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YUSUF KENAN EFEND İ (HAK İM O ĞLU)

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 YUSUF KENAN EFEND İ (HAK İM O ĞLU) began in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib). Work began in Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312), on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1894/95, with YUSUF KENAN İ (HAK İM O ĞLU) as Muayene Kâtibi and no place named, with a rise to Muayene Memuru in 1904/05. The lists have no entry for 1902 to 1904.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 625 in 1910/11, as Muayene Memuru, when 58 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1910/11.

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.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1894/95 (AH 1312)

  2. Galata Emtia-i Ecnebiye Gümrüğü as worded, no place record

    1894 to 1902 (AH 1312 to 1319)

    Muayene Kâtibi

    400 to 460 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  3. Dersaadet Dahiliye Gümrüğü as worded, no place record

    1904 to 1911 (AH 1322 to 1328)

    No annual entry for 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321) before it.

    Muayene Memuru

    550 to 625 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328625 kuruşMuayene KâtibiMuayene Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This 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 YUSUF KENAN EFEND İ (HAK İM O ĞLU) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1894/9540040044%
1895/9640040044%
1896/9740045042%
1897/9840040045%
1898/9940040044%
1899/190040040044%
1900/0140040045%
1901/0246040053%
1904/0555040065%
1905/0655043062%
1906/0755045061%
1907/0855046059%
1908/0955040060%
1909/1055060048%
1910/1162550058%

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 YUSUF KENAN EFEND İ (HAK İM O ĞLU), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1894/95AH 1312First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)400first-salary field
1894 to 1902AH 1312 to 1319Muayene Kâtibi
9 entries
YearSalary
1894/95400
1895/96400
1896/97400
1897/98400
1898/99400
1899/1900400
1900/01400
1901/02400
1901/02460
400 to 460
No annual entry: 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321)
1904 to 1911AH 1322 to 1328Muayene Memuru
9 entries
YearSalary
1904/05550
1905/06550
1906/07550
1907/08550
1908/09550
1909/10550
1910/11550
1910/11600
1910/11625
550 to 625

Record

Personal

First work

Year
1894/95 (AH 1312)

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 job title, same years

Of the 5 officials with the title Muayene Memuru in the same years, YUSUF KENAN EFEND İ (HAK İM O ĞLU) had the highest salary.

All 9 officials with the title Muayene Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 125 officials born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), 117 have a recorded salary; YUSUF KENAN EFEND İ (HAK İM O ĞLU) had the 37th highest salary of them.

The page of Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with the 125 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; YUSUF KENAN EFEND İ (HAK İM O ĞLU) had the 46th highest salary of them.

All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of YUSUF KENAN EFEND İ (HAK İM O ĞLU)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Muayene KâtibiGalata Emtia-i Ecnebiye Gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, no. 179, s. 191
1895/96AH 1313Muayene KâtibiGalata Emtia-i Ecnebiye Gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, no. 179, s. 191
1896/97AH 1314Muayene KâtibiGalata Emtia-i Ecnebiye Gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, no. 179, s. 191
1897/98AH 1315Muayene KâtibiGalata Emtia-i Ecnebiye Gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, no. 179, s. 191
1898/99AH 1316Muayene KâtibiGalata Emtia-i Ecnebiye Gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, no. 179, s. 191
1899/1900AH 1317Muayene KâtibiGalata Emtia-i Ecnebiye Gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, no. 179, s. 191
1900/01AH 1318Muayene KâtibiGalata Emtia-i Ecnebiye Gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, no. 179, s. 191
1901/02AH 1319Muayene KâtibiGalata Emtia-i Ecnebiye Gümrüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, no. 179, s. 191
1901/02AH 1319Muayene KâtibiGalata Emtia-i Ecnebiye Gümrüğü460Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records154 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 179, s. 191.
1904/05AH 1322Muayene MemuruDersaadet Dahiliye Gümrüğü550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records154 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 179, s. 191.
1905/06AH 1323Muayene MemuruDersaadet Dahiliye Gümrüğü550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records154 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 179, s. 191.
1906/07AH 1324Muayene MemuruDersaadet Dahiliye Gümrüğü550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records154 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 179, s. 191.
1907/08AH 1325Muayene MemuruDersaadet Dahiliye Gümrüğü550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records154 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 179, s. 191.
1908/09AH 1326Muayene MemuruDersaadet Dahiliye Gümrüğü550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records154 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 179, s. 191.
1909/10AH 1327Muayene MemuruDersaadet Dahiliye Gümrüğü550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records154 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 179, s. 191.
1910/11AH 1328Muayene MemuruDersaadet Dahiliye Gümrüğü550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records154 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 179, s. 191.
1910/11AH 1328Muayene MemuruDersaadet Dahiliye Gümrüğü600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records154 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 179, s. 191.
1910/11AH 1328Muayene Memuruİstanbul Rüsûmat Başmüdürlüğü625Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records154 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 179, s. 191.
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 YUSUF KENAN EFEND İ (HAK İM O ĞLU) 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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