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Salih Sıdkı Efendi①

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

Salih Sıdkı Efendi① was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1857/58 (AH 1274); the father's occupation was "Hatip". At about 16, in 1874/75, Salih Sıdkı Efendi① began work in Didymoteicho, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1874/75 to 1885/86 places Salih Sıdkı Efendi① in Didymoteicho, the birthplace, first as Malmüdürlüğü refik-i sâniliği, from 1879/80 as Tahrirat Kalemi Musevvitligi and from 1883/84 in the Aşar ikinci kitabeti. The lists give Infisal for 1885/86 instead of a title.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1874/75 to 400 in 1883/84, the peak, in Didymoteicho, when 46 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 12 years the salaries add up to 38,280 kuruş, 64 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1885/86.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303400 kuruşMalmüdürlüğü refik-i sâniliğiTahrirat Kalemi MusevvitligiAşar ikinci kitabeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303This 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 Salih Sıdkı Efendi① against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/75150450427.59%
1875/761504503009%
1876/771504204009%
1877/7825045040023%
1878/791004004003%
1879/801404005007%
1880/8135040047540%
1881/8235040050041%
1882/8335040042541%
1883/8440040040046%
1884/8540040040045%
1885/8640040040044%

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 Salih Sıdkı Efendi①, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874/75AH 1291First workDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)150first-salary field
1874 to 1878AH 1291 to 1294Malmüdürlüğü refik-i sâniliği
5 entries
YearSalary
1874/75150
1875/76150
1876/77150
1877/78150
1877/78250
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)150 to 250
No annual entry: 1878 (AH 1295)
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizliği
3 entries
YearSalary
1878/79100
1879/80100
1879/80140
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)100 to 140
1879 to 1884AH 1297 to 1301Tahrirat Kalemi Musevvitligi
5 entries
YearSalary
1879/80140
1880/81350
1881/82350
1882/83350
1883/84350
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)140 to 350
1883 to 1886AH 1301 to 1303Aşar ikinci kitabeti
3 entries
YearSalary
1883/84400
1884/85400
1885/86400
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)400
1885/86AH 1303Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Born
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Father's occupation
Hatip

First work

Year
1874/75 (AH 1291)

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 34 officials with entries in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in the same years, 33 have a recorded salary; Salih Sıdkı Efendi① had the 29th highest salary of them.

All 72 officials with entries in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

Same birthplace

Of the 81 officials born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), 78 have a recorded salary; Salih Sıdkı Efendi① had the 44th highest salary of them.

The page of Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), with the 81 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291), 130 have a recorded salary; Salih Sıdkı Efendi① had the 81st highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Salih Sıdkı Efendi①
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291Malmüdürlüğü refik-i sâniliğiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1875/76AH 1292Malmüdürlüğü refik-i sâniliğiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1876/77AH 1293Malmüdürlüğü refik-i sâniliğiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1877/78AH 1294Malmüdürlüğü refik-i sâniliğiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1877/78AH 1294Vukuat kitabeti refakatiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1878/79AH 1296Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizliğiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1879/80AH 1297Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizliğiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1879/80AH 1297Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyitliğiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1879/80AH 1297Tahrirat Kalemi MusevvitligiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1880/81AH 1298Tahrirat Kalemi MusevvitligiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1881/82AH 1299Tahrirat Kalemi MusevvitligiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1882/83AH 1300Tahrirat Kalemi MusevvitligiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1883/84AH 1301Tahrirat Kalemi MusevvitligiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1883/84AH 1301Aşar ikinci kitabetiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1884/85AH 1302Aşar ikinci kitabetiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1885/86AH 1303Aşar ikinci kitabetiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
1885/86AH 1303InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 15-68
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 Salih Sıdkı Efendi① 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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