İliya 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
Born in Istanbul, İliya Efendi came from the Musevi community. İliya began work in Kavala in 1909/10 (AH 1327), on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1909/10, with İliya as posta kâtibi in Kavala. Alongside, the lists for 1910/11 give a second post, in Thessaloniki as posta hanesi ikinci sınıf memuru.
The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1909/10 to 600 in 1910/11, the peak, in Thessaloniki, when 53 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.
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.
First work 1909/10 (AH 1327); 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)
posta kâtibi
400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
1910/11 (AH 1328)
posta hanesi ikinci sınıf memuru
600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909/10 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 31% | |
| 1910/11 | 600 | 500 | 875 | 53% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909/10AH 1327 | First work | Kavala | 400first-salary field |
| 1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328 | posta kâtibi | Kavala | 400 |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | posta hanesi ikinci sınıf memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 600 |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Musevi
- Nationality as recorded
- Yahudi
First work
- Year
- 1909/10 (AH 1327)
- Place
- Kavala
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 5 officials with entries in Kavala in the same years, 4 have a recorded salary; İliya Efendi had the lowest salary of them.
- Mehmed Zeki Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Osman Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- İbrahim Hakkı Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Halil Efendi1 shared year; no salary recorded
Same birthplace
Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; İliya Efendi had the 310th highest salary of them.
- Pavlaki Efendiborn 1803/04 (AH 1218); no salary recorded
- Mehmed Namık Paşaborn 1804/05 (AH 1219); highest salary 102,420 kuruş
- YUSUF LAPİR EFENDİborn 1808/09 (AH 1223); no salary recorded
- İbrahim Raşid Efendiborn 1812/13 (AH 1227); highest salary 2,600 kuruş
- Jacques De Castro Efendiborn 1812/13 (AH 1227); highest salary 10,000 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327), 109 have a recorded salary; İliya Efendi had the 36th highest salary of them.
- Hacı Ali Efendifirst annual entry 1909/10 (AH 1327); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ermenak İnokyan Efendifirst entry in Ankara; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Aleksandros Kalenderoğlu Efendifirst entry in Izmir (İzmir); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Avnülkâzimî Beyfirst entry in Kirkuk (Kerkük); highest salary 6,750 kuruş
- Mehmed Hayreddin Efendifirst entry in İskenderun; no salary recorded
All 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909/10AH 1327 | posta kâtibi | Kavala | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 167 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00189/00046, s. 46. |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | posta kâtibi (Nakil) | Kavala | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 167 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00189/00046, s. 46. | |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | posta muavini | Kavala | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 167 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00189/00046, s. 46. |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | posta muavini | Kavala | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 167 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00189/00046, s. 46. |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | posta muavini (Nakil) | Kavala | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 167 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00189/00046, s. 46. | |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | posta hanesi ikinci sınıf memuru | Thessaloniki (Selanik) | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 167 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00189/00046, s. 46. |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)