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Mehmet Ziya 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

Mehmet Ziya Efendi was born in Dagistan in 1859/60 (AH 1276). The schooling was at the Valide Sultan Mektebi. Mehmet Ziya began work in 1878/79, at about 19, on a first salary of 0 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1878/79, with Mehmet Ziya as Bab-ı Zaptiye Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı and no place named. Next came Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene) from 1882 to 1885. Alongside, the lists for 1884/85 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Görevin sona ermesi. The annual lists then follow Mehmet Ziya to Tavas and Karabiga from 1890 to 1894. Alongside, the lists for 1893/94 give a second post, in Gümüşhane as Muhtaçlara dağıtılan zahirenin yazı işleri. Uzunköprü, about 1,700 km from Dagistan, was the post farthest from the birthplace; fewer than 5 per cent of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from home.

Pay rose from 0 kuruş a month in 1878/79 to a peak of 500 in 1890/91, in Tavas, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 400 kuruş. The final annual entry is for 1893/94.

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 7 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1882/831890/911891/921893/9413567DagistanUzunköprüTavasKarabigaGümüşhane

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Place not recorded).

  1. Dagistan

    Born 1859/60 (AH 1276)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Bab-ı Zaptiye Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı

    0 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)

    1882 to 1885 (AH 1300 to 1302)

    No annual entry for 1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299) before it.

    Aşar ambar memuru

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. Place not recorded not on the map

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    Görevin sona ermesi

    entries in 1 year

  5. Tavas

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    No annual entry for 1885 to 1890 (AH 1303 to 1307) before it.

    Orman süvari memuru 1890/91 (AH 1308); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1890/91 (AH 1308)

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Karabiga

    1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311)

    Orman tezkire muharriri 1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1893/94 (AH 1311)

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  7. Gümüşhane

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Muhtaçlara dağıtılan zahirenin yazı işleri

    entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311500 kuruşAşar ambar memuruOrman tezkire muharriri
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Mehmet Ziya Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1878/7904000%
1882/8340040042546%
1883/8440040040046%
1884/8540040040045%
1890/9150040050056%
1891/9240040030045%
1892/9340040030045%
1893/9440040030044%

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 Mehmet Ziya Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878/79AH 1296First work0first-salary field
1878/79AH 1296Bab-ı Zaptiye Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı0
No annual entry: 1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)
1882 to 1885AH 1300 to 1302Aşar ambar memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1882/83400
1883/84400
1884/85400
Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)400
1884/85AH 1302Görevin sona ermesi
No annual entry: 1885 to 1890 (AH 1303 to 1307)
1890/91AH 1308Orman süvari memuruTavas500
1890/91AH 1308Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
1891 to 1894AH 1309 to 1311Orman tezkire muharriri
3 entries
YearSalary
1891/92400
1892/93400
1893/94400
Karabiga400
1893/94AH 1311Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
1893/94AH 1311Muhtaçlara dağıtılan zahirenin yazı işleriGümüşhane

Record

Personal

Born
1859/60 (AH 1276)
Birthplace
Dagistan

Education

First work

Year
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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 4 officials with entries in Karabiga in the same years, Mehmet Ziya Efendi had the highest salary.

All 7 officials with entries in Karabiga

Same school

Of the 3 officials with Valide Sultan Mektebi among their schools, Mehmet Ziya Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 3 officials with Valide Sultan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 79 officials born in Dagistan, 75 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ziya Efendi had the 49th highest salary of them.

The page of Dagistan, with the 79 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296), 157 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ziya Efendi had the 71st highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Ziya Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878/79AH 1296Bab-ı Zaptiye Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
1882/83AH 1300Aşar ambar memuruUzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
1883/84AH 1301Aşar ambar memuruUzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
1884/85AH 1302Aşar ambar memuruUzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
1884/85AH 1302Görevin sona ermesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
1890/91AH 1308Orman süvari memuruTavas500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
1890/91AH 1308AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
1891/92AH 1309Orman tezkire muharririKarabiga400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
1892/93AH 1310Orman tezkire muharririKarabiga400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
1893/94AH 1311Orman tezkire muharririKarabiga400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
1893/94AH 1311AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
1893/94AH 1311Muhtaçlara dağıtılan zahirenin yazı işleriGümüşhaneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 60/117
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 Mehmet Ziya 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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