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Yusuf Agâh 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 Yusuf Agâh Efendi began in Antakya in 1861/62 (AH 1278). Work began in Antakya in 1891/92, at about 30. The annual lists begin in 1891/92, with Yusuf Agâh as Tapu Kâtip Vekili in Antakya, the birthplace. Yusuf Agâh then moved to Gaziantep (Antep) from 1893 to 1898. Alongside, the lists for 1897/98 give a second post, in Harem as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtip Vekili. Alongside, the lists for 1897/98 give a second post, in İskenderun as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtip Vekili.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to 400 in 1897/98, the peak, in İskenderun, when 45 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1897/98.

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
1893/941897/981897/981234AntakyaGaziantepHaremİskenderun
  1. Antakya

    Born 1861/62 (AH 1278); First work 1891/92 (AH 1309); 1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)

    Tapu Kâtip Vekili

    entries in 2 years

  2. Gaziantep (Antep)

    1893 to 1898 (AH 1311 to 1315)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı stajyeri

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  3. Harem (Harim)

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtip Vekili

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. İskenderun

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtip Vekili

    330 to 400 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
01002003004001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315400 kuruşTapu Kâtip VekiliZiraat Bankası Sandığı stajyeri
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315This 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 Yusuf Agâh Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/9725045050018%
1897/9840040050045%

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 Yusuf Agâh Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workAntakya
1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310Tapu Kâtip Vekili
3 entries
YearSalary
1891/92
1892/93
1892/93
Antakya
1893 to 1898AH 1311 to 1315Ziraat Bankası Sandığı stajyeri
7 entries
YearSalary
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1895/96
1896/97250
1897/98250
1897/98
Gaziantep (Antep)
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtip Vekili
2 entries
YearSalary
1897/98250
1897/98
Harem (Harim)250
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtip Vekili
2 entries
YearSalary
1897/98330
1897/98400
İskenderun330 to 400

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Antakya

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)
Place
Antakya

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 10 officials with entries in Gaziantep (Antep) in the same years, Yusuf Agâh Efendi had the 6th highest salary.

All 39 officials with entries in Gaziantep (Antep)

Same birthplace

Of the 78 officials born in Antakya, 76 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Agâh Efendi had the 34th highest salary of them.

The page of Antakya, with the 78 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; Yusuf Agâh Efendi had the 74th 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 Yusuf Agâh Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309Tapu Kâtip VekiliAntakyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Tapu Kâtip VekiliAntakyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Tapu Kâtip Vekili (Azil)AntakyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1893/94AH 1311Ziraat Bankası Sandığı stajyeriGaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Ziraat Bankası Sandığı stajyeriGaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası Sandığı stajyeriGaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası Sandığı stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)Gaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Ziraat Bankası Sandık Kâtip RefikiGaziantep (Antep)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası Sandık Kâtip RefikiGaziantep (Antep)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası Sandık Kâtip Refiki (İstifa)Gaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtip VekiliHarem (Harim)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtip Vekili (Nakil)Harem (Harim)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtip Vekiliİskenderun330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtibiİskenderun400Affiliation 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 Yusuf Agâh 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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