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Receb Kamil 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

The life of Receb Kamil Efendi began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1856/57 (AH 1273). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

At about 25, in 1881/82, Receb Kamil began work, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1881/82, names Receb Kamil as a customs official (Rüsumat Memuru), with no place.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 300 kuruş a month in 1881/82, as Rüsumat Memuru, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1885/86.

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. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1856/57 (AH 1273)

  2. Place not recorded

    1881 to 1886 (AH 1299 to 1303)

    Rüsumat Memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Rüsûmat memuru (İstifa)

    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
01002003001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303300 kuruşRüsumat MemuruRüsûmat memuru (İstifa)
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 Receb Kamil Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/8230040031028%
1882/8330040030027%
1883/8430040035028%
1884/8530040032528%
1885/8630040030027%

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 Receb Kamil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First work300first-salary field
1881 to 1886AH 1299 to 1303Rüsumat Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1881/82300
1882/83300
1883/84300
1884/85300
1885/86300
300
1885/86AH 1303Rüsûmat memuru (İstifa)

Record

Personal

Born
1856/57 (AH 1273)

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

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 job title, same years

Of the 43 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru in the same years, Receb Kamil Efendi had the 35th highest salary.

All 117 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Receb Kamil Efendi had the 359th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Receb Kamil Efendi had the 111th highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Receb Kamil Efendi had the 123rd highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Receb Kamil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299Rüsumat Memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records384 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/54, s. 105.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsumat Memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records384 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/54, s. 105.
1883/84AH 1301Rüsumat Memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records384 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/54, s. 105.
1884/85AH 1302Rüsumat Memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records384 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/54, s. 105.
1885/86AH 1303Rüsumat Memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records384 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/54, s. 105.
1885/86AH 1303Rüsûmat memuru (İstifa)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/54, s. 105.
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 Receb Kamil 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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