Selim Gürcü 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
Selim Gürcü Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1866/67 (AH 1283) into the Musevilik community. Work began in 1882/83, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1882/83, with Selim Gürcü as Hariciye Nezareti Tabiiyet Kalemi mülazımı and no place named. Next came a return to Istanbul, the birthplace, from 1886 to 1889. The lists have no entry for 1889 to 1893. Alongside, the lists for 1888/89 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Maaş kaydı. Selim Gürcü then moved back to Istanbul from 1893 to 1896. Alongside, the lists for 1895 to 1897 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Napoli Şehbenderhanesi kançıları.
The salary went from 46 kuruş a month in 1888/89 to 1,350 in 1896/97, the peak, when 87 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1896/97.
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.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Place not recorded), stop 6 (Napoli).
Born 1866/67 (AH 1283)
Place not recorded not on the map
1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)
Hariciye Nezareti Tabiiyet Kalemi mülazımı
entries in 4 years
Place not recorded not on the map
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Maaş kaydı
46 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)
No annual entry for 1889 to 1893 (AH 1307 to 1310) before it.
Bâbıâli Tercüme Kalemi mülazımı
96 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
Napoli as worded, no place record not on the map
1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)
Napoli Şehbenderhanesi kançıları
1,350 kuruş a month; entries in 2 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 | 46 | 400 | 2% | ||
| 1893/94 | 96 | 400 | 510 | 4% | |
| 1894/95 | 96 | 400 | 530 | 4% | |
| 1895/96 | 96 | 400 | 575 | 4% | |
| 1896/97 | 1,350 | 450 | 87% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83AH 1300 | First work | ||
| 1882 to 1886AH 1300 to 1303 | Hariciye Nezareti Tabiiyet Kalemi mülazımı | ||
| 1886 to 1889AH 1304 to 1306 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Maaş kaydı | 46 | |
| No annual entry: 1889 to 1893 (AH 1307 to 1310) | |||
| 1893 to 1896AH 1311 to 1313 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 96 |
| 1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314 | Napoli Şehbenderhanesi kançıları | 1,350 | |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1866/67 (AH 1283)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Community
- Musevilik
- Nationality as recorded
- Musevi
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 place, same years
Of the 385 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 365 have a recorded salary; Selim Gürcü Efendi had the 137th highest salary of them.
- Mehmed Said Paşa6 shared years; highest salary 45,000 kuruş
- Sâlih Münir Paşa6 shared years; highest salary 21,500 kuruş
- İbrahim Hayrullah Beğ6 shared years; highest salary 15,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Murad Bey6 shared years; highest salary 12,000 kuruş
- Ali Nazif Bey6 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Selim Gürcü Efendi had the 172nd highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Cemil Efendiborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 1,400 kuruş
- Ahmet Muhtar Efendiborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 776 kuruş
- Aleksan Efendiborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Aleksidyadi Efendiborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); no salary recorded
- Andon Ağaborn 1866/67 (AH 1283); highest salary 300 kuruş
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; Selim Gürcü Efendi had the 29th highest salary of them.
- Bayram Hilmi Efendifirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Hüseyin Celalettin Efendifirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); no salary recorded
- İbrahim Edhem Efendifirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 220 kuruş
- Mehmed Reşad Efendifirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 375 kuruş
- Hafız Süleyman Siret Efendifirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 400 kuruş
All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Hariciye Nezareti Tabiiyet Kalemi mülazımı | Hariciye | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Hariciye Nezareti Tabiiyet Kalemi mülazımı | Hariciye | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Hariciye Nezareti Tabiiyet Kalemi mülazımı | Hariciye | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Hariciye Nezareti Tabiiyet Kalemi mülazımı | Hariciye | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Maaş kaydı | 46 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 96 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 96 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Bâbıâli Tercüme Kalemi mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 96 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Napoli Şehbenderhanesi kançıları | Napoli | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Napoli Şehbenderhanesi kançıları | Napoli | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Napoli Şehbenderhanesi kançıları | Napoli | 1,350 | 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)