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Jozef Arsin 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 Jozef Arsin Efendi began in Istanbul in 1855/56 (AH 1272). At about 23, in 1878/79, Jozef Arsin began work in Istanbul. The first annual entry, for 1878/79, places Jozef Arsin in Istanbul, the birthplace, as Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımı, where the entries run to 1883/84. Alongside, the lists for 1883 to 1887 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Nakil. In place of a title the lists give Azil (dismissal) for 1884/85 and 1886/87.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to a peak of 1,500 in 1885/86, when nine in ten paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 40,800 kuruş, 1.7 times what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1886/87.

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. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1855/56 (AH 1272); First work 1878/79 (AH 1296); 1878 to 1884 (AH 1296 to 1301)

    Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımı

    100 to 150 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  2. Korfu as worded, no place record

    1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)

    Nakil 1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1884 to 1887 (AH 1302 to 1304)

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
05001,0001,5001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041,500 kuruşBâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıNakil
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304This 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 Jozef Arsin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/821004004504%
1882/831504004358%
1883/841504004008%
1885/861,50040090%
1886/871,50040089%

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 Jozef Arsin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878/79AH 1296First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1878 to 1884AH 1296 to 1301Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımı
8 entries
YearSalary
1878/79
1879/80
1880/81
1881/82
1881/82100
1882/83100
1882/83150
1883/84150
Istanbul (Dersaadet)150
1883 to 1887AH 1301 to 1304Nakil
7 entries
YearSalary
1883/84
1883/84
1883/84
1883/84
1884/85
1885/861,500
1886/871,500
1,500
1884/85AH 1302Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
1886/87AH 1304Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1855/56 (AH 1272)

First work

Year
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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 308 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 283 have a recorded salary; Jozef Arsin Efendi had the 118th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Jozef Arsin Efendi had the 153rd highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296), 157 have a recorded salary; Jozef Arsin Efendi had the 19th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Jozef Arsin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878/79AH 1296Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1880/81AH 1298Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Bâb-ı Âli Tercüme Odası mülazımıIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301NakilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Başşehbenderlik kançılaryası kançılârıKorfuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Başşehbenderlik kançılaryası kançılârı (Nakil)KorfuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Başşehbenderlik kançılaryası kançılârıAtina ve PireAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Başşehbenderlik kançılaryası kançılârıAtina ve PireAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Şehbender vekiliRostov1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Şehbender vekiliRostov1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304AzilAffiliation 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 Jozef Arsin 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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