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Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Karabet Fehmi 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

Karabet Fehmi Efendi was born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) in 1848/49 (AH 1265). From the first annual entry, for 1882/83, to 1889/90, every annual entry places Karabet Fehmi in the same post, Hazine-i Celile Kuyud Kalemi memuru, in Istanbul.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 500 kuruş a month in 1882/83, in Istanbul, when 59 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1882/8312ŞebinkarahisarIstanbul
  1. Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    Born 1848/49 (AH 1265); First work here

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1882 to 1890 (AH 1300 to 1307)

    Hazine-i Celile Kuyud Kalemi memuru

    0 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1888 (AH 1301 to 1305).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307500 kuruşHazine-i Celile Kuyud Kalemi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307This 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 Karabet Fehmi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/8350040043559%
1888/8950040052555%
1889/9004005000%

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 Karabet Fehmi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
1882/83AH 1300Hazine-i Celile Kuyud Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500
No annual entry: 1883 to 1888 (AH 1301 to 1305)
1888 to 1890AH 1306 to 1307Hazine-i Celile Kuyud Kalemi memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1888/89500
1888/890
1889/900
1889/90
Istanbul (Dersaadet)500

Record

Personal

Born
1848/49 (AH 1265)

First work

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 276 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 261 have a recorded salary; Karabet Fehmi Efendi had the 200th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 67 officials born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), 66 have a recorded salary; Karabet Fehmi Efendi had the 26th highest salary of them.

The page of Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), with the 67 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Karabet Fehmi Efendi had the 79th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Karabet Fehmi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Hazine-i Celile Kuyud Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 36/417; 351 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 36/417.
1888/89AH 1306Hazine-i Celile Kuyud Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 36/417; 351 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 36/417.
1888/89AH 1306Hazine-i Celile Kuyud Kalemi memuru (maaşsız)Istanbul (Dersaadet)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 36/417
1889/90AH 1307Hazine-i Celile Kuyud Kalemi memuru (maaşsız)Istanbul (Dersaadet)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 36/417
1889/90AH 1307Hazine-i Celile Kuyud Kalemi memuru (maaşsız) (İnfisal)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 36/417
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 Karabet Fehmi 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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