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Tahir 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

Tahir Efendi was born in Silifke in 1861/62 (AH 1278). Work began in 1882/83, at about 21. The first annual entry, for 1882/83, names Tahir as Tahrirat ve bidayet mahkemesi kalemlerinde mülazemet, with no place. At the same time, from 1882/83, the lists also place Tahir in Silifke as Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibi.

The one salary in the lists is 450 kuruş a month, for 1882/83, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. 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.

All 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1882/8313Silifke

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (İç-İl).

  1. Silifke

    Born 1861/62 (AH 1278)

  2. İç-İl as worded, no place record not on the map

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Tahrirat ve bidayet mahkemesi kalemlerinde mülazemet

    entries in 1 year

  3. Silifke

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibi

    450 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Career of Tahir Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First work
1882/83AH 1300Tahrirat ve bidayet mahkemesi kalemlerinde mülazemet
2 entries
YearSalary
1882/83
1882/83
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibiSilifke450

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Silifke

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)

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 2 officials with entries in Silifke in the same years, Tahir Efendi had the highest salary.

All 26 officials with entries in Silifke

Same birthplace

Of the 34 officials born in Silifke, 30 have a recorded salary; Tahir Efendi had the 6th highest salary of them.

The page of Silifke, with the 34 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Tahir Efendi had the 102nd highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Tahir Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Tahrirat ve bidayet mahkemesi kalemlerinde mülazemetİç-İlAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Tahrirat ve bidayet mahkemesi kalemlerinde mülazemet (Görevin sona ermesi)İç-İlAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibiSilifke450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Tahir 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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