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Süleyman Sabri 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 Sabri Efendi was born in Sivas in 1819/20 (AH 1235) into the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Bölük sipahisi". Work began in Sivas in 1846/47, at about 27, on a first salary of 200 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1846/47, names Süleyman Sabri as arazi mukayyidi, with no place.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1846/47 to a peak of 500 in 1870/71, when 54 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 380 kuruş. In all, 26 years of salary come to 80,160 kuruş, 61 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1879/80.

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. Sivas

    Born 1819/20 (AH 1235); First work 1846/47 (AH 1263)

  2. Sivas Merkez sancağı as worded, no place record

    1846 to 1880 (AH 1263 to 1297)

    arazi mukayyidi

    200 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 35 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001847/48AH 12641849/50AH 12661851/52AH 12681853/54AH 12701855/56AH 12721857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 1296500 kuruşarazi mukayyidi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001847/48AH 12641849/50AH 12661851/52AH 12681853/54AH 12701855/56AH 12721857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 1296This 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 Süleyman Sabri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1846/4720030028%
1847/4820040021%
1848/4920030028%
1849/5020035029%
1850/5120040020%
1851/5220050025%
1852/5320040025%
1853/5420040025%
1854/5520040019%
1855/5620040023%
1856/5720040020%
1857/5820040023%
1858/5920050014%
1859/6020050011%
1860/6130050027%
1861/6230050027%
1862/6330040034%
1863/6430047534%
1864/6530040036%
1865/6630040032%
1866/6730040031%
1867/6830045829%
1868/6930047527%
1869/7030040031%
1870/7150040054%
1879/8038040042%

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 Süleyman Sabri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1846/47AH 1263First workSivas200first-salary field
1846 to 1880AH 1263 to 1297arazi mukayyidi
35 entries
YearSalary
1846/47200
1847/48200
1848/49200
1849/50200
1850/51200
1851/52200
1852/53200
1853/54200
1854/55200
1855/56200
1856/57200
1857/58200
1858/59200
1859/60200
1860/61300
1861/62300
1862/63300
1863/64300
1864/65300
1865/66300
1866/67300
1867/68300
1868/69300
1869/70300
1870/71500
1871/72
1872/73
1873/74
1874/75
1875/76
1876/77
1877/78
1878
1878/79
1879/80380
200 to 380

Record

Personal

Born
1819/20 (AH 1235)
Birthplace
Sivas
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Bölük sipahisi

First work

Year
1846/47 (AH 1263)
Place
Sivas

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 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Sabri Efendi had the 102nd highest salary of them.

The page of Sivas, with the 399 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 11 officials whose first annual entry is for 1846/47 (AH 1263), 7 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Sabri Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 11 officials whose first annual entry is for 1846/47 (AH 1263)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Sabri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1846/47AH 1263arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1847/48AH 1264arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1848/49AH 1265arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1849/50AH 1266arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1850/51AH 1267arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1851/52AH 1268arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1852/53AH 1269arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1853/54AH 1270arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1854/55AH 1271arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1855/56AH 1272arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1856/57AH 1273arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1857/58AH 1274arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1858/59AH 1275arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1859/60AH 1276arazi mukayyidiSivas Merkez sancağı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1860/61AH 1277arazi baş kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1861/62AH 1278arazi baş kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1862/63AH 1279arazi baş kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1863/64AH 1280arazi baş kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1864/65AH 1281arazi baş kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1865/66AH 1282arazi baş kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1866/67AH 1283arazi baş kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1867/68AH 1284arazi baş kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1868/69AH 1285arazi baş kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1869/70AH 1286arazi baş kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1870/71AH 1287defter kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1871/72AH 1288defter kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1872/73AH 1289defter kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1873/74AH 1290defter kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1874/75AH 1291defter kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1875/76AH 1292defter kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1876/77AH 1293defter kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1877/78AH 1294defter kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1878AH 1295defter kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1878/79AH 1296defter kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records602 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
1879/80AH 1297defter kâtibiSivas Merkez sancağı380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.d, nr.00005, s.827
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 Süleyman Sabri 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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