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Şaban 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

Şaban Efendi was born in Ulus karyesi in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Work began in 1893/94, at about 20, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1893/94, names Şaban as emanet çavuşu, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1894 to 1896, 1898 to 1903 and 1904 to 1909.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to 400 in 1909/10, the peak, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 19,200 kuruş, 70 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

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. Şehremaneti merkezi, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    emanet çavuşu

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Beşinci Daire-i Belediye, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315)

    No annual entry for 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313) before it.

    belediye çavuşu

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Sekizinci (elyevm On Dördüncü) Daire-i Belediye, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    No annual entry for 1898 to 1903 (AH 1316 to 1320) before it.

    belediye çavuşu

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. On Dördüncü Daire-i Belediye, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    No annual entry for 1904 to 1909 (AH 1322 to 1326) before it.

    belediye çavuşu

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry01002003004001893/94AH 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 1327400 kuruşbelediye çavuşu
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001893/94AH 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 1327This 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 Şaban Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/9430040027%
1896/9730045026%
1897/9830040028%
1903/0430040529%
1909/1040060031%

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 Şaban Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First work300first-salary field
1893/94AH 1311emanet çavuşu
2 entries
YearSalary
1893/94300
1893/94300
300
No annual entry: 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)
1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315belediye çavuşu
2 entries
YearSalary
1896/97300
1897/98300
300
No annual entry: 1898 to 1903 (AH 1316 to 1320)
1903/04AH 1321belediye çavuşu300
No annual entry: 1904 to 1909 (AH 1322 to 1326)
1909/10AH 1327belediye çavuşu400

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Ulus karyesi

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; Şaban Efendi had the 92nd 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 Şaban Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311emanet çavuşuŞehremaneti merkezi, İstanbul300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records114 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.182. s.3
1893/94AH 1311belediye çavuşuSekizinci Daire-i Belediye, İstanbul300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records114 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.182. s.3
1896/97AH 1314belediye çavuşuBeşinci Daire-i Belediye, İstanbul300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records114 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.182. s.3
1897/98AH 1315emanet çavuşuŞehremaneti merkezi, İstanbul300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records114 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.182. s.3
1903/04AH 1321belediye çavuşuSekizinci (elyevm On Dördüncü) Daire-i Belediye, İstanbul300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records114 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.182. s.3
1909/10AH 1327belediye çavuşuOn Dördüncü Daire-i Belediye, İstanbul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records114 BOA, DH. SA ĐD, nr.182. s.3
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 Şaban 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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