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Papasyan Tomas 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

Papasyan Tomas Efendi was born in Bilecik in 1864/65 (AH 1281) into the Hristiyan community; the father's occupation was "Papaz". Work began in Ertugrul in 1885/86, at about 21, on a first salary of 0 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1885/86, with Papasyan Tomas as Ertuğrul Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi in Ertugrul, where the entries run to 1891/92. The lists have no entry for 1892 to 1899. The last post was in İnegöl in 1899/1900.

The salary went from 0 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to 400 in 1891/92, the peak, in Ertugrul, when 45 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 8,400 kuruş, 29 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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
1885/861899/1900123Bilecik, Ertugrulİnegöl
  1. Bilecik

    Born 1864/65 (AH 1281)

  2. Ertugrul

    First work 1885/86 (AH 1303); 1885 to 1892 (AH 1303 to 1309)

    Ertuğrul Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi

    0 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  3. İnegöl

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    No annual entry for 1892 to 1899 (AH 1310 to 1316) before it.

    Ziraat Bankası sandık muhasebe kâtip vekili (İnfisal)

    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 entry01002003004001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317400 kuruşErtuğrul Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This 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 Papasyan Tomas Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/8604004000%
1886/8704004000%
1887/8804003700%
1888/8904003500%
1890/9130040035028%
1891/9240040035045%

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 Papasyan Tomas Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First workErtugrul0first-salary field
1885 to 1892AH 1303 to 1309Ertuğrul Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
10 entries
YearSalary
1885/860
1886/870
1887/880
1888/890
1888/89
1889/90
1890/91
1890/91300
1891/92300
1891/92400
Ertugrul0 to 400
No annual entry: 1892 to 1899 (AH 1310 to 1316)
1899/1900AH 1317Ziraat Bankası sandık muhasebe kâtip vekili (İnfisal)İnegöl

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Birthplace
Bilecik
Community
Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
Papaz

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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 13 officials with entries in Ertugrul in the same years, 12 have a recorded salary; Papasyan Tomas Efendi had the 5th highest salary of them.

All 27 officials with entries in Ertugrul

Same birthplace

Of the 51 officials born in Bilecik, 45 have a recorded salary; Papasyan Tomas Efendi had the 22nd highest salary of them.

The page of Bilecik, with the 51 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; Papasyan Tomas Efendi had the 91st highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Papasyan Tomas Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Ertuğrul Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiErtugrul0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267; 108 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267.
1886/87AH 1304Ertuğrul Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiErtugrul0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267; 108 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267.
1887/88AH 1305Ertuğrul Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiErtugrul0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267; 108 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267.
1888/89AH 1306Ertuğrul Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiErtugrul0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267; 108 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267.
1888/89AH 1306Ziraat Bankası şubesi görevlisiErtugrulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267; 108 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267.
1889/90AH 1307Ziraat Bankası şubesi görevlisiErtugrulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267; 108 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267.
1890/91AH 1308Ziraat Bankası şubesi görevlisiErtugrulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267; 108 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267.
1890/91AH 1308Bayındırlık görevlisiErtugrul300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267; 108 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267.
1891/92AH 1309Bayındırlık görevlisiErtugrul300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267; 108 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267.
1891/92AH 1309Ziraat Bankası şube kâtibiErtugrul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267; 108 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267.
1899/1900AH 1317Ziraat Bankası sandık muhasebe kâtip vekili (İnfisal)İnegölAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267; 108 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:136, S.267.
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 Papasyan Tomas 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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