Yusuf Kenan 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
Yusuf Kenan Efendi was born in Ürgüp in 1872/73 (AH 1289). At about 16, in 1888/89, Yusuf Kenan began work, on a first salary of 120 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1888/89, names Yusuf Kenan as Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi, with no place.
The salary went from 120 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to 800 in 1893/94, the peak, when 77 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 16,800 kuruş, 58 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1893/94.
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.
Born 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Place not recorded
1888 to 1894 (AH 1306 to 1311)
Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi
120 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 | 120 | 400 | 7% | ||
| 1889/90 | 120 | 400 | 7% | ||
| 1890/91 | 120 | 400 | 7% | ||
| 1891/92 | 120 | 400 | 7% | ||
| 1892/93 | 120 | 400 | 7% | ||
| 1893/94 | 800 | 400 | 77% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | First work | 120first-salary field | |
| 1888 to 1894AH 1306 to 1311 | Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi | 120 to 800 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Birthplace
- Ürgüp
First work
- Year
- 1888/89 (AH 1306)
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 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Kenan Efendi had the 23rd highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Tevfik Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Halid Beyborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 30 kuruş
- Muharrem Hilmi Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ömer Lütfi Beyborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Selim Efendiborn 1871/72 (AH 1288); highest salary 500 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 155 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Kenan Efendi had the 27th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Bender-i Buşeyr Şehbender Vekili Fethullah Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 1,800 kuruş
- Hasan Refet Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 190 kuruş
- Hasan Refet Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Mehmed Rifad Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
All 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Enderun-ı Hümayun hademesi | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Mabeyn-i Hümayun hademesi | 800 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Kitabe-i Hazret-i Şehriyâri | 800 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected 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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)