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Süleyman Salim Bey

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

Süleyman Salim Bey was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Work began in Shkodër in 1891/92, at about 18. From the first annual entry, for 1891/92, to 1900/01, every annual entry places Süleyman Salim in the same post, İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı, in Shkodër, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 25 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 105 in 1900/01, in Shkodër, when 6 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 4,980 kuruş, 14 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1900/01.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001501891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318105 kuruşİşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318This 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 Süleyman Salim Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1894/95254003001%
1895/96254003000%
1896/97454503251%
1897/98654003502%
1898/99754003003%
1899/1900754003003%
1900/011054003006%

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 Salim Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workShkodër (İşkodra)
1891 to 1901AH 1309 to 1318İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımı
15 entries
YearSalary
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1894/9525
1895/9625
1896/9725
1896/9745
1897/9845
1897/9865
1898/9965
1898/9975
1899/190075
1900/0175
1900/01105
Shkodër (İşkodra)105

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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 90 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, 89 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Salim Bey had the 77th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Salim Bey had the 176th highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Süleyman Salim Bey had the 145th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Süleyman Salim Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1892/93AH 1310İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1893/94AH 1311İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1894/95AH 1312İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1894/95AH 1312İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1895/96AH 1313İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1896/97AH 1314İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)25Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1896/97AH 1314İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)45Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1897/98AH 1315İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)45Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1897/98AH 1315İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)65Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1898/99AH 1316İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)65Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1898/99AH 1316İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1899/1900AH 1317İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1900/01AH 1318İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211; 399 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
1900/01AH 1318İşkodra Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi mübeyyiziShkodër (İşkodra)105Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 74/211, s. 419.
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 Salim Bey 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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