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İsmail Vehbi 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 İsmail Vehbi Efendi began in Kütahya in 1861/62 (AH 1278); the father's occupation was "Nakşibendi tarikatı halifesi". İsmail Vehbi began work in Kütahya in 1891/92, at about 30. From the first annual entry, for 1891/92, to 1899/1900, every annual entry places İsmail Vehbi in the same post, Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımı, in Kütahya, the birthplace.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 500 kuruş a month in 1893/94, in Kütahya, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1899/1900.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317500 kuruşMeclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This 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 Vehbi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/94500400377.555%
1894/9550040035055%
1895/9650040030055%
1896/9749745030052%
1897/9849740030056%
1898/9949740035055%
1899/190049740030055%

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 Vehbi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workKütahya
1891 to 1900AH 1309 to 1317Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımı
12 entries
YearSalary
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1893/94500
1894/95500
1895/96500
1895/96
1896/97497
1897/98497
1898/99497
1899/1900497
1899/1900
Kütahya

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Kütahya
Father's occupation
Nakşibendi tarikatı halifesi

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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 53 officials with entries in Kütahya in the same years, 50 have a recorded salary; İsmail Vehbi Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

All 133 officials with entries in Kütahya

Same birthplace

Of the 150 officials born in Kütahya, 140 have a recorded salary; İsmail Vehbi Efendi had the 44th highest salary of them.

The page of Kütahya, with the 150 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; İsmail Vehbi Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İsmail Vehbi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
1892/93AH 1310Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
1893/94AH 1311Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
1893/94AH 1311Sandık eminiKütahya500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
1894/95AH 1312Sandık eminiKütahya500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
1895/96AH 1313Sandık eminiKütahya500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
1895/96AH 1313Sandık emini (İnfisal)KütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
1896/97AH 1314Sandık eminiKütahya497Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
1897/98AH 1315Sandık eminiKütahya497Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
1898/99AH 1316Sandık eminiKütahya497Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
1899/1900AH 1317Sandık eminiKütahya497Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
1899/1900AH 1317Sandık emini (İnfisal)KütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87; 130 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:84, s.87.
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 Vehbi 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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