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Petro Savadis 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

Petro Savadis Efendi was born in Bursa in 1838/39 (AH 1254) into the Hristiyan community. At about 40, in 1878, Petro Savadis began work, on a first salary of 1,200 kuruş. Of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known, fewer than 3 per cent started at 40 or older. The annual lists begin in 1878, with Petro Savadis as belde tebabeti and no place named. The lists give Infisal for 1883/84 and 1887/88 instead of a title.

Pay rose from 1,200 kuruş a month in 1878 to a peak of 1,400 in 1889/90, when 88 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, nine years of salary come to 122,400 kuruş, 2.8 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. 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.

  1. Bursa

    Born 1838/39 (AH 1254)

  2. Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti as worded, no place record

    1878 to 1884 (AH 1295 to 1301)

    belde tebabeti 1878 to 1884 (AH 1295 to 1301); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1883/84 (AH 1301)

    800 to 1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)

    No annual entry for 1884/85 (AH 1302) before it.

    gureba hanesi tebabeti 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1887/88 (AH 1305)

    1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. Place not recorded

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    No annual entry for 1888/89 (AH 1306) before it.

    hastahane-i mezkûr ser tebabeti

    1,400 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 entry05001,0001,5001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071,400 kuruşbelde tebabetigureba hanesi tebabeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307This 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 Petro Savadis Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
18781,20045083%
1878/791,20040081%
1879/801,20040082%
1880/811,00040081%
1881/821,00040081%
1882/831,00040081%
1883/841,00040082%
1885/861,20040083%
1889/901,40040088%

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 Petro Savadis Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878AH 1295First work1,200first-salary field
1878 to 1884AH 1295 to 1301belde tebabeti
10 entries
YearSalary
18781,200
1878
1878/791,200
1879/801,200
1879/801,000
1879/80800
1880/811,000
1881/821,000
1882/831,000
1883/841,000
1,200 to 1,000
1883/84AH 1301Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1884/85 (AH 1302)
1885 to 1888AH 1303 to 1305gureba hanesi tebabeti
4 entries
YearSalary
1885/861,200
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88
1,200
1887/88AH 1305Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1888/89 (AH 1306)
1889/90AH 1307hastahane-i mezkûr ser tebabeti1,400

Record

Personal

Born
1838/39 (AH 1254)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded
Rum

First work

Year
1878 (AH 1295)

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 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Petro Savadis Efendi had the 68th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295), 129 have a recorded salary; Petro Savadis Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

  • İstepan Efendifirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 800 kuruş
  • Numan Efendifirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 380 kuruş
  • Feyzi Efendifirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
  • Artinfirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 3,000 kuruş
  • Hacı Mehmed Salih Efendifirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 1,000 kuruş

All 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Petro Savadis Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878AH 1295belde tebabetiHüdâvendigâr vilâyeti1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1878AH 1295mekteb-i idadiye askeriyesi tebabeti (fahri; ilâveten)vilâyet-i müşârun-ileyhâAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1878/79AH 1296belde tebabetiHüdâvendigâr vilâyeti1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1879/80AH 1297belde tebabetiHüdâvendigâr vilâyeti1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1879/80AH 1297belde tebabetiHüdâvendigâr vilâyeti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1879/80AH 1297gureba hanesi tebabeti (ilâveten)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1880/81AH 1298belde tebabetiHüdâvendigâr vilâyeti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1881/82AH 1299belde tebabetiHüdâvendigâr vilâyeti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1882/83AH 1300belde tebabetiHüdâvendigâr vilâyeti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1883/84AH 1301belde tebabetiHüdâvendigâr vilâyeti1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1883/84AH 1301InfisalHüdâvendigâr vilâyetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1885/86AH 1303gureba hanesi tebabeti1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1885/86AH 1303hastahane-i mezkûr ser tebabetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1886/87AH 1304hastahane-i mezkûr ser tebabetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1887/88AH 1305hastahane-i mezkûr ser tebabetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1887/88AH 1305InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
1889/90AH 1307hastahane-i mezkûr ser tebabeti1,400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records76/105; 207
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 Petro Savadis 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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