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İbrahim Ağa

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

İbrahim Ağa was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1853/54 (AH 1270). At about 22, in 1876/77, İbrahim began work in Shkodër, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1876/77, places İbrahim in Shkodër, the birthplace, as Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusu, where the entries run to 1884/85. Alongside, the lists for 1884 to 1891 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Temal bölükbaşısı.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 150 kuruş a month in 1876/77, in Shkodër, when one in ten paid officials earned less. After 16 years the salary stood below the first, 124 kuruş against 150. Over 16 years the salaries add up to 26,928 kuruş, 34 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1890/91.

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. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1853/54 (AH 1270); First work 1876/77 (AH 1293); 1876 to 1885 (AH 1293 to 1302)

    Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusu

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

  2. Temal as worded, no place record

    1884 to 1891 (AH 1302 to 1308)

    Temal bölükbaşısı

    124 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001501876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308150 kuruşRüsûmat Nezareti kolcusuTemal bölükbaşısı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308This 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 İbrahim Ağa against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1876/771504203009%
1877/781504503009%
18781504504559%
1878/791504004007%
1879/801504003047%
1880/811504003127%
1881/821504002708%
1882/831504003008%
1883/841504003008%
1884/851504003108%
1885/861244007%
1886/871244007%
1887/881244007%
1888/891244008%
1889/901244008%
1890/911244008%

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 İbrahim Ağa, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First workShkodër (İşkodra)150first-salary field
1876 to 1885AH 1293 to 1302Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusu
10 entries
YearSalary
1876/77150
1877/78150
1878150
1878/79150
1879/80150
1880/81150
1881/82150
1882/83150
1883/84150
1884/85150
Shkodër (İşkodra)150
1884 to 1891AH 1302 to 1308Temal bölükbaşısı
Affiliation not recorded
9 entries
YearSalary
1884/85124
1885/86124
1886/87124
1886/87124
1887/88124
1888/89124
1889/90124
1890/91124
1890/91124
124

Record

Personal

Born
1853/54 (AH 1270)

First work

Year
1876/77 (AH 1293)

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 86 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, 83 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ağa 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; İbrahim Ağa had the 165th highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293), 168 have a recorded salary; İbrahim Ağa had the 162nd highest salary of them.

All 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İbrahim Ağa
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusuShkodër (İşkodra)150RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1877/78AH 1294Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusuShkodër (İşkodra)150RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusuShkodër (İşkodra)150RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1878/79AH 1296Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusuShkodër (İşkodra)150RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusuShkodër (İşkodra)150RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1880/81AH 1298Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusuShkodër (İşkodra)150RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusuShkodër (İşkodra)150RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusuShkodër (İşkodra)150RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusuShkodër (İşkodra)150RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Rüsûmat Nezareti kolcusuShkodër (İşkodra)150RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Temal bölükbaşısıTemal124Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Temal bölükbaşısıTemal124Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Temal bölükbaşısıTemal124Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Gölkenarı bölükbaşısıGölkenarı124Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Gölkenarı bölükbaşısıGölkenarı124Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1888/89AH 1306Gölkenarı bölükbaşısıGölkenarı124Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Gölkenarı bölükbaşısıGölkenarı124Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Gölkenarı bölükbaşısıGölkenarı124Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Temal bölükbaşısıTemal124Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 İbrahim Ağa 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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