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Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Karnik 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

Karnik Efendi was born in Bursa in 1874/75 (AH 1291) into the Hristiyan community; the father's occupation was "Papaz". The annual lists begin in 1891/92, with Karnik as sandık müşâvirliği kalemi; mülâzemetle and no place named. For 1892 to 1900, 1901 to 1903 and 1906 to 1909 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 25 kuruş a month in 1891/92 to a peak of 1,550 in 1909/10, when 84 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 35,700 kuruş, 1.6 times what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.

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.

  1. Bursa

    Born 1874/75 (AH 1291)

  2. Place not recorded

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    sandık müşâvirliği kalemi; mülâzemetle

    25 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    No annual entry for 1892 to 1900 (AH 1310 to 1317) before it.

    sandık müşâvirliği kalemi; mülâzemetle

    entries in 1 year

  4. Place not recorded

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    No annual entry for 1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320) before it.

    sandık müşâvirliği kalemi; mülâzemetle

    700 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Place not recorded

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    No annual entry for 1904/05 (AH 1322) before it.

    kalem-i mezkûr me'murluğu

    700 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Place not recorded

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    No annual entry for 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326) before it.

    hukuk müşâvirliği kalemi muhayyizliği

    1,550 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 entryno entryno entryno entry05001,0001,5002,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271,550 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0002,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Karnik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1891/92254000%
1903/0470040572%
1905/0670043070%
1909/101,55060084%

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 Karnik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309sandık müşâvirliği kalemi; mülâzemetle25
No annual entry: 1892 to 1900 (AH 1310 to 1317)
1900/01AH 1318sandık müşâvirliği kalemi; mülâzemetle
No annual entry: 1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320)
1903/04AH 1321sandık müşâvirliği kalemi; mülâzemetle700
No annual entry: 1904/05 (AH 1322)
1905/06AH 1323kalem-i mezkûr me'murluğu700
No annual entry: 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326)
1909/10AH 1327hukuk müşâvirliği kalemi muhayyizliği1,550

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
Papaz

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; Karnik Efendi had the 60th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Karnik Efendi had the 13th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Karnik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309sandık müşâvirliği kalemi; mülâzemetle25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records124/121; 239
1900/01AH 1318sandık müşâvirliği kalemi; mülâzemetleAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records124/121; 239
1903/04AH 1321sandık müşâvirliği kalemi; mülâzemetle700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records124/121; 239
1905/06AH 1323kalem-i mezkûr me'murluğu700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records124/121; 239
1909/10AH 1327hukuk müşâvirliği kalemi muhayyizliği1,550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records124/121; 239
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 Karnik 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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