Süleyman 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
The life of Süleyman Efendi began in Crete (Girit) in 1878/79 (AH 1296); the father's occupation was "Medine-i Münevvere Tahrirat müdürü". The schooling was at the Askeri Rusdiye. Süleyman began work in 1898/99, at about 19. The first annual entry, for 1898/99, names Süleyman as İdare Kalemi mülazımı, with no place.
Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to a peak of 450 in 1906/07, when half the paid officials earned less. Over nine years the salaries add up to 23,640 kuruş, 53 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.
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.
Born 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Istabl-ı Âmire as worded, no place record
1898 to 1907 (AH 1316 to 1324)
İdare Kalemi mülazımı
50 to 450 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 | 50 | 400 | 1% | ||
| 1899/1900 | 50 | 400 | 2% | ||
| 1900/01 | 80 | 400 | 3% | ||
| 1901/02 | 140 | 400 | 9% | ||
| 1902/03 | 250 | 400 | 21% | ||
| 1903/04 | 250 | 405 | 22% | ||
| 1904/05 | 300 | 400 | 29% | ||
| 1905/06 | 400 | 430 | 41% | ||
| 1906/07 | 450 | 450 | 49% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99AH 1316 | First work | ||
| 1898 to 1907AH 1316 to 1324 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | 450 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1878/79 (AH 1296)
- Birthplace
- Crete (Girit)
- Father's occupation
- Medine-i Münevvere Tahrirat müdürü
Education
- School
- Askeri Rusdiye
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 school
Of the 3 officials with Askeri Rusdiye among their schools, only Süleyman Efendi has a recorded salary.
- İbrahim İsmet Efendibirth year not recorded; no salary recorded
- Mehmed Muhiddin Efendibirth year not recorded; no salary recorded
Same birthplace
Of the 3 officials born in Crete (Girit), Süleyman Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Ali Cemal Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmed Raif Efendiborn 1837/38 (AH 1253); highest salary 30,000 kuruş
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 Efendi had the 69th highest salary of them.
- Hâfız Mehmed Refik Efendifirst annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Hasan Tahsin Efendifirst annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 200 kuruş
- İsmail Hakkı Efendifirst annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Salih Efendifirst annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 40 kuruş
- SÜLEYMAN SAMĠ EFENDĠfirst annual entry 1898/99 (AH 1316); highest salary 250 kuruş
All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99AH 1316 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 140 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 140 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | İdare Kalemi mülazımı | Istabl-ı Âmire | 450 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1049 |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)