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Tazvur 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

Tazvur Efendi was born in Biga in 1854/55 (AH 1271); the father was a merchant (tüccar). The first salary was 200 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1870/71, with Tazvur as Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuru and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1889/90 give a second post, in Niğde as Sancak Muhasebecisi, with a rise to Sancak Muhasebecisi. In place of a title the lists give Vefat (death) for 1890/91.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1870/71 to a peak of 8,250 in 1877/78, when 97 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 21 years of salary come to 389,280 kuruş, 3.7 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years, a level reached by fewer than 8 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more. The last annual entry is for 1890/91.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1889/9013BigaNiğde

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid).

  1. Biga

    Born 1854/55 (AH 1271)

  2. Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid as worded, no place record not on the map

    1870 to 1890 (AH 1287 to 1307)

    Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuru

    250 to 8,250 kuruş a month; entries in 21 years

  3. Niğde

    1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)

    Sancak Muhasebecisi 1889/90 (AH 1307); Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job)) 1890/91 (AH 1308)

    1,800 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02,0004,0006,0008,00010,0001871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13088,250 kuruşVilayet muhasebe kalemi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,00010,0001871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 1308This 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 Tazvur Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1870/7125040021%
1871/72250420.521%
1872/7330045031%
1873/7442040550%
1874/7545045049%
1875/7660045063%
1876/7770042068%
1877/788,25045097%
18788,25045097%
1878/791,00040076%
1879/8090040077%
1880/811,00040081%
1881/821,00040081%
1882/831,00040081%
1883/841,00040082%
1884/851,00040080%
1885/861,00040080%
1886/871,02040083%
1887/881,12540082%
1888/891,12540083%
1889/901,80040033092%

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 Tazvur Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First work200first-salary field
1870 to 1890AH 1287 to 1307Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuru
40 entries
YearSalary
1870/71250
1871/72250
1872/73250
1872/73300
1873/74300
1873/74350
1873/74380
1873/74400
1873/74420
1874/75420
1874/75450
1875/76450
1875/76600
1876/77600
1876/77450
1876/77475
1876/77700
1877/78700
1877/788,250
18788,250
1878800
1878920
1878/79920
1878/791,000
1878/79900
1879/80900
1880/81900
1880/81930
1880/811,000
1881/821,000
1882/831,000
1883/841,000
1884/851,000
1885/861,000
1886/871,000
1886/871,020
1887/881,020
1887/881,125
1888/891,125
1889/901,125
250 to 1,125
1889/90AH 1307Sancak MuhasebecisiNiğde1,800
1890/91AH 1308Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1854/55 (AH 1271)
Birthplace
Biga
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
Tüccar

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 Niğde in the same years, Tazvur Efendi had the highest salary.

All 38 officials with entries in Niğde

Same job title, same years

Of the 3 officials with the title Sancak Muhasebecisi in the same years, Tazvur Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 31 officials with the title Sancak Muhasebecisi

Same birthplace

Of the 17 officials born in Biga, 16 have a recorded salary; Tazvur Efendi had the 2nd highest salary of them.

The page of Biga, with the 17 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; Tazvur Efendi had the 3rd 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 Tazvur Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1870/71AH 1287Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1871/72AH 1288Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1872/73AH 1289Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1872/73AH 1289Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1873/74AH 1290Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1873/74AH 1290Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1873/74AH 1290Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1873/74AH 1290Mühimme kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1873/74AH 1290Mühimme kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid420Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1874/75AH 1291Mühimme kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid420Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1874/75AH 1291Mühimme kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1875/76AH 1292Mühimme kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1875/76AH 1292Mühimme kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1876/77AH 1293Mühimme kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1876/77AH 1293Mühimme kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1876/77AH 1293Yevmiye ukayetliğiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid475Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1876/77AH 1293Varidat kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1877/78AH 1294Varidat kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1877/78AH 1294Varidat kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid8,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1878AH 1295Varidat kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid8,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1878AH 1295İstanköy ve Kıbrıs sancağı mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1878AH 1295İstanköy ve Kıbrıs sancağı mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid920Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1878/79AH 1296İstanköy ve Kıbrıs sancağı mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid920Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1878/79AH 1296İstanköy ve Kıbrıs sancağı mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1878/79AH 1296İstanköy ve Kıbrıs sancağı mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1879/80AH 1297İstanköy ve Kıbrıs sancağı mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1880/81AH 1298İstanköy ve Kıbrıs sancağı mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1880/81AH 1298Sakız mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid930Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1880/81AH 1298Sakız mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1881/82AH 1299Sakız mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1882/83AH 1300Sakız mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1883/84AH 1301Sakız mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1884/85AH 1302Sakız mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1885/86AH 1303Sakız mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1886/87AH 1304Sakız mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1886/87AH 1304Sakız mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,020Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1887/88AH 1305Sakız mukayyidiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,020Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1887/88AH 1305Masraf kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1888/89AH 1306Masraf kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1889/90AH 1307Masraf kâtibiCezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid1,125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1889/90AH 1307Sancak MuhasebecisiNiğde1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
1890/91AH 1308VefatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.; 66 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, BİGA 00022/00130.
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 Tazvur 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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