manifesto mukayyidiBandırma250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
1884/85AH 1302Rüsumat MemuruAkçakoca (Akçaşehir)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records312 DH_SAİDd_____00017_00164
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 Sâlih 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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