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Nikolaki 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

Nikolaki Efendi was born in Nevşehir in 1878/79 (AH 1296), into the Hristiyan community, and the father's occupation was "Sarımsak mahallesi muhtarı". At about 18, in 1897/98, Nikolaki began work in Ayvalık. The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with Nikolaki as Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi görevlisi in Ayvalık. Alongside, the lists for 1898/99 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez kâtibi.

The one salary in the lists is 300 kuruş a month, for 1898/99, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1897/9812NevşehirAyvalık

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded).

  1. Nevşehir

    Born 1878/79 (AH 1296)

  2. Ayvalık

    First work 1897/98 (AH 1315); 1897 to 1899 (AH 1315 to 1316)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi görevlisi

    entries in 2 years

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez 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
01002003001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316300 kuruşBidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi görevlisiDüyun-ı Umumiye merkez kâtibi

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 Nikolaki Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First workAyvalık
1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi görevlisi
2 entries
YearSalary
1897/98
1898/99
Ayvalık
1898/99AH 1316Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez kâtibi300

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Birthplace
Nevşehir
Community
Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded
Rum
Father's occupation
Sarımsak mahallesi muhtarı

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)

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 7 officials with entries in Ayvalık in the same years, Nikolaki Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 41 officials with entries in Ayvalık

Same birthplace

Of the 19 officials born in Nevşehir, 18 have a recorded salary; Nikolaki Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

The page of Nevşehir, with the 19 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Nikolaki Efendi had the 92nd highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Nikolaki Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi görevlisiAyvalıkAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records121 CDA. DH. SAİD. 123/249. Ayrıca Bkz. Filiz Kılıç -Tuncay Bülbül, “ Biyografik Kaynaklara ve Sicill-i Ahval Kayıtlarına Göre Osmanlı Yönetim ve Aydınlanmasında Nevşehir’’, Türkiye Barolar Birliği Yayınları, Ankara 2017, s. 158.
1898/99AH 1316Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi görevlisiAyvalıkAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records121 CDA. DH. SAİD. 123/249. Ayrıca Bkz. Filiz Kılıç -Tuncay Bülbül, “ Biyografik Kaynaklara ve Sicill-i Ahval Kayıtlarına Göre Osmanlı Yönetim ve Aydınlanmasında Nevşehir’’, Türkiye Barolar Birliği Yayınları, Ankara 2017, s. 158.
1898/99AH 1316Düyun-ı Umumiye merkez kâtibi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsCDA. DH. SAİD. 123/249.
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 Nikolaki 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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