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Salih 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

Salih Efendi was born in Bosna. The annual lists begin in 1881/82 (AH 1299), with Salih as Âşâr üçüncü kâtibi in Skopje (Üsküp). Alongside, the lists for 1882 to 1886 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Âşâr nezareti evrak mukayyidi. Salih then moved to Mitrovica (Mitroviça) from 1886 to 1888, then a post with no place named from 1888 to 1909, with a rise to Katip in 1908/09. The lists have no entry for 1909 to 1911. The last post was in Vushtrri (Vulçıtrın) in 1911/12.

The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to 750 in 1908/09, the peak, as Katip, when 68 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 28 years of salary come to 106,260 kuruş, 77 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1911/12.

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.

All 6 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1881/821886/871911/121246SjenicaSkopjeMitrovica, Vushtrri

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded), stop 5 (Piriştine).

  1. Sjenica (Seniçe)

    First work here

  2. Skopje (Üsküp)

    1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)

    Âşâr üçüncü kâtibi

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)

    Âşâr nezareti evrak mukayyidi

    125 to 450 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  4. Mitrovica (Mitroviça)

    1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)

    Sandık emini

    270 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Piriştine as worded, no place record not on the map

    1888 to 1909 (AH 1306 to 1326)

    Sandık emini 1888 to 1909 (AH 1306 to 1326); Katip 1908/09 (AH 1326)

    135 to 750 kuruş a month; entries in 21 years

  6. Vushtrri (Vulçıtrın)

    1911/12 (AH 1330)

    No annual entry for 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329) before it.

    Mal müdürü (İnfisal)

    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 entry02004006008001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 1330750 kuruşSandık emini
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 1330This 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 Salih Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/8220040028513%
1882/83200400237.512%
1883/8430040028%
1884/8530040028%
1885/8645040053%
1886/8727040030026%
1887/8827040030026%
1888/8950040055%
1889/9050040056%
1890/9150040056%
1891/921354009%
1892/931354009%
1893/941354009%
1894/951354009%
1895/961354009%
1896/971354507%
1897/981354009%
1898/9919040014%
1899/190019040015%
1900/0133040039%
1901/0233040038%
1902/0333040039%
1903/0440040543%
1904/0540040042%
1905/0640043041%
1906/0755045061%
1907/0855046059%
1908/0975040068%

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 Salih Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workSjenica (Seniçe)
1881 to 1883AH 1299 to 1300Âşâr üçüncü kâtibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1881/82200
1882/83200
1882/83
Skopje (Üsküp)200
1882 to 1886AH 1300 to 1303Âşâr nezareti evrak mukayyidi
7 entries
YearSalary
1882/83125
1883/84125
1883/84300
1884/85300
1885/86300
1885/86450
1885/86
125
1886 to 1888AH 1304 to 1305Sandık emini
3 entries
YearSalary
1886/87270
1887/88270
1887/88
Mitrovica (Mitroviça)270
1888 to 1909AH 1306 to 1326Sandık emini
27 entries
YearSalary
1888/89500
1889/90500
1890/91500
1890/91
1891/92135
1892/93135
1893/94135
1894/95135
1895/96135
1896/97135
1897/98135
1898/99135
1898/99190
1899/1900190
1900/01190
1900/01330
1901/02330
1902/03330
1903/04330
1903/04400
1904/05400
1905/06400
1906/07400
1906/07550
1907/08550
1907/08500
1908/09500
500
1908/09AH 1326Katip750
No annual entry: 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329)
1911/12AH 1330Mal müdürü (İnfisal)Vushtrri (Vulçıtrın)

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Bosna

First work

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 10 officials with entries in Skopje (Üsküp) in the same years, 7 have a recorded salary; Salih Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.

All 111 officials with entries in Skopje (Üsküp)

Same job title, same years

Of the 2 officials with the title Katip in the same years, Salih Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 37 officials with the title Katip

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Salih Efendi had the 39th highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Salih Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299Âşâr üçüncü kâtibiSkopje (Üsküp)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1882/83AH 1300Âşâr üçüncü kâtibiSkopje (Üsküp)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1882/83AH 1300Âşâr üçüncü kâtibi (İstifa)Skopje (Üsküp)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1882/83AH 1300Âşâr nezareti evrak mukayyidi125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1883/84AH 1301Âşâr nezareti evrak mukayyidi125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1883/84AH 1301Âşâr nezareti tahrirat mümeyyizi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1884/85AH 1302Âşâr nezareti tahrirat mümeyyizi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1885/86AH 1303Âşâr nezareti tahrirat mümeyyizi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1885/86AH 1303Âşâr nezareti tahrirat refik-i sânisi450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1885/86AH 1303Âşâr nezareti tahrirat refik-i sânisi (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1886/87AH 1304Sandık eminiMitrovica (Mitroviça)270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1887/88AH 1305Sandık eminiMitrovica (Mitroviça)270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1887/88AH 1305Sandık emini (İnfisal)Mitrovica (Mitroviça)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1888/89AH 1306Sandık eminiPiriştine500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1889/90AH 1307Sandık eminiPiriştine500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1890/91AH 1308Sandık eminiPiriştine500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1890/91AH 1308Sandık emini (İnfisal)PiriştineAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1891/92AH 1309Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1892/93AH 1310Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1893/94AH 1311Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1894/95AH 1312Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1895/96AH 1313Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1896/97AH 1314Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1897/98AH 1315Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1898/99AH 1316Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1898/99AH 1316Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1899/1900AH 1317Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1900/01AH 1318Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1900/01AH 1318Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1901/02AH 1319Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1902/03AH 1320Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1903/04AH 1321Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1903/04AH 1321Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1904/05AH 1322Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1905/06AH 1323Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1906/07AH 1324Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1906/07AH 1324Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1907/08AH 1325Muhasebe kalemi mukayyidiPiriştine550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1907/08AH 1325Kitabet muaviniPiriştine500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1908/09AH 1326Kitabet muaviniPiriştine500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1908/09AH 1326KatipPiriştine750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
1911/12AH 1330Mal müdürü (İnfisal)Vushtrri (Vulçıtrın)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records160 BOA, DH.SAİD. d, 19/327.
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 Salih 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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