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Kikork 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

Kikork Efendi was born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) in 1866/67 (AH 1283) into the Hristiyan community. The schooling was at an Armenian school for young children (Ermeni Sıbyan Mektebi).

Work began in Afyonkarahisar in 1881/82, at about 16, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1881/82, places Kikork in Afyonkarahisar, the birthplace, as Afyonkarahisar Sancağı hayvan pazarı müfettişliği, where the entries run to 1886/87. Alongside, the lists for 1884 to 1893 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Aşar İdaresi kitabet. At the same time, from 1888/89, the lists also place Kikork in Bolvadin as ağnam tadat kol muharrirliği. From 1889 to 1899 the annual entries place Kikork again in Afyonkarahisar.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to 350 in 1886/87, the peak, in Afyonkarahisar, when 40 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 18,600 kuruş, 55 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.

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
1888/891889/90134AfyonkarahisarBolvadin

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded).

  1. Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

    Born 1866/67 (AH 1283); First work 1881/82 (AH 1299); 1881 to 1887 (AH 1299 to 1304)

    Afyonkarahisar Sancağı hayvan pazarı müfettişliği

    150 to 350 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1884 to 1893 (AH 1302 to 1310)

    Aşar İdaresi kitabet

    entries in 9 years

  3. Bolvadin

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    ağnam tadat kol muharrirliği

    entries in 1 year

  4. Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

    1889 to 1899 (AH 1307 to 1316)

    aşar kitabeti

    240 to 350 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316350 kuruşAfyonkarahisar Sancağı hayvan pazarı müfettişliğiAşar İdaresi kitabetaşar kitabeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This 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 Kikork Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/821504003808%
1882/831504003688%
1883/841504004008%
1884/8520040040012%
1885/8620040040013%
1886/8735040040040%
1889/9035040038040%

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 Kikork Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)150first-salary field
1881 to 1887AH 1299 to 1304Afyonkarahisar Sancağı hayvan pazarı müfettişliği
15 entries
YearSalary
1881/82
1881/82150
1882/83
1882/83150
1883/84
1883/84150
1884/85
1884/85150
1884/85
1884/85200
1885/86200
1885/86
1885/86
1886/87
1886/87350
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)350
1884 to 1893AH 1302 to 1310Aşar İdaresi kitabet
15 entries
YearSalary
1884/85
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1886/87
1886/87
1887/88
1888/89
1888/89
1889/90
1889/90
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1892/93
1888/89AH 1306ağnam tadat kol muharrirliğiBolvadin
1889 to 1899AH 1307 to 1316aşar kitabeti
14 entries
YearSalary
1889/90
1889/90350
1889/90
1889/90
1889/90240
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Community
Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni

Education

School
Ermeni Sıbyan MektebiArmenian school for young children

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

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 63 officials with entries in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) in the same years, 58 have a recorded salary; Kikork Efendi had the 44th highest salary of them.

All 100 officials with entries in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

Same school

Of the 9 officials with Ermeni Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 6 have a recorded salary; Kikork Efendi had the 4th highest salary of them.

All 9 officials with Ermeni Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 125 officials born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), 117 have a recorded salary; Kikork Efendi had the 70th highest salary of them.

The page of Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with the 125 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Kikork Efendi had the 109th highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Kikork Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299Afyonkarahisar Sancağı hayvan pazarı müfettişliğiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1881/82AH 1299Hayvan pazarı kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1882/83AH 1300Afyonkarahisar Sancağı hayvan pazarı müfettişliğiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1882/83AH 1300Hayvan pazarı kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1883/84AH 1301Afyonkarahisar Sancağı hayvan pazarı müfettişliğiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1883/84AH 1301Hayvan pazarı kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1884/85AH 1302Afyonkarahisar Sancağı hayvan pazarı müfettişliğiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1884/85AH 1302Aşar İdaresi kitabetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1884/85AH 1302görevden ayrılmaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1884/85AH 1302Hayvan pazarı kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1884/85AH 1302Hayvan pazarı kâtibi (İnfisal)Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1884/85AH 1302Aşar İdaresi İmrariye kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1885/86AH 1303Aşar İdaresi kitabetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1885/86AH 1303Aşar İdaresi İmrariye kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1885/86AH 1303Aşar İdaresi İmrariye kâtibi (İnfisal)Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1885/86AH 1303Liva muhasebe kalemi mülazımıAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1886/87AH 1304Aşar İdaresi kitabetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1886/87AH 1304aşar ambar kitabetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1886/87AH 1304memuriyetin lağvı; açıktaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1886/87AH 1304Liva muhasebe kalemi mülazımıAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1886/87AH 1304Aşar ambar kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1887/88AH 1305aşar ambar kitabetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1888/89AH 1306aşar ambar kitabetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1888/89AH 1306ağnam tadat kol muharrirliğiBolvadinAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1888/89AH 1306açıktaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1889/90AH 1307aşar kitabetiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1889/90AH 1307Merkez ağnam tahsilat kitabetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1889/90AH 1307Muhasebe Kalemi merkez kitabetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1889/90AH 1307Liva aşar kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1889/90AH 1307Liva aşar kâtibi (Nakil)Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1889/90AH 1307Merkez ağnam tahsilat kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1889/90AH 1307Muhasebe kısmı merkez kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1890/91AH 1308Muhasebe Kalemi merkez kitabetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1890/91AH 1308Muhasebe kısmı merkez kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1891/92AH 1309Muhasebe Kalemi merkez kitabetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1891/92AH 1309Muhasebe kısmı merkez kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1892/93AH 1310Muhasebe Kalemi merkez kitabetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1892/93AH 1310Muhasebe Kalemi başkitabetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD, no. 41, s. 45
1892/93AH 1310Muhasebe kısmı merkez kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1893/94AH 1311Muhasebe kısmı merkez kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1894/95AH 1312Muhasebe kısmı merkez kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1895/96AH 1313Muhasebe kısmı merkez kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1896/97AH 1314Muhasebe kısmı merkez kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1897/98AH 1315Muhasebe kısmı merkez kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
1898/99AH 1316Muhasebe kalemi başkâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00041/00024.
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 Kikork 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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