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Seyyid Derviş 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

Born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1870/71 (AH 1287), Seyyid Derviş Efendi was the child of a tradesman (esnaf). Work began in Jeddah (Cidde) in 1909/10, at about 39, on a first salary of 112 kuruş. Fewer than 4 per cent of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known began work at 39 or older. Both annual entries, for 1909/10 and 1910/11, place Derviş in Jeddah as Rüsûmât başmüdüriyeti evvelciliği.

Pay rose from 112 kuruş a month in 1909/10 to a peak of 200 in 1910/11, in Jeddah, when 6 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final 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.

All 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1909/1012MeccaJeddah
  1. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1870/71 (AH 1287)

  2. Jeddah (Cidde)

    First work 1909/10 (AH 1327); 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)

    Rüsûmât başmüdüriyeti evvelciliği

    112 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001502001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328200 kuruşRüsûmât başmüdüriyeti evvelciliği
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This 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 Seyyid Derviş Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1909/101126002352%
1910/112005004006%

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 Seyyid Derviş Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1909/10AH 1327First workJeddah (Cidde)112first-salary field
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328Rüsûmât başmüdüriyeti evvelciliği
3 entries
YearSalary
1909/10112
1910/11112
1910/11200
Jeddah (Cidde)112 to 200

Record

Personal

Born
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)
Father's occupation
Esnaf

First work

Year
1909/10 (AH 1327)

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 7 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde) in the same years, Seyyid Derviş Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 52 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde)

Same birthplace

Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Seyyid Derviş Efendi had the 87th highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327), 109 have a recorded salary; Seyyid Derviş Efendi had the 85th highest salary of them.

All 131 officials whose first annual entry is for 1909/10 (AH 1327)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Seyyid Derviş Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1909/10AH 1327Rüsûmât başmüdüriyeti evvelciliğiJeddah (Cidde)112Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records318 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 191/172, s.172.
1910/11AH 1328Rüsûmât başmüdüriyeti evvelciliğiJeddah (Cidde)112Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records318 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 191/172, s.172.
1910/11AH 1328Rüsûmât idaresi kolculuğuJeddah (Cidde)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records318 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 191/172, s.172.
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 Seyyid Derviş 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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