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Numan Saip 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

Numan Saip Efendi was born in Erzincan into the İslam community; the father was a mufti (müftü). Work began in 1861/62 (AH 1278). The annual lists begin in 1861/62, with Numan Saip as Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1865 to 1882. Next came Bayburt from 1882 to 1888. At the same time, from 1887/88, the lists also place Numan Saip in Gümüşhane as Tahrirat müdürü. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1887/88.

The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1863/64 to 1,170 in 1882/83, the peak, in Bayburt, when 85 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, eight years of salary come to 89,880 kuruş, 2.3 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1887/88.

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
place of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1887/8823BayburtGümüşhane

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 1 (Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun).

  1. Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun as worded, no place record not on the map

    1861 to 1865 (AH 1278 to 1281)

    Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı 1861/62 (AH 1278); Tahrirat kalemi muavini 1863 to 1865 (AH 1280 to 1281)

    200 to 270 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

    No annual entry for 1862/63 (AH 1279).

  2. Bayburt

    1882 to 1888 (AH 1300 to 1305)

    No annual entry for 1865 to 1882 (AH 1282 to 1299) before it.

    Tahrirat müdürü 1882 to 1888 (AH 1300 to 1305); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1887/88 (AH 1305)

    1,170 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Gümüşhane

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Tahrirat müdürü

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry05001,0001,5001861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041,170 kuruşTahrirat müdürü
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 1304This 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 Numan Saip Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1863/6420047519%
1864/6527040035%
1882/831,17040030085%
1883/841,17040033186%
1884/851,17040040084%
1885/861,170400312.583%
1886/871,17040030083%
1887/881,17040034682%

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 Numan Saip Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1861/62AH 1278First work
1861/62AH 1278Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
No annual entry: 1862/63 (AH 1279)
1863 to 1865AH 1280 to 1281Tahrirat kalemi muavini
2 entries
YearSalary
1863/64200
1864/65270
200 to 270
No annual entry: 1865 to 1882 (AH 1282 to 1299)
1882 to 1888AH 1300 to 1305Tahrirat müdürü
6 entries
YearSalary
1882/831,170
1883/841,170
1884/851,170
1885/861,170
1886/871,170
1887/881,170
Bayburt1,170
1887/88AH 1305Infisala note on status, not a job
1887/88AH 1305Tahrirat müdürüGümüşhane1,000

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Müftü

First work

Year
1861/62 (AH 1278)

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 Bayburt in the same years, Numan Saip Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 25 officials with entries in Bayburt

Same birthplace

Of the 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Numan Saip Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 37 officials whose first annual entry is for 1861/62 (AH 1278), 29 have a recorded salary; Numan Saip Efendi had the 13th highest salary of them.

All 37 officials whose first annual entry is for 1861/62 (AH 1278)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Numan Saip Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1861/62AH 1278Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıDördüncü Ordu-yu HümayunAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records68 BOA, DH. SAİD, 517/10
1863/64AH 1280Tahrirat kalemi muaviniDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records68 BOA, DH. SAİD, 517/10
1864/65AH 1281Tahrirat kalemi muaviniDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records68 BOA, DH. SAİD, 517/10
1882/83AH 1300Tahrirat müdürüBayburt1,170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records68 BOA, DH. SAİD, 517/10
1883/84AH 1301Tahrirat müdürüBayburt1,170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records68 BOA, DH. SAİD, 517/10
1884/85AH 1302Tahrirat müdürüBayburt1,170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records68 BOA, DH. SAİD, 517/10
1885/86AH 1303Tahrirat müdürüBayburt1,170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records68 BOA, DH. SAİD, 517/10
1886/87AH 1304Tahrirat müdürüBayburt1,170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records68 BOA, DH. SAİD, 517/10
1887/88AH 1305Tahrirat müdürüBayburt1,170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records68 BOA, DH. SAİD, 517/10
1887/88AH 1305InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records68 BOA, DH. SAİD, 517/10
1887/88AH 1305Tahrirat müdürüGümüşhane1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records68 BOA, DH. SAİD, 517/10
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 Numan Saip 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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