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Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri 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

Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri Efendi was born in Germîli in 1855/56 (AH 1272). At about 20, in 1876/77, Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri began work in Malatya. The annual lists begin in 1876/77, with Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri as Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı in Malatya. Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri then moved to Carsancak in 1878. The lists have no entry for 1878 to 1880. The last entries, from 1880 to 1884, name Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri as Vilayet mektupçu kalemi memuru, with no place.

Pay rose from 140 kuruş a month in 1878 to a peak of 375 in 1882/83, when 45 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 17,280 kuruş, 70 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1883/84.

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 3 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
187812MalatyaCarsancak

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Dersim).

  1. Malatya

    First work 1876/77 (AH 1293); 1876/77 (AH 1293)

    Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  2. Carsancak

    1878 (AH 1295)

    No annual entry for 1877/78 (AH 1294) before it.

    Kaza tahrirat kâtibi

    140 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Dersim as worded, no place record not on the map

    1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301)

    No annual entry for 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297) before it.

    Vilayet mektupçu kalemi memuru

    250 to 375 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003004001876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301375 kuruşVilayet mektupçu kalemi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301This 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 Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
18781404508%
1880/8125040020%
1881/8230040028%
1882/8337540045%
1883/8437540044%

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 Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First workMalatya
1876/77AH 1293Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıMalatya
No annual entry: 1877/78 (AH 1294)
1878AH 1295Kaza tahrirat kâtibiCarsancak140
No annual entry: 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)
1880 to 1884AH 1298 to 1301Vilayet mektupçu kalemi memuru
7 entries
YearSalary
1880/81250
1881/82
1881/82300
1882/83300
1882/83375
1883/84375
1883/84
250

Record

Personal

Born
1855/56 (AH 1272)
Birthplace
Germîli

First work

Year
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Place
Malatya

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 15 officials with entries in Malatya in the same years, Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri Efendi had the 12th highest salary.

All 100 officials with entries in Malatya

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293), 168 have a recorded salary; Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri Efendi had the 136th highest salary of them.

All 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıMalatyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records300 DH_SAİDd_____00003_00311
1878AH 1295Kaza tahrirat kâtibiCarsancak140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records300 DH_SAİDd_____00003_00311
1880/81AH 1298Vilayet mektupçu kalemi memuruDersim250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records300 DH_SAİDd_____00003_00311
1881/82AH 1299Vilayet mektupçu kalemi memuruDersimAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records300 DH_SAİDd_____00003_00311
1881/82AH 1299Vilayet mektupçu kalemi memuruDersim300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records300 DH_SAİDd_____00003_00311
1882/83AH 1300Vilayet mektupçu kalemi memuruDersim300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records300 DH_SAİDd_____00003_00311
1882/83AH 1300Vilayet evrak müdürüDersim375Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records300 DH_SAİDd_____00003_00311
1883/84AH 1301Vilayet evrak müdürüDersim375Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records300 DH_SAİDd_____00003_00311
1883/84AH 1301Vilayet evrak müdürüDersimAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records300 DH_SAİDd_____00003_00311
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 Zerkîlzâde Mustafa Sabri 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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