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Süleyman Sami 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

The life of Süleyman Sami Efendi began in Kırşehir in 1875/76 (AH 1292). Work began in 1891/92, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1891/92, with Süleyman Sami as mülazım (bidayet mahkemesi) in Kırşehir, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1894/95. The last posts were in Avanos in 1896/97 and Çiçekdağı (Mecidiye) in 1899/1900.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to 300 in 1899/1900, the peak, as Mal Muduru Muavini in Çiçekdağı, when 29 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 10,200 kuruş, 51 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final 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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1896/971899/1900124KırşehirAvanosÇiçekdağı

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (İçil).

  1. Kırşehir

    Born 1875/76 (AH 1292); 1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)

    mülazım (bidayet mahkemesi)

    entries in 4 years

  2. Avanos

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    No annual entry for 1895/96 (AH 1313) before it.

    Mal Muduru Vekili

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

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

    1897 to 1899 (AH 1315 to 1316)

    vergi kâtibi

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Çiçekdağı (Mecidiye)

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Mal Muduru Muavini

    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 entry01002003001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317300 kuruşmülazım (bidayet mahkemesi)Mal Muduru Vekilivergi kâtibiMal Muduru Muavini
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This 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 Süleyman Sami Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/9725045040018%
1897/9815040010%
1898/9915040010%
1899/190030040050040029%

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 Süleyman Sami Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First work
1891 to 1895AH 1309 to 1312mülazım (bidayet mahkemesi)
8 entries
YearSalary
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1893/94
1893/94
1894/95
1894/95
1894/95
Kırşehir
No annual entry: 1895/96 (AH 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Mal Muduru VekiliAvanos250
1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316vergi kâtibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1897/98150
1898/99150
1898/99
1898/99150
1898/99
150
1899/1900AH 1317Mal Muduru MuaviniÇiçekdağı (Mecidiye)300

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Birthplace
Kırşehir

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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 19 officials with entries in Kırşehir in the same years, Süleyman Sami Efendi had the 14th highest salary.

All 65 officials with entries in Kırşehir

Same job title, same years

Of the 5 officials with the title Mal Muduru Vekili in the same years, Süleyman Sami Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 38 officials with the title Mal Muduru Vekili

Same birthplace

Of the 72 officials born in Kırşehir, 65 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Sami Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

The page of Kırşehir, with the 72 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Sami Efendi had the 96th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Sami Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309mülazım (bidayet mahkemesi)KırşehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1892/93AH 1310mülazım (bidayet mahkemesi)KırşehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1893/94AH 1311mülazım (bidayet mahkemesi)KırşehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1893/94AH 1311mülazım (bidayet mahkemesi) (Nakil)KırşehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1893/94AH 1311mülazım (belediye dairesi)KırşehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1894/95AH 1312mülazım (belediye dairesi)KırşehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1894/95AH 1312mülazım (belediye dairesi) (Nakil)KırşehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1894/95AH 1312mülazım (vergi kalemi)KırşehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1896/97AH 1314Mal Muduru VekiliAvanos250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1897/98AH 1315vergi kâtibiİçil150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1898/99AH 1316vergi kâtibiİçil150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1898/99AH 1316vergi kâtibi (İnfisal)İçilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1898/99AH 1316vergi kâtibi vekiliMecidiye150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1898/99AH 1316vergi kâtibi vekili (İnfisal)MecidiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
1899/1900AH 1317Mal Muduru MuaviniÇiçekdağı (Mecidiye)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records157 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 139/407, s,407.
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 Süleyman Sami 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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