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Samuel Barzilay 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

Samuel Barzilay Efendi was born in Istanbul into the Musevi community; the father was a merchant (tüccar). Work began in Istanbul in 1893/94 (AH 1311), on a first salary of 1,500 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1893/94, names Samuel Barzilay as Heyet-i Sıhhiye doktoru, with no place. For 1894 to 1912 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 1,500 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to 2,000 in 1912/13, the peak, when two in three paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1912/13.

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 1893/94 (AH 1311)

  2. Dahiliye Nezareti, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Heyet-i Sıhhiye doktoru

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Beyoğlu Belediye Dairesi, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1912/13 (AH 1331)

    No annual entry for 1894 to 1912 (AH 1312 to 1330) before it.

    Belediye dairesi baştabibi

    2,000 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 entry05001,0001,5002,0001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 13302,000 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 1330This 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 Samuel Barzilay Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/941,50040090%
1912/132,0001,20067%

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 Samuel Barzilay Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500first-salary field
1893/94AH 1311Heyet-i Sıhhiye doktoru1,500
No annual entry: 1894 to 1912 (AH 1312 to 1330)
1912/13AH 1331Belediye dairesi baştabibi2,000

Record

Personal

Community
Musevi
Nationality as recorded
Yahudi
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1893/94 (AH 1311)

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 birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Samuel Barzilay Efendi had the 120th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Samuel Barzilay Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Samuel Barzilay Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Heyet-i Sıhhiye doktoruDahiliye Nezareti, İstanbul1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records177 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00139/00155, s. 307.
1912/13AH 1331Belediye dairesi baştabibiBeyoğlu Belediye Dairesi, İstanbul2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 00139/00155, s. 307.
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 Samuel Barzilay 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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