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Şaban 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 Şaban Efendi began in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1862/63 (AH 1279). Work began in Xanthi (İskeçe) in 1898/99, at about 36, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. Few began so late; fewer than 5 per cent of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known started at 36 or older. The first annual entry, for 1898/99, names Şaban as Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisi, with no place.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to a peak of 500 in 1910/11, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 13 years the salaries add up to 42,600 kuruş, 62 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1910/11.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1898/9912KomotiniXanthi

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

  1. Komotini (Gümülcine)

    Born 1862/63 (AH 1279)

  2. Xanthi (İskeçe)

    First work 1898/99 (AH 1316)

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

    1898 to 1911 (AH 1316 to 1328)

    Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisi

    150 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328500 kuruşRüşdiye muallim-i sânisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This 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 Şaban Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1898/9915040010%
1899/190015040010%
1900/0115040010%
1901/021504009%
1902/031504008%
1903/041504059%
1904/0515040010%
1905/0640043041%
1906/0740045041%
1907/0840046040%
1908/0940040042%
1909/1040060031%
1910/1150050044%

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 Şaban Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First workXanthi (İskeçe)150first-salary field
1898 to 1911AH 1316 to 1328Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisi
16 entries
YearSalary
1898/99150
1899/1900150
1900/01150
1901/02150
1902/03150
1903/04150
1904/05150
1905/06150
1905/06
1905/06400
1906/07400
1907/08400
1908/09400
1909/10400
1910/11400
1910/11500
150 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1862/63 (AH 1279)

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)

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 64 officials born in Komotini (Gümülcine), 59 have a recorded salary; Şaban Efendi had the 21st highest salary of them.

The page of Komotini (Gümülcine), with the 64 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; Şaban Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Şaban Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisiİskeçe Rüşdiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1899/1900AH 1317Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisiİskeçe Rüşdiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1900/01AH 1318Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisiİskeçe Rüşdiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1901/02AH 1319Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisiİskeçe Rüşdiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1902/03AH 1320Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisiİskeçe Rüşdiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1903/04AH 1321Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisiİskeçe Rüşdiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1904/05AH 1322Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisiİskeçe Rüşdiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1905/06AH 1323Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisiİskeçe Rüşdiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1905/06AH 1323Rüşdiye muallim-i sânisi (İnfisal)İskeçe RüşdiyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1905/06AH 1323Rüşdiye muallim-i evveliPraveşte Rüşdiyesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1906/07AH 1324Rüşdiye muallim-i evveliPraveşte Rüşdiyesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1907/08AH 1325Rüşdiye muallim-i evveliPraveşte Rüşdiyesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1908/09AH 1326Rüşdiye muallim-i evveliPraveşte Rüşdiyesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1909/10AH 1327Rüşdiye muallim-i evveliPraveşte Rüşdiyesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1910/11AH 1328Rüşdiye muallim-i evveliPraveşte Rüşdiyesi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
1910/11AH 1328Rüşdiye muallim-i evveliPraveşte Rüşdiyesi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93; 218 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 183/93.
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 Şaban 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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