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İbrahim Selami 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 İbrahim Selami Efendi began in Kırşehir in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). The first annual entry, for 1874/75, places İbrahim Selami in Kırşehir, the birthplace, as arazi tapu kâtibi. The lists have no entry for 1875 to 1877. İbrahim Selami then moved to Ankara from 1878 to 1880, with a rise to yedinci fırka-i seyyare-i tahririye mukayyidi in 1878/79. The last entries, from 1880 to 1883, name İbrahim Selami as tahrir ve vergi kâtibi, with no place.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1877/78 to a peak of 300 in 1880/81, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 18,600 kuruş, 63 per cent of 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.

All 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1878/7913KırşehirAnkara

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Keskin), stop 4 (Mecidiye).

  1. Kırşehir

    Born 1852/53 (AH 1269); First work here; 1874/75 (AH 1291)

    arazi tapu kâtibi

    entries in 1 year

  2. Keskin as worded, no place record not on the map

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    No annual entry for 1875 to 1877 (AH 1292 to 1293) before it.

    Mal Muduru Muavini

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Ankara

    1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)

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

    yedinci fırka-i seyyare-i tahririye mukayyidi

    225 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Mecidiye as worded, no place record not on the map

    1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300)

    tahrir ve vergi kâtibi

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300300 kuruştahrir ve vergi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 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 İbrahim Selami Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1877/7820045015%
1878/7922540030017%
1879/80225400247.515%
1880/8130040028%
1881/8230040028%
1882/8330040027%

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 İbrahim Selami Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workKırşehir
1874/75AH 1291arazi tapu kâtibiKırşehir
No annual entry: 1875 to 1877 (AH 1292 to 1293)
1877/78AH 1294Mal Muduru Muavini200
No annual entry: 1878 (AH 1295)
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297yedinci fırka-i seyyare-i tahririye mukayyidi
3 entries
YearSalary
1878/79225
1879/80225
1879/80
Ankara225
1880 to 1883AH 1298 to 1300tahrir ve vergi kâtibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1880/81300
1881/82300
1882/83300
1882/83300
300

Record

Personal

Born
1852/53 (AH 1269)
Birthplace
Kırşehir

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

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 6 officials with entries in Ankara in the same years, 4 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Selami Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 119 officials with entries in Ankara

Same school

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

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 72 officials born in Kırşehir, 65 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Selami Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

The page of Kırşehir, with the 72 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291), 130 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Selami Efendi had the 105th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İbrahim Selami Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291arazi tapu kâtibiKırşehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records102 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 008/1035, s.1035.
1877/78AH 1294Mal Muduru MuaviniKeskin200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records102 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 008/1035, s.1035.
1878/79AH 1296yedinci fırka-i seyyare-i tahririye mukayyidiAnkara225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records102 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 008/1035, s.1035.
1879/80AH 1297yedinci fırka-i seyyare-i tahririye mukayyidiAnkara225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records102 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 008/1035, s.1035.
1879/80AH 1297yedinci fırka-i seyyare-i tahririye mukayyidi (İnfisal)AnkaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records102 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 008/1035, s.1035.
1880/81AH 1298tahrir ve vergi kâtibiMecidiye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records102 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 008/1035, s.1035.
1881/82AH 1299tahrir ve vergi kâtibiMecidiye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records102 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 008/1035, s.1035.
1882/83AH 1300tahrir ve vergi kâtibiMecidiye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records102 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 008/1035, s.1035.
1882/83AH 1300masarif ve vergi kâtibiMucur300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 008/1035, s.1035
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 İbrahim Selami 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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