Vasil Nerbezo Polos 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
Born in Sason into the Hristiyan community, Vasil Nerbezo Polos Efendi was the child of a tradesman (esnaf). The schooling was at a community school (Millet Mektebi).
The first annual entry, for 1894/95 (AH 1312), places Vasil Nerbezo Polos in Konya as Posta müvezzisi, where the entries run to 1896/97. In 1897/98 the lists place Vasil Nerbezo Polos in Bitlis.
Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 400 in 1897/98, in Bitlis, when 45 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 12,000 kuruş, 60 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1897/98.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95 | 200 | 400 | 305 | 15% | |
| 1895/96 | 200 | 400 | 300 | 14% | |
| 1896/97 | 200 | 450 | 350 | 12% | |
| 1897/98 | 400 | 400 | 1,800 | 45% |
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.
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Sason
- Community
- Hristiyan
- Nationality as recorded
- Rum
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
Education
- School
- Millet Mektebicommunity school (school of a non-Muslim community)
First work
- Place
- Konya
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 16 officials with entries in Konya in the same years, 13 have a recorded salary; Vasil Nerbezo Polos Efendi had the 9th highest salary of them.
- Teodor Vankovic Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 2,750 kuruş
- Ali Galip Bey3 shared years; no salary recorded
- Hasan Basri Efendi3 shared years; no salary recorded
- AHMED FEHMİ EFENDİ2 shared years; highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Mehmet Tevfik Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 720 kuruş
Same school
Of the 48 officials with Millet Mektebi among their schools, 45 have a recorded salary; Vasil Nerbezo Polos Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.
- Yakob Efendiborn 1840/41 (AH 1256); highest salary 900 kuruş
- Aleksan Efendiborn 1841/42 (AH 1257); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Minas Efendiborn 1844/45 (AH 1260); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Agop Efendiborn 1845/46 (AH 1262); highest salary 675 kuruş
- Mıgırdıç Kirkoryanborn 1845/46 (AH 1262); highest salary 1,400 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Vasil Nerbezo Polos Efendi had the 84th highest salary of them.
- Hasan Fehmi Efendifirst entry in Konya; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hacı Hüseyin Hüseyni Efendifirst entry in Safranbolu; highest salary 360 kuruş
- Ali Beyfirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Mehmed Emin Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Seyyid Mehmed Zeki Efendifirst annual entry 1894/95 (AH 1312); highest salary 500 kuruş
All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Posta müvezzisi | Konya | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00107/00127. |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Posta müvezzisi | Konya | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00107/00127. |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Posta müvezzisi | Konya | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00107/00127. |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Posta müvezzisi (İnfisal) | Konya | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00107/00127. | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi yabancı dil muhabere memuru | Bitlis | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00107/00127. |
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)