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SELĠM SABĠT EFENDĠ

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

SELĠM SABĠT EFENDĠ was born in Ohrid (Ohri). Work began in Bitola (Manastır) in 1885/86 (AH 1303), on a first salary of 285 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1885/86, places SELĠM SABĠT EFENDĠ in Bitola as Merkez Telgraf Muhabere Memuru. For 1886 to 1894 the lists have no entry. In 1906/07 the lists place SELĠM SABĠT EFENDĠ in Ohrid, the birthplace. The lists have no entry for 1897 to 1906.

The salary went from 285 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to 395 in 1906/07, the peak, in Ohrid, when 41 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.

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 4 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1906/0714BitolaOhrid

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 3 (Place not recorded).

  1. Bitola (Manastır)

    First work 1885/86 (AH 1303); 1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Merkez Telgraf Muhabere Memuru

    285 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    No annual entry for 1886 to 1894 (AH 1304 to 1311) before it.

    Telgraf Muhabere Memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    No annual entry for 1895/96 (AH 1313) before it.

    Telgraf Muhabere Memuru

    310 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Ohrid (Ohri)

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    No annual entry for 1897 to 1906 (AH 1315 to 1323) before it.

    Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru

    395 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
no entryno entryno entry01002003004001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324395 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 SELĠM SABĠT EFENDĠ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/8628540045027%
1894/9530040028%
1896/9731045035%
1906/0739545050041%

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 SELĠM SABĠT EFENDĠ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First workBitola (Manastır)285first-salary field
1885/86AH 1303Merkez Telgraf Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)285
No annual entry: 1886 to 1894 (AH 1304 to 1311)
1894/95AH 1312Telgraf Muhabere Memuru300
No annual entry: 1895/96 (AH 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Telgraf Muhabere Memuru310
No annual entry: 1897 to 1906 (AH 1315 to 1323)
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere MemuruOhrid (Ohri)395

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Ohrid (Ohri)

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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 10 officials with entries in Bitola (Manastır) in the same years, 9 have a recorded salary; SELĠM SABĠT EFENDĠ had the lowest salary of them.

All 91 officials with entries in Bitola (Manastır)

Same birthplace

Of the 68 officials born in Ohrid (Ohri), 61 have a recorded salary; SELĠM SABĠT EFENDĠ had the 44th highest salary of them.

The page of Ohrid (Ohri), with the 68 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; SELĠM SABĠT EFENDĠ had the 106th highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of SELĠM SABĠT EFENDĠ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Merkez Telgraf Muhabere MemuruBitola (Manastır)285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Telgraf Muhabere Memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Telgraf Muhabere Memuru310Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere MemuruOhrid (Ohri)395Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 SELĠM SABĠT EFENDĠ 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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