Skip to content
Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

İbrahim Sait 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 İbrahim Sait Efendi began in Sivas in 1857/58 (AH 1274). Work began in 1882/83, at about 25, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1882/83, with İbrahim Sait as Muvakkat piyade kolcusu and no place named. For 1883 to 1886 and 1889 to 1891 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to a peak of 400 in 1892/93, when 45 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1897/98.

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.

  1. Sivas

    Born 1857/58 (AH 1274)

  2. Hargün Memlehası as worded, no place record

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Muvakkat piyade kolcusu

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Cerit Memlehası as worded, no place record

    1886 to 1889 (AH 1304 to 1306)

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303) before it.

    Muvakkat piyade kolcusu 1886/87 (AH 1304); Muvakkat vezne kâtibi 1888/89 (AH 1306)

    150 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1887/88 (AH 1305).

  4. Celallı Memlehası as worded, no place record

    1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)

    No annual entry for 1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308) before it.

    Muvakkat kâtip

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  5. Manastıraltı Memlehası as worded, no place record

    1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315)

    No annual entry for 1895/96 (AH 1313) before it.

    Muvakkat memur

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entry01002003004001882/83AH 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 1315400 kuruşMuvakkat piyade kolcusuMuvakkat kâtipMuvakkat memur
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001882/83AH 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 1315This officialMedian, all officials

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 İbrahim Sait Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/8325040019%
1886/871504009%
1888/8920040015%
1891/9230040028%
1892/9340040045%
1893/9440040044%
1894/9540040044%
1896/9740045042%
1897/9830040028%

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 İbrahim Sait Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First work250first-salary field
1882/83AH 1300Muvakkat piyade kolcusu250
No annual entry: 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
1886/87AH 1304Muvakkat piyade kolcusu150
No annual entry: 1887/88 (AH 1305)
1888/89AH 1306Muvakkat vezne kâtibi200
No annual entry: 1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)
1891 to 1895AH 1309 to 1312Muvakkat kâtip
4 entries
YearSalary
1891/92300
1892/93400
1893/94400
1894/95400
300 to 400
No annual entry: 1895/96 (AH 1313)
1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315Muvakkat memur
2 entries
YearSalary
1896/97400
1897/98300
400 to 300

Record

Personal

Born
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Birthplace
Sivas

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 birthplace

Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Sait Efendi had the 139th highest salary of them.

The page of Sivas, with the 399 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; İbrahim Sait Efendi had the 108th 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 İbrahim Sait Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Muvakkat piyade kolcusuHargün Memlehası250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records372 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122,s.177
1886/87AH 1304Muvakkat piyade kolcusuCerit Memlehası150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records372 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122,s.177
1888/89AH 1306Muvakkat vezne kâtibiCerit Memlehası200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records372 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122,s.177
1891/92AH 1309Muvakkat kâtipCelallı Memlehası300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records372 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122,s.177
1892/93AH 1310Muvakkat kâtipFazlum Memlehası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records372 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122,s.177
1893/94AH 1311Muvakkat sandık eminiCirit Memlehası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records372 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122,s.177
1894/95AH 1312Muvakkat sandık eminiHamu Memlehası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records372 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122,s.177
1896/97AH 1314Muvakkat memurManastıraltı Memlehası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records372 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00122,s.177
1897/98AH 1315Memleha memuru (daimi)Manastıraltı Memlehası300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH.SAİD.d.nr.00122,s.177
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 İbrahim Sait 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.

Subjects