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Saazâde Basil Şükrü 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

Saazâde Basil Şükrü Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1852/53 (AH 1269) into the Hristiyan community. At about 14, in 1866/67, Saazâde Basil Şükrü began work in Aleppo. The annual lists begin in 1866/67, with Saazâde Basil Şükrü as Telgrafhane memuru in Aleppo, the birthplace. Next came a return to Aleppo from 1868 to 1871. For 1871 to 1878 the lists have no entry. Saazâde Basil Şükrü then moved to İskenderun in 1878/79. The last posts were in Aleppo again from 1879 to 1888. The lists have no entry for 1880 to 1882. For 1883 to 1887 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1867/68 to a peak of 500 in 1878/79, in İskenderun, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1887/88.

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 5 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1868/691878/791879/801345Aleppoİskenderun

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

  1. Aleppo (Halep)

    Born 1852/53 (AH 1269); First work 1866/67 (AH 1283); 1866/67 (AH 1283)

    Telgrafhane memuru

    entries in 1 year

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

    1867/68 (AH 1284)

    Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisi

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Aleppo (Halep)

    1868 to 1871 (AH 1285 to 1287)

    Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisi

    370 to 480 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. İskenderun

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    No annual entry for 1871 to 1878 (AH 1288 to 1295) before it.

    Merkez muhasebe memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Aleppo (Halep)

    1879 to 1888 (AH 1297 to 1305)

    Rüsum-ı Sitte Nezareti Cubul Memlehası sandık emini 1879/80 (AH 1297); Halep Vilayeti Merkez Aşar Müdürlüğü Eminliği kâtibi 1882/83 (AH 1300); Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi sandık emini 1887/88 (AH 1305)

    320 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299) or 1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry02004006001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 1304500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 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 Saazâde Basil Şükrü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1867/6840045841%
1868/6937047550039%
1869/7037040050042%
1870/7148040049053%
1878/7950040047555%
1879/8045040040052%
1882/8348040044058%
1887/8850040045054%

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 Saazâde Basil Şükrü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1866/67AH 1283First workAleppo (Halep)
1866/67AH 1283Telgrafhane memuruAleppo (Halep)
1867/68AH 1284Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisi400
1868 to 1871AH 1285 to 1287Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisi
4 entries
YearSalary
1868/69370
1869/70370
1870/71370
1870/71480
Aleppo (Halep)370 to 480
No annual entry: 1871 to 1878 (AH 1288 to 1295)
1878/79AH 1296Merkez muhasebe memuruİskenderun500
1879/80AH 1297Rüsum-ı Sitte Nezareti Cubul Memlehası sandık eminiAleppo (Halep)450
No annual entry: 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299)
1882/83AH 1300Halep Vilayeti Merkez Aşar Müdürlüğü Eminliği kâtibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1882/83400
1882/83320
1882/83480
Aleppo (Halep)400 to 480
No annual entry: 1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)
1887/88AH 1305Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi sandık eminiAleppo (Halep)500

Record

Personal

Born
1852/53 (AH 1269)
Birthplace
Aleppo (Halep)
Community
Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded
Süryani

First work

Year
1866/67 (AH 1283)

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 65 officials with entries in Aleppo (Halep) in the same years, 62 have a recorded salary; Saazâde Basil Şükrü Efendi had the 52nd highest salary of them.

All 175 officials with entries in Aleppo (Halep)

Same birthplace

Of the 73 officials born in Aleppo (Halep), 70 have a recorded salary; Saazâde Basil Şükrü Efendi had the 39th highest salary of them.

The page of Aleppo (Halep), with the 73 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283), 81 have a recorded salary; Saazâde Basil Şükrü Efendi had the 63rd highest salary of them.

All 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Saazâde Basil Şükrü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1866/67AH 1283Telgrafhane memuruAleppo (Halep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
1867/68AH 1284Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisiHuş400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
1868/69AH 1285Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisiAleppo (Halep)370Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
1869/70AH 1286Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisiAleppo (Halep)370Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
1870/71AH 1287Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisiAleppo (Halep)370Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
1870/71AH 1287Merkez Muhaberat Müdürlüğü görevlisiAleppo (Halep)480Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
1878/79AH 1296Merkez muhasebe memuruİskenderun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
1879/80AH 1297Rüsum-ı Sitte Nezareti Cubul Memlehası sandık eminiAleppo (Halep)450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
1882/83AH 1300Halep Vilayeti Merkez Aşar Müdürlüğü Eminliği kâtibiAleppo (Halep)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
1882/83AH 1300Halep Vilayeti Aşar Nezareti üçüncü kâtibiAleppo (Halep)320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
1882/83AH 1300Merkez Kazası Aşar başkâtibiAleppo (Halep)480Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
1887/88AH 1305Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi sandık eminiAleppo (Halep)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 125 367
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 Saazâde Basil Şükrü 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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