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Veysi 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

Veysi Efendi was born in Bursa, into the İslam community. Work began in 1905/06 (AH 1323), on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1905/06, names Veysi as posta kontrol kalemine me’muriyetine, with no place.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1905/06 to a peak of 340 in 1906/07, when 37 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 11,760 kuruş, 73 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325340 kuruşposta kontrol kalemine me’muriyetine
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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 Veysi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1905/0630043029%
1906/0734045037%
1907/0834046037%

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 Veysi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1905/06AH 1323First work300first-salary field
1905 to 1908AH 1323 to 1325posta kontrol kalemine me’muriyetine
4 entries
YearSalary
1905/06300
1906/07300
1906/07340
1907/08340
300 to 340

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1905/06 (AH 1323)

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; Veysi Efendi had the 211th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), 114 have a recorded salary; Veysi Efendi had the 53rd highest salary of them.

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Veysi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1905/06AH 1323posta kontrol kalemine me’muriyetine300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149/186; 369
1906/07AH 1324posta kontrol kalemine me’muriyetine300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149/186; 369
1906/07AH 1324posta kontrol kalemine me’muriyetine340Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149/186; 369
1907/08AH 1325posta havâlenâme kalemi me’muriyetine340Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records149/186; 369
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 Veysi 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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