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SÜLEYMAN EFENDĠ

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

SÜLEYMAN EFENDĠ was born in Antalya. Work began in 1906/07 (AH 1324), on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1906/07, with SÜLEYMAN EFENDĠ as Orman ser müfettişliği üçüncü kâtibi and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1910/11 give a second post, in Alanya as Orman kâtibi.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1906/07 to a peak of 400 in 1908/09, when 42 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 21,600 kuruş, 74 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final 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.

  1. Konya vilayeti as worded, no place record

    1906 to 1911 (AH 1324 to 1328)

    Orman ser müfettişliği üçüncü kâtibi

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  2. Alanya (Alaiye)

    1910/11 (AH 1328)

    Orman kâtibi

    300 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
01002003004001906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328400 kuruşOrman ser müfettişliği üçüncü kâtibiOrman kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001906/07AH 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 SÜLEYMAN EFENDĠ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1906/0730045029%
1907/0830046029%
1908/0940040042%
1909/1040060031%
1910/1140050031%

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 SÜLEYMAN EFENDĠ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1906/07AH 1324First work300first-salary field
1906 to 1911AH 1324 to 1328Orman ser müfettişliği üçüncü kâtibi
9 entries
YearSalary
1906/07300
1906/07
1907/08300
1908/09300
1908/09
1908/09400
1909/10400
1910/11400
1910/11
300
1910/11AH 1328Orman kâtibiAlanya (Alaiye)300

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Antalya

First work

Year
1906/07 (AH 1324)

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 4 officials with entries in Alanya (Alaiye) in the same years, SÜLEYMAN EFENDĠ had the highest salary.

All 31 officials with entries in Alanya (Alaiye)

Same birthplace

Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN EFENDĠ had the 109th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324), 118 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN EFENDĠ had the 41st highest salary of them.

All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of SÜLEYMAN EFENDĠ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1906/07AH 1324Orman ser müfettişliği üçüncü kâtibiKonya vilayeti300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records190 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00177 – 00043/83
1906/07AH 1324Orman ser müfettişliği üçüncü kâtibi (İnfisal)Konya vilayetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records190 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00177 – 00043/83
1907/08AH 1325Orman idare-i teftişiyesi kâtibiKaş300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records190 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00177 – 00043/83
1908/09AH 1326Orman idare-i teftişiyesi kâtibiKaş300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records190 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00177 – 00043/83
1908/09AH 1326Orman idare-i teftişiyesi kâtibi (İnfisal)KaşAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records190 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00177 – 00043/83
1908/09AH 1326Orman tezkere muharririAksu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records190 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00177 – 00043/83
1909/10AH 1327Orman tezkere muharririAksu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records190 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00177 – 00043/83
1910/11AH 1328Orman tezkere muharririAksu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records190 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00177 – 00043/83
1910/11AH 1328Orman tezkere muharriri (İnfisal)AksuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records190 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00177 – 00043/83
1910/11AH 1328Orman kâtibiAlanya (Alaiye)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records190 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00177 – 00043/83
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 SÜLEYMAN EFENDĠ 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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