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Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

İstepan 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 Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), İstepan Efendi came from the Hristiyan community. The annual lists begin in 1883/84 (AH 1301), with İstepan as Aşar ve İğtinam başkâtibi and no place named. İstepan then moved to Bolvadin from 1886 to 1888, then back to Afyonkarahisar, the birthplace, from 1889 to 1896. Alongside, the lists for 1892/93 give a second post, in Sandıklı as Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili. The last entries, from 1894 to 1896, name İstepan as Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili, with no place.

The salary went from 450 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to 500 in 1893/94, the peak, in Afyonkarahisar, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1895/96.

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 6 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1886/871889/901892/931345AfyonkarahisarBolvadinSandıklı

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Aziziye), stop 6 (Aziziye).

  1. Aziziye as worded, no place record not on the map

    1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)

    Aşar ve İğtinam başkâtibi

    450 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  2. Bolvadin

    1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)

    Aşar ambar memuru

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

    1889 to 1896 (AH 1307 to 1313)

    No annual entry for 1888/89 (AH 1306) before it.

    Ziraat Bankası şubesi ambar emini (İnfisal)

    300 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  4. Sandıklı

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili

    120 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Aziziye as worded, no place record not on the map

    1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)

    Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili

    166 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313500 kuruşAşar ve İğtinam başkâtibiAşar ambar memuruZiraat Bankası şubesi ambar emini (İnfisal)Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili
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 1313This 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 İstepan Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1883/8445040055%
1884/8545040054%
1885/8645040053%
1886/8740040040045%
1887/8840040037043%
1889/9030040038029%
1890/9130040035028%
1891/9230040035028%
1892/9330040034027%
1893/94500400377.555%
1894/9550040035055%
1895/9650040030055%

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 İstepan Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)
1883 to 1886AH 1301 to 1303Aşar ve İğtinam başkâtibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1883/84450
1884/85450
1885/86450
1885/86
450
1886 to 1888AH 1304 to 1305Aşar ambar memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1886/87400
1887/88400
1887/88
Bolvadin400
No annual entry: 1888/89 (AH 1306)
1889 to 1896AH 1307 to 1313Ziraat Bankası şubesi ambar emini (İnfisal)
10 entries
YearSalary
1889/90
1889/90300
1890/91300
1891/92300
1892/93300
1893/94300
1893/94500
1894/95500
1895/96500
1895/96
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)
1892/93AH 1310Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili
2 entries
YearSalary
1892/93120
1892/93
Sandıklı120
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili
3 entries
YearSalary
1894/95166
1895/96166
1895/96
166

Record

Personal

Community
Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni

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 place, same years

Of the 38 officials with entries in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) in the same years, 34 have a recorded salary; İstepan Efendi had the 17th highest salary of them.

All 100 officials with entries in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

Same birthplace

Of the 125 officials born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), 117 have a recorded salary; İstepan Efendi had the 52nd highest salary of them.

The page of Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with the 125 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; İstepan Efendi had the 74th 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 İstepan Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1883/84AH 1301Aşar ve İğtinam başkâtibiAziziye450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Aşar ve İğtinam başkâtibiAziziye450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Aşar ve İğtinam başkâtibiAziziye450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Aşar ve İğtinam başkâtibi (İnfisal)AziziyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Aşar ambar memuruBolvadin400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Aşar ambar memuruBolvadin400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Aşar ambar memuru (Görevin sona ermesi)BolvadinAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Ziraat Bankası şubesi ambar emini (İnfisal)Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekiliSandıklı120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)SandıklıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1893/94AH 1311Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1893/94AH 1311Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekiliAziziye166Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekiliAziziye166Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)AziziyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muavini (Azil)Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation 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 İstepan 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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