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Kasım Sırrı 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 Kasım Sırrı Efendi began in Zara in 1877/78 (AH 1294). At about 14, in 1890/91, Kasım Sırrı began work. The annual lists begin in 1890/91, with Kasım Sırrı as Telgraf stajyeri in Zara, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1893/94. Alongside, the lists for 1893/94 give a second post, in Sivas as Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru. The annual lists then follow Kasım Sırrı to Gümüşhacıköy in 1895/96. For 1896 to 1904 the lists have no entry. The last entry, for 1904/05, names Kasım Sırrı as Telgraf muhabere memuru, with no place.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 350 kuruş a month in 1893/94, in Sivas, when 38 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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1893/941895/96123ZaraSivasGümüşhacıköy

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 4 (Zara ile Gümüşhacıköy).

  1. Zara

    Born 1877/78 (AH 1294); 1890 to 1894 (AH 1308 to 1311)

    Telgraf stajyeri

    entries in 4 years

  2. Sivas

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    350 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Gümüşhacıköy

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    No annual entry for 1894/95 (AH 1312) before it.

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Zara ile Gümüşhacıköy as worded, no place record not on the map

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    No annual entry for 1896 to 1904 (AH 1314 to 1321) before it.

    Telgraf muhabere memuru

    entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003004001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322350 kuruşTelgraf stajyeri
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 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 Kasım Sırrı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/9435040036038%
1895/9630040030027%

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 Kasım Sırrı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1890/91AH 1308First work
1890 to 1894AH 1308 to 1311Telgraf stajyeri
5 entries
YearSalary
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1893/94
Zara
1893/94AH 1311Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSivas350
No annual entry: 1894/95 (AH 1312)
1895/96AH 1313Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruGümüşhacıköy300
No annual entry: 1896 to 1904 (AH 1314 to 1321)
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf muhabere memuru

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Birthplace
Zara

First work

Year
1890/91 (AH 1308)

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 23 officials with entries in Sivas in the same years, 20 have a recorded salary; Kasım Sırrı Efendi had the 17th highest salary of them.

All 229 officials with entries in Sivas

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308), 161 have a recorded salary; Kasım Sırrı Efendi had the 96th highest salary of them.

All 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Kasım Sırrı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1890/91AH 1308Telgraf stajyeriZaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records396 DH.SAİD.d,nr.0068,s.309
1891/92AH 1309Telgraf stajyeriZaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records396 DH.SAİD.d,nr.0068,s.309
1892/93AH 1310Telgraf stajyeriZaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records396 DH.SAİD.d,nr.0068,s.309
1893/94AH 1311Telgraf stajyeriZaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records396 DH.SAİD.d,nr.0068,s.309
1893/94AH 1311Telgraf stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)ZaraAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records396 DH.SAİD.d,nr.0068,s.309
1893/94AH 1311Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruSivas350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records396 DH.SAİD.d,nr.0068,s.309
1895/96AH 1313Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruGümüşhacıköy300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records396 DH.SAİD.d,nr.0068,s.309
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf muhabere memuruZara ile GümüşhacıköyAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH.SAİD.d,nr.0068,s.309
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 Kasım Sırrı 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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