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Süleyman Sırrı 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 Sırrı Efendi was born in Kars; the father's occupation was "Bezzaz esnafı". The first annual entry, for 1884/85 (AH 1302), names Süleyman Sırrı as Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar Memuru, with no place, with a rise to customs official (Rüsumat Memuru) in 1885/86. The lists give Azil (dismissal) for 1888/89 and Infisal for 1889/90 instead of a title.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1884/85 to a peak of 300 in 1885/86, as Rüsumat Memuru, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, six years of salary come to 20,400 kuruş, 70 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1889/90.

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. Erzurum

    First work here

  2. Kızıldize as worded, no place record

    1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)

    Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar Memuru

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Musun as worded, no place record

    1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306)

    Rüsumat Memuru 1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1888/89 (AH 1306)

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  4. Hakkâri as worded, no place record

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Rüsumat İdaresi memuru 1889/90 (AH 1307); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1889/90 (AH 1307)

    300 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
01002003001884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307300 kuruşRüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruRüsumat MemuruRüsumat İdaresi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307This 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 Süleyman Sırrı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1884/8520040012%
1885/8630040030027%
1886/8730040030028%
1887/8830040030028%
1888/8930040030029%
1889/9030040029%

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 Sırrı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workErzurum
1884 to 1886AH 1302 to 1303Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1884/85200
1885/86200
200
1885 to 1889AH 1303 to 1306Rüsumat Memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1885/86300
1886/87300
1887/88300
1888/89300
300
1888/89AH 1306Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat İdaresi memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1889/90300
1889/90
300
1889/90AH 1307Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kars
Father's occupation
Bezzaz esnafı

First work

Place
Erzurum

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 24 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru in the same years, Süleyman Sırrı Efendi had the 18th highest salary.

All 117 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 193 officials born in Kars, 113 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Sırrı Efendi had the 76th highest salary of them.

The page of Kars, with the 193 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302), 157 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Sırrı Efendi had the 113th highest salary of them.

All 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Sırrı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1884/85AH 1302Rüsumat Müdürlüğü Ambar MemuruKızıldize200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records123 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 7/601.
1885/86AH 1303Rüsumat Müdürlüğü İkinci KâtibiKızıldize200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records123 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 7/601.
1885/86AH 1303Rüsumat MemuruMusun300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records123 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 7/601.
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat MemuruMusun300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records123 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 7/601.
1887/88AH 1305Rüsumat MemuruMusun300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records123 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 7/601.
1888/89AH 1306Rüsumat MemuruMusun300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records123 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 7/601.
1888/89AH 1306AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records123 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 7/601.
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat İdaresi memuruHakkâri300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 7/601
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat İdaresi memuru (İstifa)HakkâriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 7/601
1889/90AH 1307InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 7/601
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 Sırrı 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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