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Spiraki Floksinidis 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

Spiraki Floksinidis Efendi was born in Bursa in 1861/62 (AH 1278); the father's occupation was "Eski Adakale memuru". At about 19, in 1880/81, Spiraki Floksinidis began work in Belgrade (Belgrad), on a first salary of 180 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1880/81, with Spiraki Floksinidis as Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanı and no place named. For 1884 to 1886 the lists have no entry. The lists give Infisal for 1895/96 instead of a title.

Pay rose from 600 kuruş a month in 1886/87 to a peak of 2,000 in 1896/97, when 92 per cent of paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 1,800 kuruş. Over 13 years the salaries add up to 168,000 kuruş, 2.7 times what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.

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
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1880/8112BursaBelgrade

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Adakale), stop 4 (Turnu Severin).

  1. Bursa

    Born 1861/62 (AH 1278)

  2. Belgrade (Belgrad)

    First work 1880/81 (AH 1298)

  3. Adakale as worded, no place record not on the map

    1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301)

    Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanı

    entries in 4 years

  4. Turnu Severin as worded, no place record not on the map

    1886 to 1899 (AH 1304 to 1316)

    No annual entry for 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303) before it.

    Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı 1886 to 1899 (AH 1304 to 1316); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1895/96 (AH 1313)

    600 to 2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001,5002,0001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13162,000 kuruşTurnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This officialMedian, all officials

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 Spiraki Floksinidis Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1886/8760040066%
1887/8860040064%
1888/8960040066%
1889/9060040066%
1890/911,00040079%
1891/921,00040080%
1892/931,00040080%
1893/941,00040081%
1894/951,00040080%
1895/961,00040080%
1896/972,00045092%
1897/981,80040092%
1898/991,80040092%

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 Spiraki Floksinidis Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First workBelgrade (Belgrad)180first-salary field
1880 to 1884AH 1298 to 1301Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanı
5 entries
YearSalary
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1883/84
1883/84
No annual entry: 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
1886 to 1899AH 1304 to 1316Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanı
16 entries
YearSalary
1886/87600
1887/88600
1888/89600
1889/90600
1890/91600
1890/911,000
1891/921,000
1892/931,000
1893/941,000
1894/951,000
1895/961,000
1896/972,000
1896/971,800
1897/981,800
1898/991,800
1898/991,800
600 to 1,800
1895/96AH 1313Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Bursa
Nationality as recorded
Rum
Father's occupation
Eski Adakale memuru

First work

Year
1880/81 (AH 1298)

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 birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Spiraki Floksinidis Efendi had the 37th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Spiraki Floksinidis Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Spiraki Floksinidis Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1880/81AH 1298Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanıAdakaleAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1881/82AH 1299Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanıAdakaleAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1882/83AH 1300Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanıAdakaleAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1883/84AH 1301Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanıAdakaleAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1883/84AH 1301Adakale memurluğu kâtibi ve tercümanı (İnfisal)AdakaleAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1886/87AH 1304Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanıTurnu Severin600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1887/88AH 1305Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanıTurnu Severin600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1888/89AH 1306Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanıTurnu Severin600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1889/90AH 1307Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanıTurnu Severin600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1890/91AH 1308Turnu Severin Şehbenderhanesi kançılar ve tercümanıTurnu Severin600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1890/91AH 1308Kalafat şehbender vekiliKalafat1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1891/92AH 1309Kalafat şehbender vekiliKalafat1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1892/93AH 1310Kalafat şehbender vekiliKalafat1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1893/94AH 1311Kalafat şehbender vekiliKalafat1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1894/95AH 1312Kalafat şehbender vekiliKalafat1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1895/96AH 1313Kalafat şehbender vekiliKalafat1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1895/96AH 1313InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1896/97AH 1314Venedik şehbenderiVenedik2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1896/97AH 1314Venedik şehbenderiVenedik1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1897/98AH 1315Venedik şehbenderiVenedik1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1898/99AH 1316Venedik şehbenderiVenedik1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
1898/99AH 1316Yaş şehbenderiYaş1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 13, Gömlek No. 5, 2/1-2/2.
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 Spiraki Floksinidis 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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