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Süleyman Fehmi 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

Süleyman Fehmi Efendi was born in Erzincan in 1840/41 (AH 1256) into the İslam community. The first annual entry, for 1869/70, places Süleyman Fehmi in Erzincan, the birthplace, as Meclis-i Belediye azası (fahri). The lists have no entry for 1870 to 1877. Next came Erzurum, Kurucay and Kemah from 1877 to 1882, with a rise to tithe official (Aşar Memuru) in 1879/80. For 1878 to 1879 the lists have no entry. The last posts were in Erzincan again from 1885 to 1889. The lists have no entry for 1886 to 1888.

The salary went from 0 kuruş a month in 1877/78 to 600 in 1879/80, the peak, as Aşar Memuru in Kurucay, when two in three paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1888/89.

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 6 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1877/781879/801881/821885/8612346ErzincanErzurumKurucayKemah

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 5 (Tercan).

  1. Erzincan

    Born 1840/41 (AH 1256); First work here; 1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Meclis-i Belediye azası (fahri)

    entries in 1 year

  2. Erzurum

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    No annual entry for 1870 to 1877 (AH 1287 to 1293) before it.

    Ordu-yı Hümayun hububat sevki hizmeti

    0 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Kurucay

    1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298)

    No annual entry for 1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296) before it.

    Aşar Memuru 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298); Aşar memuru (İnfisal) 1880/81 (AH 1298)

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Kemah

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Aşar Memuru

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Tercan as worded, no place record not on the map

    1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302)

    Aşar Memuru 1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302); Aşar memuru (İstifa) 1884/85 (AH 1302)

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  6. Erzincan

    1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306)

    Nüfus katibi 1885/86 (AH 1303); Nüfus memuru 1888/89 (AH 1306)

    250 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry02004006001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 1306600 kuruşAşar MemuruAşar Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 1306This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 Fehmi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1877/7804505000%
1879/8060040060040065%
1880/8160040060036568%
1881/8260040060030067%
1882/8360040060067%
1883/8460040060068%
1884/8560040060067%
1885/86250400312.519%
1888/8950040040055%

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 Fehmi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workErzincan
1869/70AH 1286Meclis-i Belediye azası (fahri)Erzincan
No annual entry: 1870 to 1877 (AH 1287 to 1293)
1877/78AH 1294Ordu-yı Hümayun hububat sevki hizmetiErzurum0
No annual entry: 1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)
1879 to 1881AH 1297 to 1298Aşar Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1879/80600
1880/81600
Kurucay600
1880/81AH 1298Aşar memuru (İnfisal)Kurucay
1881/82AH 1299Aşar MemuruKemah600
1882 to 1885AH 1300 to 1302Aşar Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1882/83600
1883/84600
1884/85600
600
1884/85AH 1302Aşar memuru (İstifa)
1885/86AH 1303Nüfus katibiErzincan250
No annual entry: 1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)
1888/89AH 1306Nüfus memuruErzincan500

Record

Personal

Born
1840/41 (AH 1256)
Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam

First work

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 16 officials with entries in Erzincan in the same years, Süleyman Fehmi Efendi had the 8th highest salary.

All 88 officials with entries in Erzincan

Same job title, same years

Of the 48 officials with the title Aşar Memuru in the same years, 47 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Fehmi Efendi had the 29th highest salary of them.

All 73 officials with the title Aşar Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Fehmi Efendi had the 61st highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), 121 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Fehmi Efendi had the 72nd highest salary of them.

All 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Fehmi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Meclis-i Belediye azası (fahri)ErzincanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
1877/78AH 1294Ordu-yı Hümayun hububat sevki hizmetiErzurum0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
1879/80AH 1297Aşar MemuruKurucay600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
1880/81AH 1298Aşar MemuruKurucay600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
1880/81AH 1298Aşar memuru (İnfisal)KurucayAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
1881/82AH 1299Aşar MemuruKemah600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
1882/83AH 1300Aşar MemuruTercan600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
1883/84AH 1301Aşar MemuruTercan600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
1884/85AH 1302Aşar MemuruTercan600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
1884/85AH 1302Aşar memuru (İstifa)TercanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
1885/86AH 1303Nüfus katibiErzincan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
1888/89AH 1306Nüfus memuruErzincan500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 271/15
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 Fehmi 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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