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Patros Şehbenderi Şevki Kâmil Bey

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 Patros Şehbenderi Şevki Kâmil Bey began in Narde in 1853/54 (AH 1270). Work began in 1871/72, at about 17. The first annual entry, for 1871/72, names Patros Şehbenderi Şevki Kâmil as İcra Cemiyeti Dairesi mülazımı, with no place. For 1878 to 1879 the lists have no entry. The annual lists then follow Patros Şehbenderi Şevki Kâmil to Arta (Narda) from 1881 to 1883. Alongside, the lists for 1882/83 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Şehbender vekili. The lists give Infisal for 1879/80 instead of a title.

The salary went from 500 kuruş a month in 1874/75 to 1,500 in 1877/78, the peak, when 86 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 1,000 kuruş. Over seven years the salaries add up to 78,000 kuruş, 2.2 times what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1882/83.

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. Zağra-i Atik as worded, no place record

    1871 to 1878 (AH 1288 to 1294)

    İcra Cemiyeti Dairesi mülazımı

    500 to 1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  2. Islahiye as worded, no place record

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    No annual entry for 1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296) before it.

    Aşar Memuru 1879/80 (AH 1297); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1879/80 (AH 1297)

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Arta (Narda)

    1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)

    No annual entry for 1880/81 (AH 1298) before it.

    Başşehbenderhane kançılari

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Kervansaray as worded, no place record

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Şehbender vekili

    1,000 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 entry05001,0001,5001871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001,500 kuruşİcra Cemiyeti Dairesi mülazımıAşar Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 Patros Şehbenderi Şevki Kâmil Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/7550045055%
1875/7650045054%
1876/771,00042077%
1877/781,50045086%
1879/801,00040060079%
1881/821,00040081%
1882/831,00040040081%

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 Patros Şehbenderi Şevki Kâmil Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1871/72AH 1288First work
1871 to 1878AH 1288 to 1294İcra Cemiyeti Dairesi mülazımı
7 entries
YearSalary
1871/72
1872/73
1873/74
1874/75500
1875/76500
1876/771,000
1877/781,500
1,500
No annual entry: 1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)
1879/80AH 1297Aşar Memuru1,000
1879/80AH 1297Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1880/81 (AH 1298)
1881 to 1883AH 1299 to 1300Başşehbenderhane kançılari
2 entries
YearSalary
1881/821,000
1882/831,000
Arta (Narda)1,000
1882/83AH 1300Şehbender vekili1,000

Record

Personal

Born
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Birthplace
Narde

First work

Year
1871/72 (AH 1288)

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 11 officials with the title Aşar Memuru in the same years, Patros Şehbenderi Şevki Kâmil Bey had the 2nd highest salary.

All 73 officials with the title Aşar Memuru

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1871/72 (AH 1288), 103 have a recorded salary; Patros Şehbenderi Şevki Kâmil Bey had the 18th highest salary of them.

All 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1871/72 (AH 1288)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Patros Şehbenderi Şevki Kâmil Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1871/72AH 1288İcra Cemiyeti Dairesi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1872/73AH 1289İcra Cemiyeti Dairesi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1873/74AH 1290İcra Cemiyeti Dairesi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1874/75AH 1291Aşar kâtibiZağra-i Atik500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1875/76AH 1292Aşar kâtibiZağra-i Atik500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1876/77AH 1293Tahrirat kâtibiAns1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1877/78AH 1294Tahkik Komisyonu ikinci kâtibiNiş vilayeti Tahkik Komisyonu1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Aşar MemuruIslahiye1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Başşehbenderhane kançılariArta (Narda)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Başşehbenderhane kançılariArta (Narda)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Şehbender vekiliKervansaray1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Patros Şehbenderi Şevki Kâmil Bey 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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