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İbrahim Sırrı 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

The life of İbrahim Sırrı Efendi began in Malatya in 1860/61 (AH 1277). At about 22, in 1882/83, İbrahim Sırrı began work in Istanbul. The annual lists begin in 1882/83, with İbrahim Sırrı in the Stajyer, Muhasebe Kalemi and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1891/92 give a second post, in Yalova as Rüsumat İdaresi Kâtibi.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to a peak of 300 in 1891/92, in Yalova, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 12,600 kuruş, 65 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1891/92.

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 4 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1882/831891/92124MalatyaIstanbulYalova

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (İstanbul (Dersaadet Mülhakatı Rüsumat Nezareti)).

  1. Malatya

    Born 1860/61 (AH 1277)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1882/83 (AH 1300)

  3. İstanbul (Dersaadet Mülhakatı Rüsumat Nezareti) as worded, no place record not on the map

    1882 to 1892 (AH 1300 to 1309)

    Stajyer, Muhasebe Kalemi

    200 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

  4. Yalova

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    Rüsumat İdaresi 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
01002003001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309300 kuruşStajyer, Muhasebe Kalemi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 İbrahim Sırrı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1883/8425040019%
1889/9025040021%
1890/9125040021%
1891/9230040035028%

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 İbrahim Sırrı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1882 to 1892AH 1300 to 1309Stajyer, Muhasebe Kalemi
17 entries
YearSalary
1882/83
1883/84
1883/84
1883/84200
1883/84250
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88
1888/89
1888/89
1889/90200
1889/90
1889/90250
1890/91250
1891/92250
1891/92
1891/92AH 1309Rüsumat İdaresi KâtibiYalova300

Record

Personal

Born
1860/61 (AH 1277)
Birthplace
Malatya

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 birthplace

Of the 140 officials born in Malatya, 132 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Sırrı Efendi had the 88th highest salary of them.

The page of Malatya, with the 140 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; İbrahim Sırrı Efendi had the 141st 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 İbrahim Sırrı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Stajyer, Muhasebe Kalemiİstanbul (Dersaadet Mülhakatı Rüsumat Nezareti)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Stajyer, Muhasebe Kalemiİstanbul (Dersaadet Mülhakatı Rüsumat Nezareti)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Stajyer, Muhasebe Kalemi (Nakil)İstanbul (Dersaadet Mülhakatı Rüsumat Nezareti)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Rüsumat KâtibiMihaliç Boğazı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Rüsumat KâtibiMihaliç Boğazı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Rüsumat KâtibiMihaliç BoğazıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Rüsumat KâtibiMihaliç BoğazıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat KâtibiMihaliç BoğazıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Rüsumat KâtibiMihaliç BoğazıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1888/89AH 1306Rüsumat KâtibiMihaliç BoğazıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1888/89AH 1306Rüsumat Kâtibi (Azil)Mihaliç BoğazıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat İdaresi KâtibiŞahinrus200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat İdaresi Kâtibi (Nakil)ŞahinrusAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat İdaresi KâtibiMihaliç Boğazı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Rüsumat İdaresi KâtibiMihaliç Boğazı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309Rüsumat İdaresi KâtibiMihaliç Boğazı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309Rüsumat İdaresi Kâtibi (Nakil)Mihaliç BoğazıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309Rüsumat İdaresi KâtibiYalova300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH.SAİD.00020.00085
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 İbrahim Sırrı 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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