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Manuk Siridniyan 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 Manuk Siridniyan Efendi began in Harput in 1861/62 (AH 1278); the father's occupation was "Turuk ve meabir kondüktörü". Manuk Siridniyan began work in 1882/83, at about 21, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1882/83, with Manuk Siridniyan as Turuk peygurluğu and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1883 to 1886.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to 500 in 1886/87, the peak, when 57 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.

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. Harput

    Born 1861/62 (AH 1278)

  2. Mamuratülaziz as worded, no place record

    1882 to 1890 (AH 1300 to 1307)

    Turuk peygurluğu 1882/83 (AH 1300); Üçüncü sınıf turuk ve meabir kondüktörü 1886 to 1890 (AH 1304 to 1307)

    300 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307500 kuruşTuruk peygurluğuÜçüncü sınıf turuk ve meabir kondüktörü
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307This 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 Manuk Siridniyan Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/8330040027%
1886/8750040057%
1887/8850040054%
1888/8950040055%
1889/9050040056%

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 Manuk Siridniyan Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First work300first-salary field
1882/83AH 1300Turuk peygurluğu
2 entries
YearSalary
1882/83300
1882/83
300
No annual entry: 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
1886 to 1890AH 1304 to 1307Üçüncü sınıf turuk ve meabir kondüktörü
5 entries
YearSalary
1886/87500
1887/88500
1888/89500
1889/90500
1889/90
500

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Harput
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
Turuk ve meabir kondüktörü

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)

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 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Manuk Siridniyan Efendi had the 75th highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Manuk Siridniyan Efendi had the 79th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Manuk Siridniyan Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Turuk peygurluğuMamuratülaziz300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 24-90
1882/83AH 1300Turuk peygurluğu (İnfisal)MamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 24-90
1886/87AH 1304Üçüncü sınıf turuk ve meabir kondüktörüMamuratülaziz500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 24-90
1887/88AH 1305Üçüncü sınıf turuk ve meabir kondüktörüMamuratülaziz500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 24-90
1888/89AH 1306Üçüncü sınıf turuk ve meabir kondüktörüMamuratülaziz500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 24-90
1889/90AH 1307Üçüncü sınıf turuk ve meabir kondüktörüMamuratülaziz500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 24-90
1889/90AH 1307Üçüncü sınıf turuk ve meabir kondüktörü (İnfisal)MamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 24-90
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 Manuk Siridniyan 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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