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Karabet Bedros 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

Born in Kırşehir in 1873/74 (AH 1290), Karabet Bedros Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Karabet Bedros began work in 1899/1900, at about 26, on a first salary of 600 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1899/1900, with Karabet Bedros as kaza ser tabibi in Sidirokastro (Demirhisar). Alongside, the lists for 1899 to 1906 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Belediye doktoru. The lists have no entry for 1906 to 1909. Alongside, the lists for 1905/06 give a second post, in Thessaloniki as vilayet merkez tabib-i sanisi. The last posts were in Üsküdar from 1909 to 1912.

The salary went from 600 kuruş a month in 1899/1900 to 1,500 in 1911/12, the peak, in Üsküdar, when 62 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over ten years the salaries add up to 104,400 kuruş, 1.7 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1911/12.

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 5 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1899/19001905/061909/101245KırşehirSidirokastroThessalonikiÜsküdar

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

  1. Kırşehir

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)

  2. Sidirokastro (Demirhisar)

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    kaza ser tabibi

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Timurhisar as worded, no place record not on the map

    1899 to 1906 (AH 1317 to 1323)

    Belediye doktoru

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  4. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    vilayet merkez tabib-i sanisi

    900 to 1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Üsküdar

    1909 to 1912 (AH 1327 to 1330)

    No annual entry for 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326) before it.

    zabıta tabibi 1909/10 (AH 1327); zabıta ser tabibi 1911 to 1912 (AH 1329 to 1330)

    1,200 to 1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

    No annual entry for 1910/11 (AH 1328).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry05001,0001,5001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 13301,500 kuruşBelediye doktoruzabıta ser tabibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 1330This 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 Karabet Bedros Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1899/190060040050067%
1900/0160040067%
1901/0260040066%
1902/0360040067%
1903/0460040567%
1904/0560040066%
1905/061,2004301,00085%
1909/101,20060085075%
19111,2006001,00069%
1911/121,5001,0001,25062%

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 Karabet Bedros Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1899/1900AH 1317First work600first-salary field
1899/1900AH 1317kaza ser tabibiSidirokastro (Demirhisar)600
1899 to 1906AH 1317 to 1323Belediye doktoru
7 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900600
1900/01600
1901/02600
1902/03600
1903/04600
1904/05600
1905/06600
600
1905/06AH 1323vilayet merkez tabib-i sanisi
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/06900
1905/061,200
Thessaloniki (Selanik)900 to 1,200
No annual entry: 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326)
1909/10AH 1327zabıta tabibiÜsküdar1,200
No annual entry: 1910/11 (AH 1328)
1911 to 1912AH 1329 to 1330zabıta ser tabibi
3 entries
YearSalary
19111,200
1911/121,200
1911/121,500
Üsküdar1,200 to 1,500

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Kırşehir
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
Tüccar

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 11 officials with entries in Üsküdar in the same years, 9 have a recorded salary; Karabet Bedros Efendi had the 7th highest salary of them.

All 51 officials with entries in Üsküdar

Same birthplace

Of the 72 officials born in Kırşehir, 65 have a recorded salary; Karabet Bedros Efendi had the 4th highest salary of them.

The page of Kırşehir, with the 72 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; Karabet Bedros Efendi had the 8th 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 Karabet Bedros Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1899/1900AH 1317kaza ser tabibiSidirokastro (Demirhisar)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records108 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.113/69, s.69.
1899/1900AH 1317Belediye doktoruTimurhisar600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 113/69.
1900/01AH 1318Belediye doktoruTimurhisar600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 113/69.
1901/02AH 1319Belediye doktoruTimurhisar600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 113/69.
1902/03AH 1320Belediye doktoruTimurhisar600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 113/69.
1903/04AH 1321Belediye doktoruTimurhisar600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 113/69.
1904/05AH 1322Belediye doktoruTimurhisar600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 113/69.
1905/06AH 1323vilayet merkez tabib-i sanisiThessaloniki (Selanik)900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records108 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.113/69, s.69.
1905/06AH 1323Belediye doktoruTimurhisar600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 113/69.
1905/06AH 1323Vilayet merkez üçüncü doktoruThessaloniki (Selanik)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 113/69.
1909/10AH 1327zabıta tabibiÜsküdar1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records108 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.113/69, s.69.
1911AH 1329zabıta ser tabibiÜsküdar1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records108 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.113/69, s.69.
1911/12AH 1330zabıta ser tabibiÜsküdar1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records108 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.113/69, s.69.
1911/12AH 1330zabıta ser tabibiÜsküdar1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.113/69, s.69
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 Karabet Bedros 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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