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İsmail Bey

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

İsmail Bey was born in Hersek in 1834/35 (AH 1250). Work began in 1863/64, at about 29, on a first salary of 1,500 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1863/64, with İsmail as Kaza Muduru and no place named. For 1864 to 1869 and 1870 to 1887 the lists have no entry.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 1,500 kuruş a month in 1863/64, as Kaza Muduru, when 77 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 61,080 kuruş, 3 times what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.

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. Hersek

    Born 1834/35 (AH 1250)

  2. Keyfi as worded, no place record

    1863 to 1870 (AH 1280 to 1286)

    Kaza Muduru 1863/64 (AH 1280); Kaymakam 1869/70 (AH 1286)

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1864 to 1869 (AH 1281 to 1285).

  3. Manas as worded, no place record

    1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)

    No annual entry for 1870 to 1887 (AH 1287 to 1304) before it.

    Kaymakam 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307); Kaymakam (Nakil) 1889/90 (AH 1307)

    1,170 to 1,250 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry05001,0001,5001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061,500 kuruşKaymakam
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 1306This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 İsmail Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1863/641,5004751,75077%
1887/881,1704001,25082%
1888/891,1704001,25083%
1889/901,2504001,25086%

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 İsmail Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1863/64AH 1280First work1,500first-salary field
1863/64AH 1280Kaza Muduru1,500
No annual entry: 1864 to 1869 (AH 1281 to 1285)
1869/70AH 1286Kaymakam
No annual entry: 1870 to 1887 (AH 1287 to 1304)
1887 to 1890AH 1305 to 1307Kaymakam
4 entries
YearSalary
1887/881,170
1888/891,170
1889/901,170
1889/901,250
1,170 to 1,250
1889/90AH 1307Kaymakam (Nakil)

Record

Personal

Born
1834/35 (AH 1250)
Birthplace
Hersek

First work

Year
1863/64 (AH 1280)

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 94 officials with the title Kaymakam in the same years, 77 have a recorded salary; İsmail Bey had the 62nd highest salary of them.

All 265 officials with the title Kaymakam

Same birthplace

Of the 23 officials born in Hersek, 22 have a recorded salary; İsmail Bey had the 5th highest salary of them.

The page of Hersek, with the 23 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 72 officials whose first annual entry is for 1863/64 (AH 1280), 57 have a recorded salary; İsmail Bey had the 22nd highest salary of them.

All 72 officials whose first annual entry is for 1863/64 (AH 1280)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İsmail Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1863/64AH 1280Kaza MuduruKeyfi1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 10/414
1869/70AH 1286KaymakamKeyfiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 10/414; 114 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 10/414.; 116 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 10/414.
1887/88AH 1305KaymakamManas1,170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 10/414
1888/89AH 1306KaymakamManas1,170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 10/414
1889/90AH 1307KaymakamManas1,170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 10/414
1889/90AH 1307Kaymakam (Nakil)ManasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 10/414
1889/90AH 1307KaymakamPasinler1,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 10/414; 114 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 10/414.; 116 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 10/414.
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 İsmail Bey 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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