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Yusuf 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 Yusuf Efendi began in Bandırma; the father's occupation was "Keçeci". Work began in Bandırma in 1895/96 (AH 1313), on a first salary of 110 kuruş. Both annual entries, for 1895/96 and 1896/97, place Yusuf in Bandırma, the birthplace, as Tahrirat kâtibi refiki ve vekili.

Pay rose from 110 kuruş a month in 1895/96 to a peak of 160 in 1896/97, in Bandırma, when 11 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1896/97.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001502001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314160 kuruşTahrirat kâtibi refiki ve vekili
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314This 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 Yusuf Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1895/961104003006%
1896/9716045030011%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895/96AH 1313First workBandırma110first-salary field
1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314Tahrirat kâtibi refiki ve vekili
3 entries
YearSalary
1895/96110
1895/96
1896/97160
Bandırma110 to 160

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Bandırma
Father's occupation
Keçeci

First work

Year
1895/96 (AH 1313)

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 16 officials with entries in Bandırma in the same years, Yusuf Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 64 officials with entries in Bandırma

Same birthplace

Of the 41 officials born in Bandırma, 37 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Efendi had the 34th highest salary of them.

The page of Bandırma, with the 41 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Efendi had the 145th highest salary of them.

All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yusuf Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Tahrirat kâtibi refiki ve vekiliBandırma110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Tahrirat kâtibi refiki ve vekili (İnfisal)BandırmaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Tahrirat Kalemi mukayyidiBandırma160Affiliation 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 Yusuf 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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