Yakub Bey
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
Yakub Bey was born in Damascus (Şam) in 1850/51 (AH 1267) into the Musevilik community; the father was a merchant (tüccar). Work began in 1865/66, at about 15. The annual lists begin in 1865/66, with Yakub as Mektubi Kalemi mülâzımı and no place named.
The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1869/70 to 500 in 1878/79, the peak, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 11 years the salaries add up to 29,160 kuruş, 51 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1878/79.
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 1850/51 (AH 1267)
Suriye as worded, no place record
1865 to 1870 (AH 1282 to 1286)
Mektubi Kalemi mülâzımı
entries in 5 years
Suriye vilayeti merkez mutasarrıflığı as worded, no place record
1869 to 1879 (AH 1286 to 1296)
Tahrirat Kalemi Mumeyyizi 1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288); Tahrirat Kalemi mümeyyizi (Nakil) 1871 to 1879 (AH 1288 to 1296)
190 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869/70 | 200 | 400 | 16% | ||
| 1870/71 | 200 | 400 | 15% | ||
| 1871/72 | 200 | 420.5 | 16% | ||
| 1872/73 | 190 | 450 | 14% | ||
| 1873/74 | 190 | 405 | 15% | ||
| 1874/75 | 190 | 450 | 13% | ||
| 1875/76 | 190 | 450 | 12% | ||
| 1876/77 | 190 | 420 | 13% | ||
| 1877/78 | 190 | 450 | 13% | ||
| 1878 | 190 | 450 | 13% | ||
| 1878/79 | 500 | 400 | 55% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | First work | ||
| 1865 to 1870AH 1282 to 1286 | Mektubi Kalemi mülâzımı | ||
| 1869 to 1872AH 1286 to 1288 | Tahrirat Kalemi Mumeyyizi | 200 to 190 | |
| 1871 to 1879AH 1288 to 1296 | Tahrirat Kalemi mümeyyizi (Nakil) | 500 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1850/51 (AH 1267)
- Birthplace
- Damascus (Şam)
- Community
- Musevilik
- Nationality as recorded
- Musevi
- Father's occupation
- Tüccar
First work
- Year
- 1865/66 (AH 1282)
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 14 officials born in Damascus (Şam), 7 have a recorded salary; Yakub Bey had the 5th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Cevad Paşaborn 1850/51 (AH 1267); highest salary 85,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Hikmet Paşaborn 1851/52 (AH 1268); no salary recorded
- Yusuf Ağaborn 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mustafa Tevfik Paşaborn 1845/46 (AH 1262); no salary recorded
- Ömer Şerif Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
The page of Damascus (Şam), with the 14 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1865/66 (AH 1282), 95 have a recorded salary; Yakub Bey had the 77th highest salary of them.
- MİHRAN KAVAFYAN EFENDİfirst annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282); no salary recorded
- SİROZ MUTASARRIFI HALİL HAMDİ BEYEFENDİ HAZRETLERİfirst annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282); no salary recorded
- İsmail Efendifirst annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 1,400 kuruş
- Mehmed Edhem Efendifirst annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 165 kuruş
- Mehmet Ziyaettin Beyfirst annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 9,000 kuruş
All 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1865/66 (AH 1282)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | Mektubi Kalemi mülâzımı | Suriye | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Mektubi Kalemi mülâzımı | Suriye | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Mektubi Kalemi mülâzımı | Suriye | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Mektubi Kalemi mülâzımı | Suriye | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Mektubi Kalemi mülâzımı | Suriye | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Mektubi Kalemi mülâzımı (Görevin sona ermesi) | Suriye | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Tahrirat Kalemi Mumeyyizi | Suriye vilayeti merkez mutasarrıflığı | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Tahrirat Kalemi Mumeyyizi | Suriye vilayeti merkez mutasarrıflığı | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Tahrirat Kalemi Mumeyyizi | Suriye vilayeti merkez mutasarrıflığı | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Tahrirat Kalemi mümeyyizi (Nakil) | Suriye vilayeti merkez mutasarrıflığı | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Tahrirat Kalemi Mumeyyizi | Suriye vilayeti merkez mutasarrıflığı | 190 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Meclis İdare Kalemi memuru | Suriye | 190 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Meclis İdare Kalemi memuru | Suriye | 190 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Meclis İdare Kalemi memuru | Suriye | 190 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Meclis İdare Kalemi memuru | Suriye | 190 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Meclis İdare Kalemi memuru | Suriye | 190 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Meclis İdare Kalemi memuru | Suriye | 190 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Meclis İdare Kalemi memuru | Suriye | 190 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1878AH 1295 | Meclis İdare Kalemi memuru | Suriye | 190 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Meclis İdare Kalemi memuru | Suriye | 190 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Meclis İdare Kalemi memuru | Suriye | 500 | 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)