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Şahmiran 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 Aksaray in 1866/67 (AH 1283), Şahmiran Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Şahmiran began work in 1893/94, at about 27. The first annual entry, for 1893/94, names Şahmiran as Mal ve Vergi Müdürlüğü stajyeri, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1894 to 1906.

The salary went from 125 kuruş a month in 1908/09 to 250 in 1910/11, the peak, when 13 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 6,000 kuruş, 33 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1910/11.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328250 kuruşNüfus kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 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 Şahmiran Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1908/091254006%
1909/101256003%
1910/1125050013%

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 Şahmiran Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First work
1893/94AH 1311Mal ve Vergi Müdürlüğü stajyeri
No annual entry: 1894 to 1906 (AH 1312 to 1323)
1906/07AH 1324Nüfus kâtibi (İnfisal)
No annual entry: 1907/08 (AH 1325)
1908 to 1911AH 1326 to 1328Nüfus kâtibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1908/09125
1909/10125
1910/11125
1910/11250
125 to 250

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Birthplace
Aksaray
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1893/94 (AH 1311)

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Şahmiran Efendi had the 136th highest salary of them.

All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Şahmiran Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Mal ve Vergi Müdürlüğü stajyeriAksarayAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 173/431.
1906/07AH 1324Nüfus kâtibi (İnfisal)AksarayAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 173/431.
1908/09AH 1326Nüfus kâtibiAksaray125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 173/431.
1909/10AH 1327Nüfus kâtibiAksaray125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 173/431.
1910/11AH 1328Nüfus kâtibiAksaray125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 173/431.
1910/11AH 1328Nüfus kâtibiAksaray250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 173/431.
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 Şahmiran 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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