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Hüseyin Temur Ağa

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 Hüseyin Temur Ağa began in Sivas in 1837/38 (AH 1253). Hüseyin Temur studied at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). At about 17, in 1854/55, Hüseyin Temur began work in Galata. The first annual entry, for 1854/55, places Hüseyin Temur in Galata as Tulumba neferi. The lists have no entry for 1855 to 1870. The last posts were in Beyoğlu in 1870/71 and Kadıköy in 1883/84. For 1871 to 1883 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1870/71 to 560 in 1883/84, the peak, in Kadıköy, when two in three paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1883/84.

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 4 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1854/551870/711234SivasGalata, Beyoğlu, Kadıköy

  1. Sivas

    Born 1837/38 (AH 1253)

  2. Galata

    First work 1854/55 (AH 1271); 1854/55 (AH 1271)

    Tulumba neferi

    entries in 1 year

  3. Beyoğlu

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    No annual entry for 1855 to 1870 (AH 1272 to 1286) before it.

    Tulumba müdür muavini

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Kadıköy

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    No annual entry for 1871 to 1883 (AH 1288 to 1300) before it.

    Tulumba müdürü

    560 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006001855/56AH 12721857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 1300560 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001855/56AH 12721857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 1300This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Hüseyin Temur Ağa against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1870/7120040050015%
1883/8456040040067%

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 Hüseyin Temur Ağa, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1854/55AH 1271First workGalata
1854/55AH 1271Tulumba neferiGalata
No annual entry: 1855 to 1870 (AH 1272 to 1286)
1870/71AH 1287Tulumba müdür muaviniBeyoğlu200
No annual entry: 1871 to 1883 (AH 1288 to 1300)
1883/84AH 1301Tulumba müdürüKadıköy560

Record

Personal

Born
1837/38 (AH 1253)
Birthplace
Sivas

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1854/55 (AH 1271)
Place
Galata

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 Beyoğlu in the same years, Hüseyin Temur Ağa had the lowest salary.

All 63 officials with entries in Beyoğlu

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Temur Ağa had the 204th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Temur Ağa had the 92nd highest salary of them.

The page of Sivas, with the 399 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 26 officials whose first annual entry is for 1854/55 (AH 1271), 24 have a recorded salary; Hüseyin Temur Ağa had the 22nd highest salary of them.

All 26 officials whose first annual entry is for 1854/55 (AH 1271)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Hüseyin Temur Ağa
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1854/55AH 1271Tulumba neferiGalataAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records347 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00071,s.291
1870/71AH 1287Tulumba müdür muaviniBeyoğlu200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records347 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00071,s.291
1883/84AH 1301Tulumba müdürüKadıköy560Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records347 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00071,s.291
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 Hüseyin Temur Ağa 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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