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Şevket Bey

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 Şevket Bey began in Mitrovica (Mitroviça) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). Work began in Istanbul in 1899/1900, at about 25. The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, places Şevket in Istanbul as Meclis-i Maarif Kalemi stajyeri, where the entries run to 1901/02. The last entries, from 1902 to 1905, name Şevket as Feyziye Rüştiye Mektebi Türkçe öğretmeni vekili, with no place.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to a peak of 230 in 1904/05, when 21 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1904/05.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1899/190012MitrovicaIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Feyziye Rüştiye Mektebi).

  1. Mitrovica (Mitroviça)

    Born 1874/75 (AH 1291)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1899/1900 (AH 1317); 1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319)

    Meclis-i Maarif Kalemi stajyeri

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Feyziye Rüştiye Mektebi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322)

    Feyziye Rüştiye Mektebi Türkçe öğretmeni vekili

    230 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322230 kuruşMeclis-i Maarif Kalemi stajyeriFeyziye Rüştiye Mektebi Türkçe öğretmeni vekili
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322This 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 Şevket Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1901/021004005804%
1904/0523040021%

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 Şevket Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1899/1900AH 1317First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1899 to 1902AH 1317 to 1319Meclis-i Maarif Kalemi stajyeri
4 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1901/02100
Istanbul (Dersaadet)100
1902 to 1905AH 1320 to 1322Feyziye Rüştiye Mektebi Türkçe öğretmeni vekili
4 entries
YearSalary
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1904/05230
230

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)

First work

Year
1899/1900 (AH 1317)

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 274 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 262 have a recorded salary; Şevket Bey had the 238th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 16 officials born in Mitrovica (Mitroviça), 13 have a recorded salary; Şevket Bey had the 11th highest salary of them.

The page of Mitrovica (Mitroviça), with the 16 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317), 126 have a recorded salary; Şevket Bey had the 95th highest salary of them.

All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Şevket Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1899/1900AH 1317Meclis-i Maarif Kalemi stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 154-249
1900/01AH 1318Meclis-i Maarif Kalemi stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 154-249
1901/02AH 1319Meclis-i Maarif Kalemi stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 154-249
1901/02AH 1319Meclis-i Maarif Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 154-249
1902/03AH 1320Feyziye Rüştiye Mektebi Türkçe öğretmeni vekiliFeyziye Rüştiye MektebiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 154-249
1903/04AH 1321Feyziye Rüştiye Mektebi Türkçe öğretmeni vekiliFeyziye Rüştiye MektebiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 154-249
1904/05AH 1322Feyziye Rüştiye Mektebi Türkçe öğretmeni vekiliFeyziye Rüştiye MektebiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 154-249
1904/05AH 1322Feyziye Rüştiye Mektebi Türkçe öğretmeniFeyziye Rüştiye Mektebi230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 154-249
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 Şevket Bey 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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