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Nikolakis Ohannes 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

Nikolakis Ohannes Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1853/54 (AH 1270); the father's occupation was "Rum Patrikhanesi kapı kethüdası". At about 27, in 1880/81, Nikolakis Ohannes began work, on a first salary of 1,250 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1880/81, names Nikolakis Ohannes as Muzahi müdür muavini, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1881 to 1891. The last posts were in Istanbul, the birthplace, from 1891 to 1895. For 1892 to 1894 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 1,250 kuruş a month in 1880/81 to a peak of 1,700 in 1894/95, in Istanbul, when 91 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 52,200 kuruş, 3.6 times 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.

All 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1891/9213Istanbul

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

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1853/54 (AH 1270)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Muzahi müdür muavini

    1,250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)

    No annual entry for 1881 to 1891 (AH 1299 to 1308) before it.

    Dahiliye Matbaası İdaresi Rumca gazeteler müfettişi 1891/92 (AH 1309); Müvezzi-i Hümayun İdaresi Fransızca başkâtibi 1894/95 (AH 1312)

    600 to 1,700 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry05001,0001,5002,0001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121,700 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 1312This 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 Nikolakis Ohannes Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1880/811,25040086%
1891/921,400400537.586%
1894/951,70040053091%

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 Nikolakis Ohannes Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First work1,250first-salary field
1880/81AH 1298Muzahi müdür muavini1,250
No annual entry: 1881 to 1891 (AH 1299 to 1308)
1891/92AH 1309Dahiliye Matbaası İdaresi Rumca gazeteler müfettişi
2 entries
YearSalary
1891/92600
1891/921,400
Istanbul (Dersaadet)600 to 1,400
No annual entry: 1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)
1894/95AH 1312Müvezzi-i Hümayun İdaresi Fransızca başkâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,700

Record

Personal

Born
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Nationality as recorded
Rum
Father's occupation
Rum Patrikhanesi kapı kethüdası

First work

Year
1880/81 (AH 1298)

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 265 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 256 have a recorded salary; Nikolakis Ohannes Efendi had the 73rd highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Nikolakis Ohannes Efendi had the 150th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Nikolakis Ohannes Efendi had the 19th highest salary of them.

All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Nikolakis Ohannes Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1880/81AH 1298Muzahi müdür muavini1,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records230 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00096/00034, s. 65.
1891/92AH 1309Dahiliye Matbaası İdaresi Rumca gazeteler müfettişiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records230 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00096/00034, s. 65.
1891/92AH 1309Dahiliye Matbaası İdaresi Rumca gazeteler müfettişiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records230 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00096/00034, s. 65.
1894/95AH 1312Müvezzi-i Hümayun İdaresi Fransızca başkâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00096/00034, s. 65.
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 Nikolakis Ohannes 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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