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SÜLEYMAN SAMĠ 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

Born in Antalya in 1878/79 (AH 1296), SÜLEYMAN SAMĠ EFENDĠ was the child of a head of a sub-district (nahiye müdürü). Work began in 1898/99, at about 19, on a first salary of 90 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1898/99, with SÜLEYMAN SAMĠ EFENDĠ as Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi and no place named.

The salary went from 90 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to 250 in 1908/09, the peak, when one in four paid officials earned less. In all, 11 years of salary come to 14,880 kuruş, 27 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.

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. Antalya

    Born 1878/79 (AH 1296)

  2. Teke as worded, no place record

    1898 to 1909 (AH 1316 to 1326)

    Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi

    90 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326250 kuruşTahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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 SÜLEYMAN SAMĠ EFENDĠ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1898/99904004%
1899/19001004004%
1900/011004004%
1901/021004004%
1902/031004004%
1903/041004055%
1904/051004004%
1905/061004305%
1906/071004504%
1907/081004605%
1908/0925040024%

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 SÜLEYMAN SAMĠ EFENDĠ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First work90first-salary field
1898 to 1909AH 1316 to 1326Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi
15 entries
YearSalary
1898/9990
1899/190090
1899/1900
1899/1900100
1900/01100
1901/02100
1902/03100
1903/04100
1904/05100
1905/06100
1906/07100
1907/08100
1908/09100
1908/09
1908/09250
90 to 250

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)
Birthplace
Antalya
Father's occupation
Nahiye müdürü

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)

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 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN SAMĠ EFENDĠ had the 179th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; SÜLEYMAN SAMĠ EFENDĠ had the 96th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of SÜLEYMAN SAMĠ EFENDĠ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisiTeke90Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisiTeke90Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi (Nakil)TekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1899/1900AH 1317İdare Meclisi kâtip-i sanisiTeke100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1900/01AH 1318İdare Meclisi kâtip-i sanisiTeke100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1901/02AH 1319İdare Meclisi kâtip-i sanisiTeke100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1902/03AH 1320İdare Meclisi kâtip-i sanisiTeke100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1903/04AH 1321İdare Meclisi kâtip-i sanisiTeke100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1904/05AH 1322İdare Meclisi kâtip-i sanisiTeke100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1905/06AH 1323İdare Meclisi kâtip-i sanisiTeke100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1906/07AH 1324İdare Meclisi kâtip-i sanisiTeke100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1907/08AH 1325İdare Meclisi kâtip-i sanisiTeke100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1908/09AH 1326İdare Meclisi kâtip-i sanisiTeke100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1908/09AH 1326İdare Meclisi kâtip-i sanisi (Nakil)TekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
1908/09AH 1326Nüfus kâtibiTeke250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records174 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00165 – 00225/447
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 SÜLEYMAN SAMĠ 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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