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Pozik Yosef Azaryan

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

Born in Istanbul in 1848/49 (AH 1265) into the Katolik community, Pozik Yosef Azaryan was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Work began in 1871/72, at about 22, on a first salary of 1,000 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1871/72, with Pozik Yosef Azaryan as Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi muhasebe memuru and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1877/78 give a second post, in Zara as Şehbender. The annual lists then follow Pozik Yosef Azaryan to Vidin from 1879 to 1886. Alongside, the lists for 1882 to 1887 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Başşehbender.

Pay rose from 1,250 kuruş a month in 1871/72 to a peak of 3,500 in 1877/78, when 95 per cent of paid officials earned less. On average the pay stood in the top 7.7 per cent of each year's paid officials; fewer than 3 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more stood as high. The final annual entry is for 1886/87.

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 6 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1877/781879/80134IstanbulZaraVidin

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi), stop 5 (Parsilon), stop 6 (Zare).

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1848/49 (AH 1265)

  2. Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1871 to 1880 (AH 1288 to 1297)

    Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi muhasebe memuru 1871 to 1880 (AH 1288 to 1297); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1876/77 (AH 1293)

    1,000 to 3,500 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

  3. Zara

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Şehbender

    entries in 1 year

  4. Vidin

    1879 to 1886 (AH 1297 to 1303)

    Tüccar vekili

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  5. Parsilon as worded, no place record not on the map

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Başşehbender

    entries in 1 year

  6. Zare as worded, no place record not on the map

    1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304)

    Şehbender

    3,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01,0002,0003,0004,0001871/72AH 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 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13043,500 kuruşTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi muhasebe memuruŞehbenderTüccar vekiliŞehbender
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,0001871/72AH 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 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304This 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 Pozik Yosef Azaryan against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1871/721,250420.580%
1872/731,90045087%
1873/742,20040589%
1874/752,20045091%
1875/762,20045090%
1876/772,20042091%
1877/783,50045095%
18783,50045095%
1878/793,50040094%
1879/803,50040095%
1880/812,0004002,00093%
1881/822,00040092%
1882/832,00040093%
1883/842,0004002,00093%
1884/852,00040092%
1885/863,00040095%
1886/873,00040095%

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 Pozik Yosef Azaryan, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1871/72AH 1288First work1,000first-salary field
1871 to 1880AH 1288 to 1297Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi muhasebe memuru
16 entries
YearSalary
1871/72
1871/721,000
1871/721,250
1871/721,185
1872/73
1872/731,185
1872/731,900
1873/741,900
1873/742,200
1874/752,200
1875/762,200
1876/772,200
1877/783,500
18783,500
1878/793,500
1879/803,500
3,500
1876/77AH 1293İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
1877/78AH 1294ŞehbenderZara
1879 to 1886AH 1297 to 1303Tüccar vekili
8 entries
YearSalary
1879/80
1879/802,000
1880/812,000
1881/822,000
1882/832,000
1883/842,000
1884/852,000
1885/862,000
Vidin2,000
1882/83AH 1300Başşehbender
1885 to 1887AH 1303 to 1304Şehbender
3 entries
YearSalary
1885/863,000
1886/873,000
1886/873,000
3,000

Record

Personal

Born
1848/49 (AH 1265)
Community
Katolik
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
tüccar

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 4 officials with entries in Vidin in the same years, Pozik Yosef Azaryan had the 2nd highest salary.

All 21 officials with entries in Vidin

Same birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Pozik Yosef Azaryan had the 67th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 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; Pozik Yosef Azaryan had the 3rd 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 Pozik Yosef Azaryan
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1871/72AH 1288Ticaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi muhasebe memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD., nr.26/423
1871/72AH 1288Muhasebe memuruTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1871/72AH 1288Muhasebe memuruTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi1,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1871/72AH 1288Muhasebe memuruTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi1,185Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1872/73AH 1289Demiryolları Kalemi memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD., nr.26/423
1872/73AH 1289Muhasebe memuruTicaret ve Nafia Nezareti Turuk ve Meabir İdaresi1,185Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1872/73AH 1289Demiryolları Kalemi memuruDemiryolları Kalemi1,900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1873/74AH 1290Demiryolları Kalemi memuruDemiryolları Kalemi1,900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1873/74AH 1290Demiryolları Kalemi memuruDemiryolları Kalemi2,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1874/75AH 1291Demiryolları Kalemi memuruDemiryolları Kalemi2,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1875/76AH 1292Demiryolları Kalemi memuruDemiryolları Kalemi2,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1876/77AH 1293Demiryolları Kalemi memuruDemiryolları Kalemi2,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1876/77AH 1293İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1877/78AH 1294ŞehbenderZaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD., nr.26/423
1877/78AH 1294ŞehbenderZare3,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295ŞehbenderZare3,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878/79AH 1296ŞehbenderZare3,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Tüccar vekiliVidinAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD., nr.26/423
1879/80AH 1297ŞehbenderZare3,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Tüccar vekiliVidin2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1880/81AH 1298Tüccar vekiliVidin2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Tüccar vekiliVidin2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300BaşşehbenderParsilonAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD., nr.26/423
1882/83AH 1300Tüccar vekiliVidin2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Tüccar vekiliVidin2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Tüccar vekiliVidin2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Tüccar vekiliVidin2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303ŞehbenderZare3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304ŞehbenderZare3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Başşehbender vekiliBarselona3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Pozik Yosef Azaryan 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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