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Tevfik 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 Tevfik Efendi began in Harput in 1862/63 (AH 1279). Tevfik began work in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1884/85, at about 22. The annual lists begin in 1884/85, with Tevfik as Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı in Baghdad. Alongside, the lists for 1884 to 1887 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Rüsumat kâtibi.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 200 kuruş a month in 1884/85, when 12 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 7,200 kuruş, 50 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1886/87.

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
1884/8512HarputBaghdad

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Fade).

  1. Harput

    Born 1862/63 (AH 1279)

  2. Baghdad (Bağdat)

    First work 1884/85 (AH 1302); 1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  3. Fade as worded, no place record not on the map

    1884 to 1887 (AH 1302 to 1304)

    Rüsumat kâtibi

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001502001884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304200 kuruşRüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıRüsumat kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304This officialMedian, all officials

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 Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1884/8520040012%
1885/8620040013%
1886/8720040013%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1884/85AH 1302First workBaghdad (Bağdat)
1884/85AH 1302Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Rüsûmat
Baghdad (Bağdat)
1884 to 1887AH 1302 to 1304Rüsumat kâtibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1884/85200
1885/86200
1886/87200
1886/87200
1886/87
200

Record

Personal

Born
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Birthplace
Harput

First work

Year
1884/85 (AH 1302)

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 16 officials with entries in Baghdad (Bağdat) in the same years, Tevfik Efendi had the 15th highest salary.

All 119 officials with entries in Baghdad (Bağdat)

Same birthplace

Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Tevfik Efendi had the 149th highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302), 157 have a recorded salary; Tevfik Efendi had the 135th highest salary of them.

All 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1884/85AH 1302Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıBaghdad (Bağdat)RüsûmatSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-19
1884/85AH 1302Rüsumat kâtibiFade200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-19
1885/86AH 1303Rüsumat kâtibiFade200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-19
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat kâtibiFade200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-19
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibiKümeyt Asmare200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-19
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibi (Azil)Kümeyt AsmareAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 20-19
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 Tevfik 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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