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Kadri 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 Kadri Bey began in Istanbul in 1855/56 (AH 1272). Work began in 1876/77, at about 20. The first annual entry, for 1876/77, names Kadri as Ordu-yı Hümayun görevi, with no place. For 1877 to 1881 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 500 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to 1,200 in 1897/98, the peak, when 87 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 17 years the salaries add up to 128,400 kuruş, 1.6 times what an official on the median salary earned. 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. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1855/56 (AH 1272)

  2. Place not recorded

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Ordu-yı Hümayun görevi

    entries in 1 year

  3. İstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun as worded, no place record

    1881 to 1898 (AH 1299 to 1315)

    No annual entry for 1877 to 1881 (AH 1294 to 1298) before it.

    Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısı

    500 to 1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 17 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001,5001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141,200 kuruşMabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314This 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 Kadri Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/8250040060%
1882/8350040059%
1883/8450040060%
1884/8550040059%
1885/8650040058%
1886/8750040057%
1887/8850040054%
1888/8950040055%
1889/9050040056%
1890/9150040056%
1891/9275040073%
1892/9375040074%
1893/9475040075%
1894/9575040074%
1895/9675040074%
1896/9775045073%
1897/981,20040087%

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 Kadri Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First work
1876/77AH 1293Ordu-yı Hümayun görevi
No annual entry: 1877 to 1881 (AH 1294 to 1298)
1881 to 1898AH 1299 to 1315Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısı
20 entries
YearSalary
1881/82500
1882/83500
1883/84500
1884/85500
1885/86500
1886/87500
1887/88500
1888/89500
1889/90500
1890/91500
1891/92500
1891/92750
1892/93750
1893/94750
1894/95750
1895/96750
1896/97750
1896/97600
1897/98600
1897/981,200
500 to 1,200

Record

Personal

Born
1855/56 (AH 1272)

First work

Year
1876/77 (AH 1293)

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 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Kadri Bey had the 187th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293), 168 have a recorded salary; Kadri Bey had the 32nd highest salary of them.

All 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Kadri Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Ordu-yı Hümayun göreviAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1881/82AH 1299Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1882/83AH 1300Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1883/84AH 1301Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1884/85AH 1302Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1885/86AH 1303Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1886/87AH 1304Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1887/88AH 1305Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1888/89AH 1306Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1889/90AH 1307Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1890/91AH 1308Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1891/92AH 1309Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1891/92AH 1309Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1892/93AH 1310Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1893/94AH 1311Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1894/95AH 1312Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1895/96AH 1313Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1896/97AH 1314Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1896/97AH 1314Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1897/98AH 1315Mabeyn-i Hümayun eczacısıİstanbul, Mabeyn-i Hümayun600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
1897/98AH 1315Sereczacıİstanbul, Beşiktaş Saray-ı Hümayun Eczahanesi1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1045
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 Kadri 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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