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Şevket 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

Şevket Efendi was born in Burdur in 1867/68 (AH 1284); the father was a merchant (tüccar). Work began in Burdur in 1883/84, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1883/84, with Şevket as Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi stajyeri in Burdur, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1896/97. Alongside, the lists for 1896 to 1902 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Tapu kâtibi. At the same time, from 1901/02, the lists also place Şevket in Burdur as Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 400 kuruş a month in 1887/88, in Burdur, when 43 per cent of paid officials earned less. After 11 years the salary stood below the first, 380 kuruş against 400. The last annual entry is for 1901/02.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1901/0213Burdur

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Burdur Merkez Kazası).

  1. Burdur

    Born 1867/68 (AH 1284); First work 1883/84 (AH 1301); 1883 to 1897 (AH 1301 to 1314)

    Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi stajyeri

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 14 years

  2. Burdur Merkez Kazası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1896 to 1902 (AH 1314 to 1319)

    Tapu kâtibi

    entries in 6 years

  3. Burdur

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibi

    380 kuruş a month; 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
01002003004001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319400 kuruşMa’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi stajyeriTapu kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319This 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 Şevket Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1887/8840040036043%
1888/8940040039045%
1889/9040040033046%
1890/9140040035045%
1891/9240040040045%
1892/9340040040045%
1893/9440040030044%
1894/9540040030544%
1895/9640040030044%
1896/9740045035042%
1901/0238040038042%

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 Şevket Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1883/84AH 1301First workBurdur
1883 to 1897AH 1301 to 1314Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi stajyeri
15 entries
YearSalary
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88
1887/88400
1888/89400
1889/90400
1890/91400
1891/92400
1892/93400
1893/94400
1894/95400
1895/96400
1896/97400
Burdur400
1896 to 1902AH 1314 to 1319Tapu kâtibi
6 entries
YearSalary
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1901/02AH 1319Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibiBurdur380

Record

Personal

Born
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Birthplace
Burdur
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Place
Burdur

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 55 officials with entries in Burdur in the same years, 54 have a recorded salary; Şevket Efendi had the 30th highest salary of them.

All 86 officials with entries in Burdur

Same birthplace

Of the 93 officials born in Burdur, 88 have a recorded salary; Şevket Efendi had the 42nd highest salary of them.

The page of Burdur, with the 93 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301), 195 have a recorded salary; Şevket Efendi had the 104th highest salary of them.

All 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Şevket Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1883/84AH 1301Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi stajyeriBurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi stajyeriBurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi stajyeriBurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi stajyeriBurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi stajyeriBurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi deftercisiBurdur400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1888/89AH 1306Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi deftercisiBurdur400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi deftercisiBurdur400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi deftercisiBurdur400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi deftercisiBurdur400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi deftercisiBurdur400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1893/94AH 1311Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi deftercisiBurdur400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi deftercisiBurdur400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi deftercisiBurdur400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Ma’a Tahrir-i Vergi Kalemi deftercisiBurdur400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Tapu kâtibiBurdur Merkez KazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Tapu kâtibiBurdur Merkez KazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Tapu kâtibiBurdur Merkez KazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Tapu kâtibiBurdur Merkez KazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Tapu kâtibiBurdur Merkez KazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Tapu kâtibiBurdur Merkez KazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Defter-i Hakani Kalemi başkâtibiBurdur380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Şevket 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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