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Yusuf 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 Yusuf Efendi began in Silifke in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). At about 19, in 1873/74, Yusuf began work. The annual lists begin in 1873/74, with Yusuf as Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı and no place named, with a rise to Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru in 1879/80 and to Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibi in 1879/80.

The salary went from 235 kuruş a month in 1874/75 to 300 in 1878, the peak, when 29 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 17 years the salaries add up to 58,080 kuruş, 68 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1890/91.

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. Silifke

    Born 1853/54 (AH 1270)

  2. İçel as worded, no place record

    1873 to 1891 (AH 1290 to 1308)

    Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı 1873 to 1878 (AH 1290 to 1295); Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru 1879/80 (AH 1297); Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibi 1879 to 1891 (AH 1297 to 1308)

    235 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 18 years

    No annual entry for 1878/79 (AH 1296).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308300 kuruşTahrirat kalemi mülazımıDefter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308This officialMedian, all officials

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 Yusuf Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/7523545020%
1875/7623545019%
1876/7723542020%
1877/7823545020%
187830045029%
1879/8030040027%
1880/8130040028%
1881/8230040028%
1882/8330040027%
1883/8430040028%
1884/8530040028%
1885/8630040027%
1886/8730040028%
1887/8830040028%
1888/8930040029%
1889/9030040029%
1890/9130040028%

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 Yusuf Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1873/74AH 1290First work
1873 to 1878AH 1290 to 1295Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
10 entries
YearSalary
1873/74
1874/75
1874/75235
1875/76235
1876/77235
1877/78235
1878235
1878
1878300
1878270
270
No annual entry: 1878/79 (AH 1296)
1879/80AH 1297Tahrirat Kalemi Muduru280
1879 to 1891AH 1297 to 1308Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibi
13 entries
YearSalary
1879/80300
1880/81300
1881/82300
1882/83300
1883/84300
1884/85300
1885/86300
1886/87300
1887/88300
1888/89300
1889/90300
1890/91300
1890/91250
300 to 250

Record

Personal

Born
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Birthplace
Silifke

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1873/74 (AH 1290)

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 school

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

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 34 officials born in Silifke, 30 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Efendi had the 12th highest salary of them.

The page of Silifke, with the 34 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1873/74 (AH 1290), 113 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Efendi had the 97th highest salary of them.

  • Abbas Efendifirst annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 1,350 kuruş
  • Abdünnafi Efendifirst annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
  • Ali Rıza Efendifirst annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 300 kuruş
  • Ali Rıza Efendifirst annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 400 kuruş
  • Cemil Efendifirst annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 3,000 kuruş

All 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1873/74 (AH 1290)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yusuf Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1873/74AH 1290Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıİçelAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1874/75AH 1291Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıİçelAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1874/75AH 1291Defter-i Hakanî kalemi ikinci kâtibiİçel235Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1875/76AH 1292Defter-i Hakanî kalemi ikinci kâtibiİçel235Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1876/77AH 1293Defter-i Hakanî kalemi ikinci kâtibiİçel235Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1877/78AH 1294Defter-i Hakanî kalemi ikinci kâtibiİçel235Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295Defter-i Hakanî kalemi ikinci kâtibiİçel235Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295Defter-i Hakanî kalemi ikinci kâtibi (İnfisal)İçelAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295Orman kâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295Orman kâtibiİçel270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Tahrirat Kalemi Muduruİçel280Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1880/81AH 1298Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1888/89AH 1306Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Defter-i Hakanî kalemi başkâtibiİçel300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Muhasebe mukayyidiİçel250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD.d,00006/00107
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 Yusuf 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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