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SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ

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

The life of SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ began in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). Work began in 1878, at about 19, on a first salary of 225 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1878, names SÜLEYMAN as Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi, with no place.

Pay rose from 225 kuruş a month in 1878 to a peak of 300 in 1879/80, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 19,800 kuruş, 67 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1882/83.

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. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1858/59 (AH 1275)

  2. Dilem as worded, no place record

    1878 to 1883 (AH 1295 to 1300)

    Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

    225 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300300 kuruşBidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300This 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 EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
187822545019%
1878/7922540017%
1879/8030040027%
1880/8130040028%
1881/8230040028%
1882/8330040027%

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 EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878AH 1295First work225first-salary field
1878 to 1883AH 1295 to 1300Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
6 entries
YearSalary
1878225
1878/79225
1879/80300
1880/81300
1881/82300
1882/83300
225 to 300

Record

Personal

Born
1858/59 (AH 1275)

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1878 (AH 1295)

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 school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ had the 359th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ had the 147th highest salary of them.

The page of Kirkuk (Kerkük), with the 237 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295), 129 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ had the 103rd highest salary of them.

All 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of SÜLEYMAN EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878AH 1295Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiDilem225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 DH_SAİD,00039_00135
1878/79AH 1296Bidayet mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiDilem225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 DH_SAİD,00039_00135
1879/80AH 1297Bidayet mahkemesi müstantık muaviniKut'ül-Amare300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 DH_SAİD,00039_00135
1880/81AH 1298Bidayet mahkemesi müstantık muaviniKut'ül-Amare300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 DH_SAİD,00039_00135
1881/82AH 1299Bidayet mahkemesi müstantık muaviniKut'ül-Amare300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 DH_SAİD,00039_00135
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi müstantık muaviniHurasan300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 DH_SAİD,00039_00135
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 EFENDİ 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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