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SÜLEYMAN NA İM EFEND İ

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

SÜLEYMAN NA İM EFEND İ was born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib). Work began in Istanbul in 1887/88 (AH 1305), on a first salary of 100 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1887/88, names SÜLEYMAN NA İM İ as Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi Reisi, with no place. At the same time, from 1890 to 1896, the lists also place SÜLEYMAN NA İM İ in Thessaloniki (Selanik) as Merkez Ceza Dairesi Reisi. Alongside, the lists for 1895/96 give a second post, in Edirne as İstinaf Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumisi.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1887/88 to 3,000 in 1895/96, the peak, in Edirne, when 95 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, nine years of salary come to 170,400 kuruş, 3.9 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years, a level reached by fewer than 8 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more. The final annual entry is for 1895/96.

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
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1890/911895/96134IstanbulThessalonikiEdirne

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

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1887/88 (AH 1305)

  2. Saruhan as worded, no place record not on the map

    1887 to 1891 (AH 1305 to 1308)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi Reisi

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  3. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1890 to 1896 (AH 1308 to 1313)

    Merkez Ceza Dairesi Reisi

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  4. Edirne

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    İstinaf Mahkemesi Müddei-i Umumisi

    3,000 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
01,0002,0003,0001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13133,000 kuruşBidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi ReisiMerkez Ceza Dairesi Reisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,0001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This 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 SÜLEYMAN NA İM EFEND İ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1887/8840040043%
1888/8940040045%
1889/9040040046%
1890/912,00040052591%
1891/922,00040052592%
1892/932,00040060092%
1893/942,00040055093%
1894/952,00040052593%
1895/963,00040040095%

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 NA İM EFEND İ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)100first-salary field
1887 to 1891AH 1305 to 1308Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi Reisi
5 entries
YearSalary
1887/88400
1888/89400
1889/90400
1890/91400
1890/91
400
1890 to 1896AH 1308 to 1313Merkez Ceza Dairesi Reisi
7 entries
YearSalary
1890/912,000
1891/922,000
1892/932,000
1893/942,000
1894/952,000
1895/962,000
1895/96
Thessaloniki (Selanik)2,000
1895/96AH 1313İstinaf Mahkemesi Müddei-i UmumisiEdirne3,000

Record

Personal

First work

Year
1887/88 (AH 1305)

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 28 officials with entries in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in the same years, 25 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN NA İM EFEND İ had the 6th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials with entries in Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Same birthplace

Of the 125 officials born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), 117 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN NA İM EFEND İ had the 5th highest salary of them.

The page of Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with the 125 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN NA İM EFEND İ had the 6th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of SÜLEYMAN NA İM EFEND İ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi ReisiSaruhan400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1888/89AH 1306Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi ReisiSaruhan400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1889/90AH 1307Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi ReisiSaruhan400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1890/91AH 1308Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi ReisiSaruhan400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1890/91AH 1308Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi Reisi (Nakil)SaruhanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1890/91AH 1308Merkez Ceza Dairesi ReisiThessaloniki (Selanik)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1891/92AH 1309Merkez Ceza Dairesi ReisiThessaloniki (Selanik)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1892/93AH 1310Merkez Ceza Dairesi ReisiThessaloniki (Selanik)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1893/94AH 1311Merkez Ceza Dairesi ReisiThessaloniki (Selanik)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1894/95AH 1312Merkez Ceza Dairesi ReisiThessaloniki (Selanik)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1895/96AH 1313Merkez Ceza Dairesi ReisiThessaloniki (Selanik)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1895/96AH 1313Merkez Ceza Dairesi Reisi (Nakil)Thessaloniki (Selanik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 26, s. 145.
1895/96AH 1313İstinaf Mahkemesi Müddei-i UmumisiEdirne3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, no. 26, s. 145
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 NA İM EFEND İ 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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