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Parsih Jürenyan 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 Kayseri in 1845/46 (AH 1262), Parsih Jürenyan Efendi was the child of a tradesman (esnaf). Parsih Jürenyan began work in Istanbul in 1866/67, at about 20. The annual lists begin in 1866/67, with Parsih Jürenyan as Telgrafhane stajyeri and no place named. For 1867 to 1869 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 76 kuruş a month in 1869/70 to 1,200 in 1882/83, the peak, when 85 per cent of paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 800 kuruş. Over 25 years the salaries add up to 199,692 kuruş, 1.6 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1894/95.

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 6 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1866/6712KayseriIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi), stop 4 (Yozgat merkezi), stop 5 (Eskişehir merkezi), stop 6 (Kale-i Sultaniye merkezi).

  1. Kayseri

    Born 1845/46 (AH 1262)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1866/67 (AH 1283)

  3. İstanbul, Beyoğlu Telgrafhanesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1866/67 (AH 1283)

    Telgrafhane stajyeri

    entries in 1 year

  4. Yozgat merkezi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1869 to 1887 (AH 1286 to 1304)

    No annual entry for 1867 to 1869 (AH 1284 to 1285) before it.

    Fransızca muhabere memuru

    76 to 1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 19 years

  5. Eskişehir merkezi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1888 to 1895 (AH 1306 to 1312)

    No annual entry for 1887/88 (AH 1305) before it.

    Geçici muhabere memuru

    600 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  6. Kale-i Sultaniye merkezi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Muhabere Memuru

    500 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
no entryno entry05001,0001,5001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121,200 kuruşFransızca muhabere memuruGeçici muhabere memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 1312This 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 Parsih Jürenyan Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1869/70764004%
1871/72545420.561%
1872/7354545060%
1873/7454540561%
1874/7558045063%
1875/7658045062%
1876/7760042064%
1877/7860045063%
187860045064%
1878/7960040063%
1879/8060040065%
1880/8157040067%
1881/8260040067%
1882/831,20040085%
1883/8480040078%
1884/8580040077%
1885/8680040075%
1886/8780040076%
1888/8980040077%
1889/9080040077%
1890/9180040076%
1891/9280040075%
1892/9380040076%
1893/9460040065%
1894/9560040065%

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 Parsih Jürenyan Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1866/67AH 1283First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1866/67AH 1283Telgrafhane stajyeri
No annual entry: 1867 to 1869 (AH 1284 to 1285)
1869 to 1887AH 1286 to 1304Fransızca muhabere memuru
28 entries
YearSalary
1869/7076
1870/71
1871/72
1871/72545
1872/73545
1873/74545
1874/75545
1874/75580
1875/76580
1876/77580
1876/77600
1877/78600
1878600
1878/79600
1879/80600
1879/80570
1880/81570
1880/81
1881/82600
1881/82
1882/83800
1882/831,200
1882/83
1883/84800
1884/85800
1885/86800
1886/87800
1886/87
76
No annual entry: 1887/88 (AH 1305)
1888 to 1895AH 1306 to 1312Geçici muhabere memuru
12 entries
YearSalary
1888/89800
1889/90800
1890/91800
1891/92800
1892/93800
1892/93
1892/93
1892/93600
1893/94600
1894/95
1894/95600
1894/95600
800 to 600
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere Memuru500

Record

Personal

Born
1845/46 (AH 1262)
Birthplace
Kayseri
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
Esnaf

First work

Year
1866/67 (AH 1283)

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 job title, same years

Of the 51 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Parsih Jürenyan Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

All 232 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 77 officials born in Kayseri, 59 have a recorded salary; Parsih Jürenyan Efendi had the 11th highest salary of them.

The page of Kayseri, with the 77 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283), 81 have a recorded salary; Parsih Jürenyan Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.

All 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Parsih Jürenyan Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1866/67AH 1283Telgrafhane stajyeriİstanbul, Beyoğlu TelgrafhanesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1869/70AH 1286Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi76Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1870/71AH 1287Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1871/72AH 1288Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1871/72AH 1288Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi545Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1872/73AH 1289Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi545Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1873/74AH 1290Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi545Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1874/75AH 1291Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi545Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1874/75AH 1291Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi580Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1875/76AH 1292Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi580Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1876/77AH 1293Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi580Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1876/77AH 1293Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1877/78AH 1294Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1878AH 1295Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1878/79AH 1296Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1879/80AH 1297Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1879/80AH 1297Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi570Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1880/81AH 1298Fransızca muhabere memuruYozgat merkezi570Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1880/81AH 1298Fransızca muhabere memuru (İnfisal)Yozgat merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1881/82AH 1299Türkçe ve Fransızca muhabere memuruGiresun merkezi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1881/82AH 1299Türkçe ve Fransızca muhabere memuru (İstifa)Giresun merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1882/83AH 1300Türkçe ve Fransızca muhabere memuruTrablusgarp merkezi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1882/83AH 1300Türkçe ve Fransızca muhabere memuruHumus1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1882/83AH 1300Türkçe ve Fransızca muhabere memuru (İnfisal)HumusAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1883/84AH 1301Türkçe ve Fransızca muhabere memuruSerandos merkezi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1884/85AH 1302Türkçe ve Fransızca muhabere memuruSerandos merkezi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1885/86AH 1303Türkçe ve Fransızca muhabere memuruSerandos merkezi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1886/87AH 1304Türkçe ve Fransızca muhabere memuruSerandos merkezi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1886/87AH 1304Türkçe ve Fransızca muhabere memuru (İstifa)Serandos merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1888/89AH 1306Geçici muhabere memuruEskişehir merkezi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1889/90AH 1307Geçici muhabere memuruEskişehir merkezi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1890/91AH 1308Geçici muhabere memuruEskişehir merkezi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1891/92AH 1309Geçici muhabere memuruEskişehir merkezi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1892/93AH 1310Geçici muhabere memuruEskişehir merkezi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1892/93AH 1310Geçici muhabere memuru (İnfisal)Eskişehir merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere MemuruKale-i Sultaniye merkezi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1892/93AH 1310Muhabere memuru (İnfisal)Kale-i Sultaniye merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1892/93AH 1310Ecnebiye telgraf muhaberatı memuruAta merkezi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1893/94AH 1311Ecnebiye telgraf muhaberatı memuruAta merkezi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1894/95AH 1312Muhabere memuriyetinin kaldırılmasıKale-i Sultaniye merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1894/95AH 1312Ecnebiye telgraf muhaberatı memuruAta merkezi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
1894/95AH 1312Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi müdürüTaberya600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371; 127 BOA. DH. SAİD. 58/371.
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 Parsih Jürenyan 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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