Marko Kohen 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
Marko Kohen Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1878 (AH 1295), into the Musevilik community, and the father's occupation was "Bâb-ı Seraskerî müteahhidi". Work began in Istanbul in 1893/94, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1893/94, with Marko Kohen as Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı in Istanbul, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1898/99. At the same time, from 1898/99, the lists also place Marko Kohen in a post with no place named as Cenova Şehbenderhanesi kançılarlığı.
Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1895/96 to a peak of 540 in 1898/99, when 65 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 11,880 kuruş, 60 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.
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.
Born 1878 (AH 1295); First work 1893/94 (AH 1311); 1893 to 1899 (AH 1311 to 1316)
Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
100 to 175 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years
Cenova as worded, no place record
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Cenova Şehbenderhanesi kançılarlığı
540 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 | 100 | 400 | 575 | 4% | |
| 1896/97 | 175 | 450 | 500 | 11% | |
| 1897/98 | 175 | 400 | 480 | 13% | |
| 1898/99 | 540 | 400 | 65% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | |
| 1893 to 1899AH 1311 to 1316 | Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 175 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Cenova Şehbenderhanesi kançılarlığı | 540 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1878 (AH 1295)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Musevilik
- Nationality as recorded
- Musevi
- Father's occupation
- Bâb-ı Seraskerî müteahhidi
First work
- Year
- 1893/94 (AH 1311)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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 360 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 342 have a recorded salary; Marko Kohen Efendi had the 236th highest salary of them.
- Mehmed Necmeddin Efendi6 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- Cemil Beğ (Cemil Molla)6 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Said6 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Abdüllatif Safa Bey6 shared years; highest salary 8,000 kuruş
- Abdullah Sadık Bey6 shared years; highest salary 6,600 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Marko Kohen Efendi had the 340th highest salary of them.
- Ali Kemal Beyborn 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 1,800 kuruş
- Adviye Hanımborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Arşak Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Dimitraki Antoplu Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 1,350 kuruş
- İbrahim Selahaddin Beyborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 1,750 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Marko Kohen Efendi had the 61st highest salary of them.
- Celil Hamdi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 220 kuruş
- Abdullah Münib Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 375 kuruş
- Mehmed Celaleddin Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 110 kuruş
- Halit Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 250 kuruş
- İbrahim Hakkı Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 5,650 kuruş
All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 2, 4-3. | |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 2, 4-3. | |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 2, 4-3. | |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 175 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 175 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Hariciye Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 175 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Cenova Şehbenderhanesi kançılarlığı | Cenova | 540 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected 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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)