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Yusuf Bahri 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

Yusuf Bahri Efendi was born in Ürgüp in 1830/31 (AH 1246); the father's occupation was "II. Mahmud Türbesi türbedarı". Work began in 1864/65, at about 34, on a first salary of 1,000 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1864/65, with Yusuf Bahri as Kaza Muduru and no place named.

Pay rose from 1,000 kuruş a month in 1864/65 to a peak of 3,000 in 1882/83, as a district governor (Kaymakam), when 95 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 20 years of salary come to 264,000 kuruş, 2.6 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. 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.

  1. Ürgüp

    Born 1830/31 (AH 1246)

  2. Küre-i Nühas as worded, no place record

    1864 to 1882 (AH 1281 to 1299)

    Kaza Muduru 1864 to 1882 (AH 1281 to 1299); Kaza müdürü (İnfisal) 1881/82 (AH 1299)

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 19 years

  3. Garamış as worded, no place record

    1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301)

    Kaymakam 1882/83 (AH 1300); Kaymakam (İstifa) 1883/84 (AH 1301)

    3,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01,0002,0003,0001865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13003,000 kuruşKaza Muduru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,0001865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 1300This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 Bahri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1864/651,00040072%
1865/661,00040075%
1866/671,00040076%
1867/681,00045887571%
1868/691,00047572%
1869/701,00040075%
1870/711,00040076%
1871/721,000420.575%
1872/731,00045076%
1873/741,00040576%
1874/751,00045078%
1875/761,00045077%
1876/771,00042077%
1877/781,00045077%
18781,00045078%
1878/791,00040076%
1879/801,00040079%
1880/811,00040081%
1881/821,00040081%
1882/833,0004001,25095%

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 Bahri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1864/65AH 1281First work1,000first-salary field
1864 to 1882AH 1281 to 1299Kaza Muduru
19 entries
YearSalary
1864/651,000
1865/661,000
1866/671,000
1867/681,000
1868/691,000
1869/701,000
1870/711,000
1871/721,000
1872/731,000
1873/741,000
1874/751,000
1875/761,000
1876/771,000
1877/781,000
18781,000
1878/791,000
1879/801,000
1880/811,000
1881/821,000
1,000
1881/82AH 1299Kaza müdürü (İnfisal)
1882/83AH 1300Kaymakam3,000
1883/84AH 1301Kaymakam (İstifa)

Record

Personal

Born
1830/31 (AH 1246)
Birthplace
Ürgüp
Father's occupation
II. Mahmud Türbesi türbedarı

First work

Year
1864/65 (AH 1281)

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 job title, same years

Of the 13 officials with the title Kaza Muduru in the same years, 11 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Bahri Efendi had the 2nd highest salary of them.

All 23 officials with the title Kaza Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Bahri Efendi had the 4th highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 73 officials whose first annual entry is for 1864/65 (AH 1281), 61 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Bahri Efendi had the 5th highest salary of them.

All 73 officials whose first annual entry is for 1864/65 (AH 1281)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yusuf Bahri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1864/65AH 1281Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1865/66AH 1282Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1866/67AH 1283Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1867/68AH 1284Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1868/69AH 1285Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1869/70AH 1286Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1870/71AH 1287Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1871/72AH 1288Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1872/73AH 1289Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1873/74AH 1290Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1874/75AH 1291Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1875/76AH 1292Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1876/77AH 1293Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1877/78AH 1294Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1878AH 1295Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1878/79AH 1296Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1879/80AH 1297Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1880/81AH 1298Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1881/82AH 1299Kaza MuduruKüre-i Nühas1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1881/82AH 1299Kaza müdürü (İnfisal)Küre-i NühasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358. 60
1882/83AH 1300KaymakamGaramış3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358.
1883/84AH 1301Kaymakam (İstifa)GaramışAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA, DH. SAİD. d, 00003/00358. 60
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 Bahri 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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