Mihran 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

Mihran Efendi was born in Bursa in 1857/58 (AH 1274) into the Hristiyan community. Work began in İskenderun in 1883/84, at about 26, on a first salary of 500 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1883/84, with Mihran as istimatör muâvinliğine in İskenderun. For 1884 to 1886 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1886/87.

Pay rose from 500 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to a peak of 700 in 1886/87, in Beirut, when 72 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1886/87.

Key numbers

Lifetime earnings2 years with a salary; 1.5 times the pay of an official on the median salary: 14,400 kuruş
Pay standingof the officials paid in the same years, mean of 2 years: Top 34%
Pay standing locallyof those paid in the provinces served, mean of 2 years: Top 33%
Average salarya month (7,200 a year); median 600: 600 kuruş
Highest salarya month, in 1886/87: 700 kuruş
Years on record1883 to 1887, 2 with an entry: 4
Placesof the annual entries; 0 job titles held: 2
First salary in the annual listsa month, in 1883/84: 500 kuruş
Salary growth a year1 rise, 0 cuts: 11.9%
Age at first workabout 26 at the first annual entry: About 26
Salary at first worka month, first-salary field of the record: 500 kuruş
Standing of the last salaryof the officials paid in 1886/87: Above 72%

Salaries are nominal monthly kuruş of the recorded years only; nothing is known about a year without an annual entry.

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 3 stops

birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there

Bursa
Born 1857/58 (AH 1274)
İskenderun
First work 1883/84 (AH 1301); 1883/84 (AH 1301)
istimatör muâvinliğine
500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Beirut (Beyrut)
1886/87 (AH 1304)
No annual entry for 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303) before it.
baş ayırıcılığına
700 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years

Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry

Salary against the medians of the same year

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 Mihran Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
Year	Salary	Median, all officials	Median, same title	Median, same province	Paid less
1883/84	500	400		480	60%
1886/87	700	400		450	72%

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 Mihran Efendi, one row per stage
Years	Title	Place	Salary (kuruş a month)
1883/84AH 1301	First work	İskenderun	500first-salary field
1883/84AH 1301	istimatör muâvinliğine	İskenderun	500
No annual entry: 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)
1886/87AH 1304	baş ayırıcılığına	Beirut (Beyrut)	700

Record

Personal

Born: 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Birthplace: Bursa
Community: Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded: Ermeni

First work

Year: 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Place: İskenderun

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 8 officials with entries in İskenderun in the same years, Mihran Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

Mustafa Nuri Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,080 kuruş
Mehmed Emin Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 630 kuruş
MEHMET EMĠN EFENDĠ1 shared year; highest salary 630 kuruş
Bekir Sıdkı Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 600 kuruş
İbrahim Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 500 kuruş

All 69 officials with entries in İskenderun

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mihran Efendi had the 112th highest salary of them.

Abdülkadir Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 650 kuruş
Eyüb Sabri Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 500 kuruş
Halil Edib Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 1,700 kuruş
Kamil Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 475 kuruş
Karnik Hilmi Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 250 kuruş

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301), 195 have a recorded salary; Mihran Efendi had the 52nd highest salary of them.

Ahmed Sadık Efendifirst entry in Havran; no salary recorded
Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 360 kuruş
Mehmed Nuri Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 500 kuruş
Mustafa Rauf Beyfirst entry in Burdur; highest salary 180 kuruş
Eftim Hâkî Efendifirst entry in Ürgüp; highest salary 450 kuruş

All 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mihran Efendi
Year	Title	Place	Kuruş a month	Institution	Source	Archive reference
1883/84AH 1301	istimatör muâvinliğine	İskenderun	500	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	16/170; 337
1886/87AH 1304	baş ayırıcılığına	Beirut (Beyrut)	700	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records	16/170; 337

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 Mihran Efendi with their sources
Field	Recorded value	Source