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ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ

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 ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ began in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1851/52 (AH 1268). At about 18, in 1870/71, ZEYNÜLABİDİN began work, on a first salary of 100 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1870/71, with ZEYNÜLABİDİN as Mülazım (kâtip) and no place named, with a rise to Sube Mudur Muavini in 1897/98. For 1882 to 1894 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1870/71 to a peak of 1,800 in 1897/98, as Sube Mudur Muavini, when 92 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 17 years the salaries add up to 162,720 kuruş, 1.9 times what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1897/98.

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.

  1. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1851/52 (AH 1268)

  2. Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1870 to 1882 (AH 1287 to 1299)

    Mülazım (kâtip)

    100 to 960 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

  3. Altıncı Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şube as worded, no place record

    1894 to 1898 (AH 1312 to 1315)

    No annual entry for 1882 to 1894 (AH 1300 to 1311) before it.

    Kısım-ı salis sicilliği

    1,440 to 1,600 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  4. Altıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube as worded, no place record

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Sube Mudur Muavini

    1,800 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001,5002,0001871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141,800 kuruşMülazım (kâtip)Kısım-ı salis sicilliği
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0001871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314This 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 ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1870/711004005%
1871/72100420.56%
1872/7340045043%
1873/7440040544%
1874/7540045043%
1875/7640045042%
1876/7740042043%
1877/7880045073%
187880045074%
1878/7980040073%
1879/8080040074%
1880/8160040068%
1881/8296040081%
1894/951,60040091%
1895/961,60040090%
1896/971,60045090%
1897/981,80040092%

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 ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1870/71AH 1287First work100first-salary field
1870 to 1882AH 1287 to 1299Mülazım (kâtip)
17 entries
YearSalary
1870/71100
1871/72100
1872/73100
1872/73400
1873/74400
1874/75400
1875/76400
1876/77400
1877/78400
1877/78800
1878800
1878/79800
1879/80800
1879/80600
1880/81600
1881/82600
1881/82960
100 to 960
No annual entry: 1882 to 1894 (AH 1300 to 1311)
1894 to 1898AH 1312 to 1315Kısım-ı salis sicilliği
5 entries
YearSalary
1894/951,600
1895/961,600
1896/971,600
1896/971,440
1897/981,440
1,600 to 1,440
1897/98AH 1315Sube Mudur Muavini1,800

Record

Personal

Born
1851/52 (AH 1268)

First work

Year
1870/71 (AH 1287)

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 job title, same years

Of the 2 officials with the title Sube Mudur Muavini in the same years, ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ had the highest salary.

All 2 officials with the title Sube Mudur Muavini

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ had the 14th highest salary of them.

The page of Kirkuk (Kerkük), with the 237 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 104 officials whose first annual entry is for 1870/71 (AH 1287), 84 have a recorded salary; ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ had the 16th highest salary of them.

All 104 officials whose first annual entry is for 1870/71 (AH 1287)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1870/71AH 1287Mülazım (kâtip)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1871/72AH 1288Mülazım (kâtip)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1872/73AH 1289Mülazım (kâtip)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1872/73AH 1289Dördüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1873/74AH 1290Dördüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1874/75AH 1291Dördüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1875/76AH 1292Dördüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1876/77AH 1293Dördüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1877/78AH 1294Dördüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1877/78AH 1294Üçüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1878AH 1295Üçüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1878/79AH 1296Üçüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1879/80AH 1297Üçüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1879/80AH 1297Üçüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1880/81AH 1298Üçüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1881/82AH 1299Üçüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Nizamiye Yoklama Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1881/82AH 1299İkinci sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi İkinci Şube960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1894/95AH 1312Kısım-ı salis sicilliğiAltıncı Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şube1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1895/96AH 1313Kısım-ı salis sicilliğiAltıncı Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şube1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1896/97AH 1314Kısım-ı salis sicilliğiAltıncı Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şube1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1896/97AH 1314Kısım-ı salis sicilliğiAltıncı Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şube1,440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1897/98AH 1315Kısım-ı salis sicilliğiAltıncı Ordu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şube1,440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
1897/98AH 1315Sube Mudur MuaviniAltıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records145 DH_SAİD,00115_00075
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 ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ 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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