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Mazbata Memuru

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8 officials held the job title Mazbata Memuru. Its 41 annual entries run from 1853 to 1877 (AH 1270 to 1293). The median of the 41 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, against 600 kuruş for the whole collection in the same years. The median entry paid 75 per cent of the collection median of its year. On average an official was paid more than 32 per cent of the other officials with a salary in the same year. Half of the officials have an entry in it in no more than 6 different years, and a quarter in 8 or more. It was the first title on record for 62 per cent of the officials and the last for 0 per cent. The entries name 1 place, Istanbul.

Officials
8
Years on recordAH 1270 to 1293, 22 years with an entry
1853 to 1877
Median monthly salary0.75× the collection median of the same years (600 kuruş)
400 kuruş
Places with officials
1
First job title on recordfor 5 of the 8 officials
63%
All years

Monthly salary each year

The median of the 41 recorded monthly salaries is 400 kuruş, the mean 468 kuruş.
02004006001853/54AH 12701855/56AH 12721857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 1292Median 450 kuruş in 1868/69Mazbata Memuru, median of years with 5 or more salariesMean of the same yearsWhole collectionFewer than 5 salaries, not joined to the lineAbove the scale

The same numbers as a table
Monthly salary each year in kuruş, Mazbata Memuru
YearRecorded salariesMedianMeanLower quartileUpper quartileMedian of the whole collection
1853/541300300300300400
1854/551500500500500400
1855/561700700700700450
1856/5711,0001,0001,0001,000375
1857/5811,0001,0001,0001,000475
1858/5911,0001,0001,0001,000500
1859/6011,0001,0001,0001,000500
1860/6111,0001,0001,0001,000500
1863/64211011065155500
1864/652200200200200625
1865/662200200200200650
1866/672200200200200600
1867/683400366.67300450600
1868/696450383.33325500600
1869/704450450400500600
1870/713400433.33400450600
1871/723500466.67450500550
1872/732450450425475550
1873/741400400400400500
1874/751400400400400535
1875/761400400400400530
1876/7711,2501,2501,2501,250575

Salaries are nominal monthly amounts in kuruş, as assigned. The thick line is the median of each year and the thin line the mean. A year with fewer than 5 recorded salaries is drawn as an open mark and is not joined to the line.

Pay against the whole collection

Officials by their median monthly salary in this job
Officials of this jobWhole collection
13%13%13%13%38%13%01002003004005007501,0001,5002,500

8 officials with a salary, each counted once in the band of the median of the official's salaries in this job. A bar runs from its number to the next; the last is 2,500 kuruş and more. Most officials (38%) are in the band 500 to 750 kuruş.

The same numbers as a table
Officials of Mazbata Memuru by median monthly salary
Median monthly salary, kuruşOfficialsShareWhole collection
0 to 10000%3%
100 to 200113%10%
200 to 300113%17%
300 to 400113%18%
400 to 500113%17%
500 to 750338%23%
750 to 1,00000%5%
1,000 to 1,500113%4%
1,500 to 2,50000%2%
2,500 and more00%1%

The median of the 41 recorded monthly salaries of this job is 400 kuruş. In the same years the whole collection paid a median of 600 kuruş. The median entry paid 0.75× the collection median of its year, and the middle half of the entries between 0.5× and 0.91×. On average an official of this job was paid more than 32% of the other paid officials of the same year.

Times the collection median0.75×0.25×0.5×1×2×4×Share of paid officials earning less32%0%25%50%75%100%

The dot is the median, the box the middle half of the entries. Dashed lines: the collection median of the same years (1×) and the middle of the paid officials (50%).

Career paths: the titles just before and after

The number is the officials who made the move. Under it, the median change of the monthly salary: the first salary of the later title less the last salary of the earlier one, where at least 5 moves have both.

Held just before

The title of the entries just before a run of Mazbata Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from that title to Mazbata Memuru. The 3 titles with most officials, of 4 moves in all.

  1. Memurofficial2
  2. Mektubi Kalemioffice of the corresponding secretary1
  3. Zabit Memuru1

Held just after

The title of the entries just after a run of Mazbata Memuru. Pay: the change on moving from Mazbata Memuru to that title. The 6 titles with most officials, of 9 moves in all.

  1. Zabit Memuru3
  2. Bidayet Mahkemesi Mumeyyiz1
  3. Meclisi Vala Bashalifesi1
  4. Mukayyitregistry clerk1
  5. Sulh Mahkemesi Azasi1
  6. Zabita Katibi1

Of the 13 moves shown, 0 cross at least one year without an annual entry; nothing is known about those years. Two posts held in the same years are not counted as a move.

Time in the job

Years with an entry in the job
6 yearsmedian over 8 officials
A quarter of the officials
8 years or moreupper quartile
Most years of one official
9 years
  1. First job title on recordthe first year with an entry with a job title has it63%5 officials
  2. Last job title on recordthe last such year has it0%0 officials
  3. No other job titlein the whole record0%0 officials
  4. One place in the jobof 8 officials with a place recorded100%8 officials

Years are years with an annual entry in the job, each counted once for an official. They need not follow one another, and nothing is known about a year without an entry. With two posts in the first or last year, both count.

Who held the job

Officials of this jobWhole collection

Community

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Muslim (Müslüman)75%6
  2. Armenian Christian (Ermeni)25%2

Age at the first annual entry in the job

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. under 150%0
  2. 15 to 1950%4
  3. 20 to 2450%4
  4. 25 to 290%0
  5. 30 to 340%0
  6. 35 to 390%0
  7. 40 and over0%0

Province of birth

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet) province88%7
  2. Kastamonu province13%1

Schooling

8 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%. The groups of the schools recorded for each official.

  1. Rüşdiye50%4
  2. Foreign school13%1
  3. Higher or professional13%1
  4. Other named school13%1
  5. Primary13%1

Languages

8 officials with it recorded. An official can have several, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

  1. Turkish100%8
  2. French50%4
  3. Arabic25%2
  4. Armenian25%2
  5. Persian25%2
  6. English13%1
  7. Italian13%1

Qualification

6 officials with it recorded. A diploma, certificate, training or decoration (nişan) recorded in the schooling or the work.

  1. No67%4
  2. Yes33%2

Source of the record

8 officials with it recorded.

  1. Post and Telegraph75%6
  2. Cross-ministry workbook25%2

Officials on record each year

The fullest year is 1868/69 (AH 1285) with 6 officials. Years with an annual entry: 22.
02461853/54AH 12701855/56AH 12721857/58AH 12741859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12926 in 1868/69Recorded in an earlier year tooFirst recorded in this year

The same numbers as a table
Officials on record each year, Mazbata Memuru
YearOfficials on recordFirst recordedAnnual entries
1853/54 (AH 1270)111
1854/55 (AH 1271)101
1855/56 (AH 1272)101
1856/57 (AH 1273)101
1857/58 (AH 1274)101
1858/59 (AH 1275)101
1859/60 (AH 1276)101
1860/61 (AH 1277)101
1863/64 (AH 1280)222
1864/65 (AH 1281)202
1865/66 (AH 1282)202
1866/67 (AH 1283)202
1867/68 (AH 1284)313
1868/69 (AH 1285)646
1869/70 (AH 1286)404
1870/71 (AH 1287)303
1871/72 (AH 1288)303
1872/73 (AH 1289)202
1873/74 (AH 1290)101
1874/75 (AH 1291)101
1875/76 (AH 1292)101
1876/77 (AH 1293)101

An official is counted once in a year. First recorded is the first year in which the collection has an annual entry of the official on this page. It is not a hiring date.

Places

Places of Mazbata Memuru, the place with most officials first
PlaceProvinceOfficialsAnnual entriesYears
Istanbul (Dersaadet)Istanbul (Dersaadet) province8411853 to 1877

Ottoman officials recorded

8 officials, the one with most annual entries first.

Officials of Mazbata Memuru
OfficialYearsAnnual entriesKuruş a monthBirthplace
Tafur Efendi1868 to 18779300 to 1,250Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Arif Neset Efendi1863 to 18718200 to 400Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mustafa Habip Efendi1853 to 18618300 to 1,000Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ahmet Rifat Bey1863 to 1872620 to 500Kastamonu
Suleyman Resat Bey1867 to 18736500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Koceoglu Kirkor Efendi1868 to 18702500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Ali Refik Bey1868/691500Istanbul (Dersaadet)
Mehmet Emin Bey1868/691100Istanbul (Dersaadet)

Years run from the first to the last annual entry. An official without a recorded name is listed after the named officials.

How to read these records: years and calendars, what first recorded means, gaps between annual entries, and salaries.

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