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Krikor 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

Krikor Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1851/52 (AH 1268); the father was a jeweller (kuyumcu). At about 19, in 1871/72, Krikor began work. The annual lists begin in 1871/72, with Krikor as a candidate official (Mülazım) and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1874 to 1876 give a second post, in Istanbul as Liman İdaresi Tercümanı. Krikor then moved to Bitola (Manastır) and Tiflis from 1876 to 1880. Alongside, the lists for 1878 to 1880 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Muhacirin Komisyonu Başkatibi. Alongside, the lists for 1879 to 1882 give a second post, in Istanbul as komisyonla İstanbul'a avdet. Alongside, the lists for 1879 to 1882 give a second post, in Batumi as Kançılar. Alongside, the lists for 1881 to 1889 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Muhacirin Komisyonu Başkatibi (Görevin sona ermesi). Alongside, the lists for 1888 to 1891 give a second post, in Podgorica as Şehbender Vekili. Alongside, the lists for 1890 to 1894 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Şehbender Vekili. Next came Podgorica from 1894 to 1897.

Pay rose from 800 kuruş a month in 1874/75 to a peak of 3,000 in 1878/79, when 93 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1903/04.

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 13 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1874/751876/7718781879/801879/801888/891894/951345781012IstanbulBitolaTiflisBatumiPodgorica

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası), stop 6 (Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Komisyonu), stop 9 (Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Komisyonu), stop 11 (Sünne (Tunaburgazı)), stop 13 (Eğriboz).

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1851/52 (AH 1268)

  2. Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1871 to 1877 (AH 1288 to 1293)

    Mülazım 1871 to 1875 (AH 1288 to 1291); mülazım (Nakil) 1874 to 1877 (AH 1291 to 1293)

    0 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1874 to 1876 (AH 1291 to 1292)

    Liman İdaresi Tercümanı

    800 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Bitola (Manastır)

    1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1294)

    Vilayet Tercümanı

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Tiflis

    1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297)

    Serşehbenderhane Kançıları

    1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  6. Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Komisyonu as worded, no place record not on the map

    1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)

    Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Muhacirin Komisyonu Başkatibi

    3,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  7. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)

    komisyonla İstanbul'a avdet

    entries in 3 years

  8. Batumi (Batum)

    1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)

    Kançılar

    1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  9. Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Komisyonu as worded, no place record not on the map

    1881 to 1889 (AH 1299 to 1306)

    Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Muhacirin Komisyonu Başkatibi (Görevin sona ermesi)

    1,000 to 1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  10. Podgorica (Podgoriça)

    1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)

    Şehbender Vekili

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  11. Sünne (Tunaburgazı) as worded, no place record not on the map

    1890 to 1894 (AH 1308 to 1311)

    Şehbender Vekili

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  12. Podgorica (Podgoriça)

    1894 to 1897 (AH 1312 to 1314)

    Şehbender

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  13. Eğriboz as worded, no place record not on the map

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    No annual entry for 1897 to 1903 (AH 1315 to 1320) before it.

    Şehbender

    1,800 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 entry01,0002,0003,0001871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13203,000 kuruşMülazımKançılarŞehbender VekiliŞehbender
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,0001871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320This 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 Krikor Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/7580045050072%
1875/7680045052072%
1876/771,5004201,50086%
1877/781,5004501,62586%
18781,20045083%
1878/793,00040093%
1879/803,00040094%
1880/811,20040038084%
1881/821,20040035085%
1882/831,20040085%
1883/841,20040086%
1884/851,20040084%
1885/861,20040083%
1886/871,00040080%
1887/881,00040078%
1888/891,00040080%
1889/901,00040030081%
1890/911,00040030079%
1891/921,00040080%
1892/931,00040080%
1893/941,00040081%
1894/952,00040030093%
1895/962,00040030092%
1896/972,00045032592%
1903/041,80040592%

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 Krikor Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1871/72AH 1288First work
1871 to 1875AH 1288 to 1291Mülazım
4 entries
YearSalary
1871/72
1872/73
1873/74
1874/75
1874 to 1877AH 1291 to 1293mülazım (Nakil)
4 entries
YearSalary
1874/75
1875/760
1876/770
1876/77
1874 to 1876AH 1291 to 1292Liman İdaresi Tercümanı
3 entries
YearSalary
1874/75800
1875/76800
1875/76
Istanbul (Dersaadet)800
1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1294Vilayet Tercümanı
3 entries
YearSalary
1876/771,500
1877/781,500
1877/78
Bitola (Manastır)1,500
1878 to 1880AH 1295 to 1297Serşehbenderhane Kançıları
4 entries
YearSalary
18781,200
1878/791,200
1879/801,200
1879/80
Tiflis1,200
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Muhacirin Komisyonu Başkatibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1878/793,000
1879/803,000
3,000
1879 to 1882AH 1297 to 1299komisyonla İstanbul'a avdet
3 entries
YearSalary
1879/80
1880/81
1881/82
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
1879 to 1882AH 1297 to 1299Kançılar
4 entries
YearSalary
1879/801,200
1880/811,200
1881/821,200
1881/82
Batumi (Batum)1,200
1881 to 1889AH 1299 to 1306Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Muhacirin Komisyonu Başkatibi (Görevin sona ermesi)
15 entries
YearSalary
1881/82
1881/821,200
1881/82
1881/821,200
1882/831,200
1883/841,200
1884/851,200
1885/861,200
1885/86
1885/861,000
1886/871,000
1886/87
1887/881,000
1888/891,000
1888/89
1888 to 1891AH 1306 to 1308Şehbender Vekili
4 entries
YearSalary
1888/891,000
1889/901,000
1890/911,000
1890/91
Podgorica (Podgoriça)1,000
1890 to 1894AH 1308 to 1311Şehbender Vekili
5 entries
YearSalary
1890/911,000
1891/921,000
1892/931,000
1893/941,000
1893/94
1,000
1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314Şehbender
4 entries
YearSalary
1894/952,000
1895/962,000
1896/972,000
1896/97
Podgorica (Podgoriça)2,000
No annual entry: 1897 to 1903 (AH 1315 to 1320)
1903/04AH 1321Şehbender1,800

Record

Personal

Born
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Father's occupation
Kuyumcu

First work

Year
1871/72 (AH 1288)

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 270 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 249 have a recorded salary; Krikor Efendi had the 65th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same job title, same years

Of the 13 officials with the title Mülazım in the same years, Krikor Efendi had the highest salary.

All 92 officials with the title Mülazım

Same birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Krikor Efendi had the 71st highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1871/72 (AH 1288), 103 have a recorded salary; Krikor Efendi had the 4th highest salary of them.

All 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1871/72 (AH 1288)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Krikor Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1871/72AH 1288MülazımTahrirat-ı Hariciye OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1872/73AH 1289MülazımTahrirat-ı Hariciye OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1873/74AH 1290MülazımTahrirat-ı Hariciye OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1874/75AH 1291MülazımTahrirat-ı Hariciye OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1874/75AH 1291mülazım (Nakil)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1874/75AH 1291Liman İdaresi TercümanıIstanbul (Dersaadet)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1875/76AH 1292Liman İdaresi TercümanıIstanbul (Dersaadet)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1875/76AH 1292Liman İdaresi Tercümanı (İstifa)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1875/76AH 1292mülazım (bilamaaş)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1876/77AH 1293mülazım (bilamaaş)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1876/77AH 1293mülazım (bilamaaş) (Nakil)Tahrirat-ı Hariciye OdasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1876/77AH 1293Vilayet TercümanıBitola (Manastır)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1877/78AH 1294Vilayet TercümanıBitola (Manastır)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1877/78AH 1294Vilayet Tercümanı (Azil)Bitola (Manastır)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1878AH 1295Serşehbenderhane KançılarıTiflis1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1878/79AH 1296Serşehbenderhane KançılarıTiflis1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1878/79AH 1296Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Muhacirin Komisyonu BaşkatibiAnadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Komisyonu3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1879/80AH 1297Serşehbenderhane KançılarıTiflis1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1879/80AH 1297Serşehbenderhane Kançıları (Nakil)TiflisAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1879/80AH 1297Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Muhacirin Komisyonu BaşkatibiAnadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Komisyonu3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1879/80AH 1297komisyonla İstanbul'a avdetIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1879/80AH 1297KançılarBatumi (Batum)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1880/81AH 1298komisyonla İstanbul'a avdetIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1880/81AH 1298KançılarBatumi (Batum)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1881/82AH 1299Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud Muhacirin Komisyonu Başkatibi (Görevin sona ermesi)Anadolu Tahdid-i Hudud KomisyonuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1881/82AH 1299komisyonla İstanbul'a avdetIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1881/82AH 1299KançılarBatumi (Batum)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1881/82AH 1299Kançılar (Nakil)Batumi (Batum)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1881/82AH 1299Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi memuruHariciye Nezareti, İstanbul1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1881/82AH 1299Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi memuru (Nakil)Hariciye Nezareti, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1881/82AH 1299Şehbender VekiliRostov1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1882/83AH 1300Şehbender VekiliRostov1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1883/84AH 1301Şehbender VekiliRostov1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1884/85AH 1302Şehbender VekiliRostov1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1885/86AH 1303Şehbender VekiliRostov1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1885/86AH 1303Şehbender Vekili (Nakil)RostovAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1885/86AH 1303Şehbender VekiliPoti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1886/87AH 1304Şehbender VekiliPoti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1886/87AH 1304Şehbender Vekili (Azil)PotiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1887/88AH 1305Şehbender VekiliAyamavra1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1888/89AH 1306Şehbender VekiliAyamavra1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1888/89AH 1306Şehbender Vekili (Nakil)AyamavraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1888/89AH 1306Şehbender VekiliPodgorica (Podgoriça)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1889/90AH 1307Şehbender VekiliPodgorica (Podgoriça)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1890/91AH 1308Şehbender VekiliPodgorica (Podgoriça)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1890/91AH 1308Şehbender Vekili (Nakil)Podgorica (Podgoriça)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1890/91AH 1308Şehbender VekiliSünne (Tunaburgazı)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1891/92AH 1309Şehbender VekiliSünne (Tunaburgazı)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1892/93AH 1310Şehbender VekiliSünne (Tunaburgazı)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1893/94AH 1311Şehbender VekiliSünne (Tunaburgazı)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1893/94AH 1311Şehbender Vekili (Azil)Sünne (Tunaburgazı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1894/95AH 1312ŞehbenderPodgorica (Podgoriça)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1895/96AH 1313ŞehbenderPodgorica (Podgoriça)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1896/97AH 1314ŞehbenderPodgorica (Podgoriça)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1896/97AH 1314Şehbender (Azil)Podgorica (Podgoriça)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
1903/04AH 1321ŞehbenderEğriboz1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, Defter No:1, s. 620-621.
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 Krikor 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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