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Said Sermedi 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

Said Sermedi Efendi was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1863/64 (AH 1280); the father's occupation was "Dersiam". At about 17, in 1880/81, Said Sermedi began work in Shkodër. Every annual entry from 1880/81 to 1888/89 places Said Sermedi in Shkodër, the birthplace, first as Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımı, from 1888/89 as Hapishane Muduru.

The salary went from 40 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to 500 in 1888/89, the peak, as Hapishane Muduru in Shkodër, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, eight years of salary come to 18,720 kuruş, 48 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1888/89.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 1306500 kuruşBidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımıHapishane Muduru
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 1306This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Said Sermedi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/82404002701%
1882/83404003001%
1883/84404003001%
1884/85404003101%
1885/8630040033527%
1886/8730040030028%
1887/8830040030028%
1888/8950040030055%

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 Said Sermedi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First workShkodër (İşkodra)
1880 to 1889AH 1298 to 1306Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımı
12 entries
YearSalary
1880/81
1881/82
1881/8240
1882/8340
1883/8440
1884/8540
1885/8640
1885/86300
1885/86300
1886/87300
1887/88300
1888/89300
Shkodër (İşkodra)300
1888/89AH 1306Hapishane MuduruShkodër (İşkodra)500

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Father's occupation
Dersiam

First work

Year
1880/81 (AH 1298)

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 82 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, 79 have a recorded salary; Said Sermedi Efendi had the 39th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same job title, same years

Of the 3 officials with the title Hapishane Muduru in the same years, Said Sermedi Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 7 officials with the title Hapishane Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Said Sermedi Efendi had the 60th highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Said Sermedi Efendi had the 80th highest salary of them.

All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Said Sermedi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1880/81AH 1298Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Vilayet Evrak Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Vilayet Evrak Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Vilayet Evrak Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Vilayet Evrak Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Vilayet Evrak Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Polis memuruShkodër (İşkodra)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Hapishane kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Hapishane kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Hapishane kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1888/89AH 1306Hapishane kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1888/89AH 1306Hapishane MuduruShkodër (İşkodra)500Affiliation 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 Said Sermedi 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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