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İshak Sabri 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 İshak Sabri Efendi began in Sivas in 1858/59 (AH 1275); the father's occupation was "Dizdar". At about 16, in 1874/75, İshak Sabri began work, on a first salary of 110 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1874/75, with İshak Sabri as an examining clerk (Mümeyyiz) and no place named, with a rise to Tahrirat kalemi katibi in 1879/80. Next came Suşehri and Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) from 1880 to 1884. The lists have no entry for 1884 to 1886. The last entries, from 1886 to 1893, name İshak Sabri as Vergi katibi, with a rise to Mal Muduru in 1892/93, with no place. For 1887 to 1892 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 110 kuruş a month in 1874/75 to 600 in 1892/93, the peak, as Mal Muduru, when 65 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over nine years the salaries add up to 19,320 kuruş, 42 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1892/93.

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
1880/811881/82145SivasSuşehriPınarbaşı

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Sivas vilayeti mektupçu odası), stop 3 (Tokat sancağı tahrirat kalemi), stop 6 (Köprü).

  1. Sivas

    Born 1858/59 (AH 1275)

  2. Sivas vilayeti mektupçu odası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1874 to 1879 (AH 1291 to 1296)

    Mümeyyiz

    110 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Tokat sancağı tahrirat kalemi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Tahrirat kalemi katibi

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Suşehri

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Aşar başkatibi (İnfisal)

    entries in 1 year

  5. Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)

    1881 to 1884 (AH 1299 to 1301)

    Sandık emini

    entries in 3 years

  6. Köprü as worded, no place record not on the map

    1886 to 1893 (AH 1304 to 1310)

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

    Vergi katibi 1886/87 (AH 1304); Mal Muduru 1892/93 (AH 1310)

    100 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310600 kuruşMümeyyizSandık emini
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310This 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 İshak Sabri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/751104507%
1875/761104507%
1876/771104207%
1877/781104506%
18781104506%
1878/791104005%
1879/8025040019%
1886/871004004%
1892/9360040060065%

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 İshak Sabri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874/75AH 1291First work110first-salary field
1874 to 1879AH 1291 to 1296Mümeyyiz
6 entries
YearSalary
1874/75110
1875/76110
1876/77110
1877/78110
1878110
1878/79110
110
1879/80AH 1297Tahrirat kalemi katibi250
1880/81AH 1298Aşar başkatibi (İnfisal)Suşehri
1881 to 1884AH 1299 to 1301Sandık emini
4 entries
YearSalary
1881/82
1882/83
1883/84
1883/84
Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)
No annual entry: 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
1886/87AH 1304Vergi katibi100
No annual entry: 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309)
1892/93AH 1310Mal Muduru600

Record

Personal

Born
1858/59 (AH 1275)
Birthplace
Sivas
Father's occupation
Dizdar

First work

Year
1874/75 (AH 1291)

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 Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) in the same years, İshak Sabri Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

All 13 officials with entries in Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)

Same job title, same years

Of the 36 officials with the title Mal Muduru in the same years, İshak Sabri Efendi had the 24th highest salary.

All 223 officials with the title Mal Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; İshak Sabri Efendi had the 69th highest salary of them.

The page of Sivas, with the 399 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291), 130 have a recorded salary; İshak Sabri Efendi had the 47th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İshak Sabri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291MümeyyizSivas vilayeti mektupçu odası110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1875/76AH 1292MümeyyizSivas vilayeti mektupçu odası110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1876/77AH 1293MümeyyizSivas vilayeti mektupçu odası110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1877/78AH 1294MümeyyizSivas vilayeti mektupçu odası110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295MümeyyizSivas vilayeti mektupçu odası110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878/79AH 1296MümeyyizSivas vilayeti mektupçu odası110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Tahrirat kalemi katibiTokat sancağı tahrirat kalemi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1880/81AH 1298Aşar başkatibi (İnfisal)SuşehriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Sandık eminiPınarbaşı (Aziziye)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Sandık eminiPınarbaşı (Aziziye)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Sandık eminiPınarbaşı (Aziziye)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Sandık emini (İnfisal)Pınarbaşı (Aziziye)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Vergi katibiKöprü100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Mal MuduruKöprü600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 İshak Sabri 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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