Rızkullah 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
Rızkullah Efendi was born in Aleppo (Halep) in 1860/61 (AH 1277); the father's occupation was "Mersin eski sandık emini". Work began in Mersin in 1877/78, at about 16. From the first annual entry, for 1877/78, to 1881/82, every annual entry places Rızkullah in the same post, Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti görevi; unvan belirtilmemiş, in Mersin.
The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1877/78 to 400 in 1881/82, the peak, in Mersin, when 46 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 15,240 kuruş, 61 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1881/82.
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.
Born 1860/61 (AH 1277)
First work 1877/78 (AH 1294); 1877 to 1882 (AH 1294 to 1299)
Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti görevi; unvan belirtilmemiş 1877/78 (AH 1294); Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tahrirat mukayyitliği 1878 to 1882 (AH 1296 to 1299)
100 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years
No annual entry for 1878 (AH 1295).
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 | 100 | 450 | 445 | 4% | |
| 1878/79 | 200 | 400 | 500 | 12% | |
| 1879/80 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 27% | |
| 1880/81 | 270 | 400 | 600 | 25% | |
| 1881/82 | 400 | 400 | 500 | 46% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | First work | Mersin | |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti görevi; unvan belirtilmemiş | Mersin | 100 |
| No annual entry: 1878 (AH 1295) | |||
| 1878 to 1882AH 1296 to 1299 | Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tahrirat mukayyitliği | Mersin | 200 to 400 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Birthplace
- Aleppo (Halep)
- Father's occupation
- Mersin eski sandık emini
First work
- Year
- 1877/78 (AH 1294)
- Place
- Mersin
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 Mersin in the same years, Rızkullah Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Hacı Mustafa Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Yakob Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Mirican Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Corci Şaşani Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Misak Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 73 officials born in Aleppo (Halep), 70 have a recorded salary; Rızkullah Efendi had the 50th highest salary of them.
- İskender Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 650 kuruş
- Nikola Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Selim Efendiborn 1860/61 (AH 1277); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Fethullah Zagbi Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Selim Raad Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); highest salary 4,500 kuruş
The page of Aleppo (Halep), with the 73 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; Rızkullah Efendi had the 107th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Efendifirst entry in Damascus (Şam); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Balyan Serkiz Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 2,900 kuruş
- Hafız İbrahim Edhem Efendifirst entry in Refahiye; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Hüseyin Efendifirst annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 2,100 kuruş
All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti görevi; unvan belirtilmemiş | Mersin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271 | |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti İkinci Duhan Fabrikası muavinliği | Mersin | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tahrirat mukayyitliği | Mersin | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | İkinci Duhan Fabrikası muavinliği (İnfisal) | Mersin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271 | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği | Mersin | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği | Mersin | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği | Mersin | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire kâtipliği | Mersin | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Mersin Rüsumat Müdüriyeti tezkire başkâtipliği | Mersin | 360 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Mersin Rüsumat Kitabeti ikinci kâtipliği | Mersin | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİDd. 9 271 |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)