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Mihail 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 Aleppo (Halep) in 1875/76 (AH 1292), Mihail Efendi came from the Katolik community; the father's occupation was "Halep belediye memuru". Work began in Aleppo in 1891/92, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1891/92, with Mihail as Telgrafhane memuru in Aleppo, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1894/95. Alongside, the lists for 1894 to 1896 give a second post, in İskenderun as Telgrafhane memuru. At the same time, from 1895 to 1906, the lists also place Mihail in Adana as Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to 500 in 1905/06, the peak, in Adana, when 52 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1905/06.

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
1894/951895/96123AleppoİskenderunAdana
  1. Aleppo (Halep)

    Born 1875/76 (AH 1292); First work 1891/92 (AH 1309); 1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)

    Telgrafhane memuru

    entries in 4 years

  2. İskenderun

    1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)

    Telgrafhane memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Adana

    1895 to 1906 (AH 1313 to 1323)

    Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru

    126 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323500 kuruşTelgrafhane memuruMersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This 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 Mihail Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1894/9530040050028%
1895/9640040045544%
1896/9740045045542%
1897/9840040041545%
1898/9940040040044%
1899/190040040040044%
1900/0140040040045%
1901/0240040040043%
1902/0340040045044%
1903/0440040540043%
1904/0540040040042%
1905/0650043040052%

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 Mihail Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workAleppo (Halep)
1891 to 1895AH 1309 to 1312Telgrafhane memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
Aleppo (Halep)
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313Telgrafhane memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1894/95300
1895/96300
İskenderun300
1895 to 1906AH 1313 to 1323Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere Memuru
12 entries
YearSalary
1895/96400
1896/97400
1897/98400
1898/99400
1899/1900400
1900/01400
1901/02400
1902/03400
1903/04400
1904/05400
1904/05126
1905/06500
Adana400 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Birthplace
Aleppo (Halep)
Community
Katolik
Nationality as recorded
Rum
Father's occupation
Halep belediye memuru

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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 49 officials with entries in Adana in the same years, 46 have a recorded salary; Mihail Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.

All 139 officials with entries in Adana

Same birthplace

Of the 73 officials born in Aleppo (Halep), 70 have a recorded salary; Mihail Efendi had the 39th highest salary of them.

The page of Aleppo (Halep), with the 73 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Mihail Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mihail Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309Telgrafhane memuruAleppo (Halep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1892/93AH 1310Telgrafhane memuruAleppo (Halep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1893/94AH 1311Telgrafhane memuruAleppo (Halep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1894/95AH 1312Telgrafhane memuruAleppo (Halep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1894/95AH 1312Telgrafhane memuruİskenderun300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1895/96AH 1313Telgrafhane memuruİskenderun300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1895/96AH 1313Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1896/97AH 1314Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1897/98AH 1315Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1898/99AH 1316Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1899/1900AH 1317Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1900/01AH 1318Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1901/02AH 1319Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1902/03AH 1320Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1903/04AH 1321Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1904/05AH 1322Mersin Telgraf ve Posta Merkezleri Lisan-ı Ecnebiye Muhabere MemuruAdana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1904/05AH 1322Adana Merkezi şef vekiliAdana126Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
1905/06AH 1323Adana Merkezi şef vekiliAdana500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİDd. 85 259
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 Mihail 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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