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İsmail Efendi (B)

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 İsmail Efendi (B) began in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1859/60 (AH 1276). At about 15, in 1874/75, İsmail (B) began work in Komotini. From the first annual entry, for 1874/75, to 1883/84, every annual entry places İsmail (B) in the same post, Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımı, in Komotini, the birthplace.

The salary went from 50 kuruş a month in 1875/76 to 600 in 1880/81, the peak, in Komotini, when 68 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1883/84.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301600 kuruşŞer‘iyye Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301This 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 İsmail Efendi (B) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1875/76504503001%
1876/77504204001%
1877/78504504002%
1878504504001%
1878/7930040040027%
1879/8030040050027%
1880/8160040047568%
1881/8260040050067%
1882/8360040042567%
1883/8460040040068%

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 Efendi (B), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874/75AH 1291First workKomotini (Gümülcine)
1874 to 1884AH 1291 to 1301Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımı
15 entries
YearSalary
1874/75
1875/7650
1876/7750
1877/7850
187850
1878/7950
1878/79300
1879/80300
1880/81300
1880/81
1880/81600
1881/82600
1882/83600
1883/84600
1883/84
Komotini (Gümülcine)

Record

Personal

Born
1859/60 (AH 1276)

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 36 officials with entries in Komotini (Gümülcine) in the same years, 33 have a recorded salary; İsmail Efendi (B) had the 15th highest salary of them.

All 86 officials with entries in Komotini (Gümülcine)

Same birthplace

Of the 64 officials born in Komotini (Gümülcine), 59 have a recorded salary; İsmail Efendi (B) had the 15th highest salary of them.

The page of Komotini (Gümülcine), with the 64 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; İsmail Efendi (B) had the 47th 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 İsmail Efendi (B)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımıKomotini (Gümülcine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1875/76AH 1292Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımıKomotini (Gümülcine)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1876/77AH 1293Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımıKomotini (Gümülcine)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1877/78AH 1294Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımıKomotini (Gümülcine)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1878AH 1295Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımıKomotini (Gümülcine)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1878/79AH 1296Şer‘iyye Mahkemesi Kalemi mülazımıKomotini (Gümülcine)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1878/79AH 1296Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1879/80AH 1297Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1880/81AH 1298Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1880/81AH 1298Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi (Nakil)Komotini (Gümülcine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1880/81AH 1298Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1881/82AH 1299Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1883/84AH 1301Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
1883/84AH 1301Bidayet Mahkemesi başkâtibiKomotini (Gümülcine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167; 191 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6/167.
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 Efendi (B) 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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