Süleyman Sami 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
Süleyman Sami Efendi was born in Antalya in 1878/79 (AH 1296); the father was a head of a sub-district (nahiye müdürü). At about 19, in 1898/99, Süleyman Sami began work, on a first salary of 90 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1898/99, names Süleyman Sami as Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sânisi, with no place.
Pay rose from 90 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to a peak of 250 in 1908/09, when one in four paid officials earned less. Over 11 years the salaries add up to 15,120 kuruş, 27 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.
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 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Teke as worded, no place record
1898 to 1909 (AH 1316 to 1326)
Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sânisi
90 to 250 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 | 90 | 400 | 4% | ||
| 1899/1900 | 110 | 400 | 6% | ||
| 1900/01 | 110 | 400 | 6% | ||
| 1901/02 | 100 | 400 | 4% | ||
| 1902/03 | 100 | 400 | 4% | ||
| 1903/04 | 100 | 405 | 5% | ||
| 1904/05 | 100 | 400 | 4% | ||
| 1905/06 | 100 | 430 | 5% | ||
| 1906/07 | 100 | 450 | 4% | ||
| 1907/08 | 100 | 460 | 5% | ||
| 1908/09 | 250 | 400 | 24% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99AH 1316 | First work | 90first-salary field | |
| 1898 to 1909AH 1316 to 1326 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sânisi | 90 to 250 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Birthplace
- Antalya
- Father's occupation
- Nahiye müdürü
First work
- Year
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)
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 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Sami Efendi had the 179th highest salary of them.
- ĠBRAHĠM EDHEM EFENDĠborn 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Hüseyin Necati Efendiborn 1878/79 (AH 1296); no salary recorded
- İbrahim Edhem Efendiborn 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 250 kuruş
- OSMAN ADĠL EFENDĠborn 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 200 kuruş
- SÜLEYMAN SAMĠ EFENDĠborn 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 250 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Sami Efendi had the 96th highest salary of them.
- Hâfız Mehmed Refik Efendifirst annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Hasan Tahsin Efendifirst annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 200 kuruş
- İsmail Hakkı Efendifirst annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Salih Efendifirst annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 40 kuruş
- Süleyman Efendifirst annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 450 kuruş
All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sânisi | Teke | 90 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sânisi | Teke | 90 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli | Teke | 110 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i evveli | Teke | 110 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | İdare Meclisi kâtibi | Teke | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | İdare Meclisi kâtibi | Teke | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | İdare Meclisi kâtibi | Teke | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | İdare Meclisi kâtibi | Teke | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | İdare Meclisi kâtibi | Teke | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | İdare Meclisi kâtibi | Teke | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | İdare Meclisi kâtibi | Teke | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | İdare Meclisi kâtibi | Teke | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | İdare Meclisi kâtibi | Teke | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Nüfus kâtibi | Teke | 250 | 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)