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İsmail Neşet 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 İsmail Neşet Efendi began in Istanbul in 1877/78 (AH 1294); the father's occupation was "Liman Dairesi Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibi". İsmail Neşet began work in Istanbul in 1897/98, at about 20, on a first salary of 100 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1897/98, to 1907/08, every annual entry places İsmail Neşet in the same post, Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibi, in Istanbul, the birthplace.

The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to 600 in 1907/08, the peak, in Istanbul, when 61 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, ten years of salary come to 29,700 kuruş, 60 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325600 kuruşSaray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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 İsmail Neşet Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/981004004804%
1898/991004005004%
1899/19001004005064%
1900/0115040052310%
1901/021504005809%
1902/0322540058020%
1903/0432540555037%
1904/0532540055037%
1905/0640043060041%
1907/0860046070061%

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 İsmail Neşet Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)100first-salary field
1897 to 1908AH 1315 to 1325Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibi
18 entries
YearSalary
1897/98100
1898/99100
1899/1900100
1900/01100
1900/01150
1901/02150
1902/03
1902/03150
1902/03225
1902/03225
1903/04225
1903/04325
1904/05325
1905/06325
1905/06400
1906/07
1907/08
1907/08600
Istanbul (Dersaadet)100 to 600

Record

Personal

Born
1877/78 (AH 1294)
Father's occupation
Liman Dairesi Muhasebe Kalemi kâtibi

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)

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 416 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 394 have a recorded salary; İsmail Neşet Efendi had the 236th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; İsmail Neşet Efendi had the 310th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; İsmail Neşet Efendi had the 38th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of İsmail Neşet Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1898/99AH 1316Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1899/1900AH 1317Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1900/01AH 1318Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1900/01AH 1318Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1901/02AH 1319Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1902/03AH 1320Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibi (Nakil)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1902/03AH 1320Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1902/03AH 1320Saray-ı Hümayun Erzak Anbarı kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1902/03AH 1320Emlâk-ı Hümayun Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1903/04AH 1321Emlâk-ı Hümayun Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1903/04AH 1321Emlâk-ı Hümayun Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)325Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1904/05AH 1322Emlâk-ı Hümayun Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)325Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1905/06AH 1323Emlâk-ı Hümayun Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)325Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1905/06AH 1323Emlâk-ı Hümayun Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1906/07AH 1324Emlâk-ı Hümayun Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1907/08AH 1325Emlâk-ı Hümayun Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
1907/08AH 1325Emlâk-ı Hümayun Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1061
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 İsmail Neşet 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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