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Veli 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 Veli Efendi began in Harput in 1864/65 (AH 1281). Veli studied at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). Work began in Şanlıurfa (Urfa) in 1882/83, at about 18. The annual lists begin in 1882/83, with Veli as Bidayet mahkemesi kalemi mülazımı in Şanlıurfa. Alongside, the lists for 1882/83 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi.

The one salary in the lists is 300 kuruş a month, for 1882/83, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1882/83.

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.

All 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1882/8312HarputŞanlıurfa

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Suruç).

  1. Harput

    Born 1864/65 (AH 1281)

  2. Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

    First work 1882/83 (AH 1300); 1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Bidayet mahkemesi kalemi mülazımı

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Suruç as worded, no place record not on the map

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

    205 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Career of Veli Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First workŞanlıurfa (Urfa)
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi kalemi mülazımı
2 entries
YearSalary
1882/83
1882/83300
Şanlıurfa (Urfa)300
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi205

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Birthplace
Harput

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

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 3 officials with entries in Şanlıurfa (Urfa) in the same years, Veli Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 43 officials with entries in Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Veli Efendi had the 359th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Veli Efendi had the 127th highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

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; Veli Efendi had the 141st highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Veli Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi kalemi mülazımıŞanlıurfa (Urfa)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 8-432
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiSuruç205Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 8-432
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt kâtibiŞanlıurfa (Urfa)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 8-432
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 Veli 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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