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Süleyman Nail 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 Süleyman Nail Bey began in Gelibolu. Süleyman Nail had a first salary of 140 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1874/75 (AH 1291), with Süleyman Nail as an official (Memur) and no place named, with a rise to Memur (başka görev) in 1874/75 and to Baskatip in 1878. The lists have no entry for 1875 to 1877.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1874/75 to 600 in 1882/83, the peak, as Baskatip, when two in three paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1882/83.

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. Chios (Sakız)

    First work here

  2. Tütün Fabrikası as worded, no place record

    1874 to 1883 (AH 1291 to 1300)

    Memur 1874 to 1878 (AH 1291 to 1295); Memur (başka görev) 1874/75 (AH 1291); Baskatip 1878 to 1883 (AH 1295 to 1300)

    200 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

    No annual entry for 1875 to 1877 (AH 1292 to 1293).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300600 kuruşMemurMemurBaskatip
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300This 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 Süleyman Nail Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/7540045043%
1877/7820045015%
187840045042%
1882/8360040067%

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 Nail Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workChios (Sakız)140first-salary field
1874/75AH 1291Memur200
1874/75AH 1291Memur (başka görev)400
No annual entry: 1875 to 1877 (AH 1292 to 1293)
1877 to 1878AH 1294 to 1295Memur
2 entries
YearSalary
1877/78200
1878200
200
1878 to 1883AH 1295 to 1300Baskatip
7 entries
YearSalary
1878400
1878/79
1879/80
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1882/83600
400 to 600

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Gelibolu

First work

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 job title, same years

Of the 4 officials with the title Baskatip in the same years, Süleyman Nail Bey had the 3rd highest salary.

All 18 officials with the title Baskatip

Same birthplace

Of the 127 officials born in Gelibolu, 118 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Nail Bey had the 38th highest salary of them.

The page of Gelibolu, with the 127 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291), 130 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Nail Bey had the 47th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Nail Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291MemurTütün Fabrikası200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 19/423
1874/75AH 1291Memur (başka görev)Tütün Fabrikası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 19/423
1877/78AH 1294MemurTütün Fabrikası200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 19/423
1878AH 1295MemurTütün Fabrikası200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 19/423
1878AH 1295BaskatipTütün Fabrikası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 19/423
1878/79AH 1296BaskatipTütün FabrikasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 19/423
1879/80AH 1297BaskatipTütün FabrikasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 19/423
1880/81AH 1298BaskatipTütün FabrikasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 19/423
1881/82AH 1299BaskatipTütün FabrikasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 19/423
1882/83AH 1300BaskatipTütün FabrikasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 19/423
1882/83AH 1300BaskatipTütün Fabrikası600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 19/423
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 Nail 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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