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SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK EFENDİ

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 SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK EFENDİ began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1868/69 (AH 1285); the father's occupation was "İşkodra Vilayeti maarif müdürü". SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK began work in Shkodër in 1882/83, at about 15. From the first annual entry, for 1882/83, to 1891/92, every annual entry places SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK in the same post, Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı, in Shkodër, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 40 kuruş a month in 1886/87 to a peak of 115 in 1891/92, in Shkodër, when 6 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 4,980 kuruş, 17 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1891/92.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001501882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309115 kuruşMektupçu Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309This 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 SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1886/87404003001%
1887/88654003003%
1888/89654003003%
1889/90654003003%
1890/91654003003%
1891/921154003006%

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 TEVFİK EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First workShkodër (İşkodra)
1882 to 1892AH 1300 to 1309Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı
13 entries
YearSalary
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1886/8740
1887/8840
1887/8865
1888/8965
1889/9065
1890/9165
1891/9265
1891/92115
Shkodër (İşkodra)115

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Father's occupation
İşkodra Vilayeti maarif müdürü

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)

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 91 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, 88 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK EFENDİ had the 79th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK EFENDİ had the 173rd highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK EFENDİ had the 204th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of SÜLEYMAN TEVFİK EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1883/84AH 1301Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1884/85AH 1302Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1885/86AH 1303Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1886/87AH 1304Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1886/87AH 1304Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1887/88AH 1305Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1887/88AH 1305Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)65Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1888/89AH 1306Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)65Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1889/90AH 1307Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)65Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1890/91AH 1308Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)65Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1891/92AH 1309Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)65Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102; 404 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
1891/92AH 1309Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)115Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 31/102, s. 201.
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 TEVFİK EFENDİ 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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