Kalas Başşehbenderi Manuk Azaryan
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 Kalas Başşehbenderi Manuk Azaryan began in Istanbul in 1849/50 (AH 1266). Kalas Başşehbenderi Manuk Azaryan began work in 1870/71, at about 20, on a first salary of 500 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1870/71, with Kalas Başşehbenderi Manuk Azaryan as Fransizca Muallimi and no place named, with a rise to Sadrazam tercümanlığı ile Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası memuru in 1873/74. The lists give Infisal for 1881/82 instead of a title.
Pay rose from 500 kuruş a month in 1870/71 to a peak of 4,000 in 1878/79, when 95 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over ten years the salaries add up to 290,400 kuruş, 5.9 times what an official on the median salary earned, a level reached by fewer than 4 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more. 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.
Born 1849/50 (AH 1266)
Mekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye as worded, no place record
1870 to 1872 (AH 1287 to 1288)
500 to 700 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası as worded, no place record
1873 to 1877 (AH 1290 to 1293)
No annual entry for 1872/73 (AH 1289) before it.
Sadrazam tercümanlığı ile Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası memuru
1,500 to 3,000 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
Hocabey as worded, no place record
1878 to 1883 (AH 1295 to 1300)
No annual entry for 1877/78 (AH 1294) before it.
Fahri başşehbender 1878 to 1883 (AH 1295 to 1300); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1881/82 (AH 1299)
3,000 to 4,000 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870/71 | 500 | 400 | 54% | ||
| 1871/72 | 700 | 420.5 | 67% | ||
| 1873/74 | 1,500 | 405 | 84% | ||
| 1874/75 | 1,500 | 450 | 86% | ||
| 1875/76 | 3,000 | 450 | 92% | ||
| 1878/79 | 4,000 | 400 | 95% | ||
| 1879/80 | 4,000 | 400 | 95% | ||
| 1880/81 | 3,000 | 400 | 95% | ||
| 1881/82 | 3,000 | 400 | 95% | ||
| 1882/83 | 3,000 | 400 | 95% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1870/71AH 1287 | First work | 500first-salary field | |
| 1870 to 1872AH 1287 to 1288 | Fransizca Muallimi | 500 to 700 | |
| No annual entry: 1872/73 (AH 1289) | |||
| 1873 to 1877AH 1290 to 1293 | Sadrazam tercümanlığı ile Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası memuru | 1,500 | |
| No annual entry: 1877/78 (AH 1294) | |||
| 1878 to 1883AH 1295 to 1300 | Fahri başşehbender | 3,000 | |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Infisala note on status, not a job | ||
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1849/50 (AH 1266)
- Birthplace
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Nationality as recorded
- Ermeni
First work
- Year
- 1870/71 (AH 1287)
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 birthplace
Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Kalas Başşehbenderi Manuk Azaryan had the 58th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Şevki Efendiborn 1849/50 (AH 1266); no salary recorded
- Andon Hekimyan Efendiborn 1849/50 (AH 1266); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Artin Ağaborn 1849/50 (AH 1266); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Dakes Efendiborn 1849/50 (AH 1266); highest salary 4,000 kuruş
- Dimitri Mavroyaniborn 1849/50 (AH 1266); highest salary 3,000 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 104 officials whose first annual entry is for 1870/71 (AH 1287), 84 have a recorded salary; Kalas Başşehbenderi Manuk Azaryan had the 5th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Galib Efendifirst annual entry 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Manok Azaryan Efendifirst annual entry 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 4,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Ali Efendifirst annual entry 1870/71 (AH 1287); highest salary 1,800 kuruş
- Mehmet Rü ştü Efendifirst annual entry 1870/71 (AH 1287); no salary recorded
- MÜHÜRTAD BABAYAN EFENDİfirst annual entry 1870/71 (AH 1287); no salary recorded
All 104 officials whose first annual entry is for 1870/71 (AH 1287)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Fransizca Muallimi | Mekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Fransizca Muallimi | Mekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Fransizca Muallimi | Mekteb-i Fünun-i Harbiye | 700 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Sadrazam tercümanlığı ile Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası memuru | Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası | 1,500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Sadrazam tercümanlığı ile Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası memuru | Tahrirat-ı Hariciye Odası | 1,500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Sadrazam tercümanlığından ayrılma (İnfisal) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Baştercüman unvanıyla politika müdürü | Hersek ve Bosna Kumandanlığı | 3,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Rütbe-i saniye sınıf-ı mütemeyyizi | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1878AH 1295 | Fahri başşehbender | Hocabey | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Sefaret birinci kâtibi | Petersburg Sefareti | 4,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Sefaret birinci kâtibi | Petersburg Sefareti | 4,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Sefaret birinci kâtibi | Petersburg Sefareti | 3,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Sefaret birinci kâtibi | Petersburg Sefareti | 3,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Sefaret birinci kâtibi | Petersburg Sefareti | 3,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Infisal | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Başşehbender | Korfu | 3,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected 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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)