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Mehmet Nazif 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

The life of Mehmet Nazif Efendi began in Dagistan in 1853/54 (AH 1270). Mehmet Nazif began work in 1875/76, at about 21, on a first salary of 100 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1875/76, with Mehmet Nazif as Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı and no place named. For 1892 to 1896 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1875/76 to a peak of 4,320 in 1901/02, when 97 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 22 years the salaries add up to 281,520 kuruş, 2.6 times what an official on the median salary earned. The peak was 43.2 times the first salary, a rise matched by fewer than 5 per cent of the 2,724 officials paid for ten years or more. The last annual entry is for 1901/02.

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. Dagistan

    Born 1853/54 (AH 1270)

  2. Place not recorded

    1875 to 1892 (AH 1292 to 1309)

    Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı

    100 to 1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 18 years

  3. Levazımat-ı Umumiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi, Tahniye İdaresi as worded, no place record

    1896 to 1902 (AH 1314 to 1319)

    No annual entry for 1892 to 1896 (AH 1310 to 1313) before it.

    Tahniye İdaresi başkâtibi

    540 to 4,320 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02,0004,0006,0001875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13184,320 kuruşRedif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımıTahniye İdaresi başkâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0005,0001875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 1318This 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 Mehmet Nazif Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1875/761004505%
1876/771004205%
1877/7840045043%
187880045074%
1878/7980040073%
1879/8080040074%
1882/8396040081%
1883/8496040081%
1884/8596040080%
1885/8696040079%
1886/8796040079%
1887/8896040078%
1888/8996040080%
1889/9096040080%
1890/9196040079%
1891/921,20040083%
1896/9754045061%
1897/981,44040090%
1898/991,44040090%
1899/19001,44040090%
1900/011,44040089%
1901/024,32040097%

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 Nazif Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1875/76AH 1292First work100first-salary field
1875 to 1892AH 1292 to 1309Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı
23 entries
YearSalary
1875/76100
1876/77100
1877/78100
1877/78400
1878400
1878800
1878/79800
1879/80800
1879/80
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1882/83960
1883/84960
1884/85960
1885/86960
1886/87960
1887/88960
1888/89960
1889/90960
1890/91960
1891/92960
1891/921,200
100 to 1,200
No annual entry: 1892 to 1896 (AH 1310 to 1313)
1896 to 1902AH 1314 to 1319Tahniye İdaresi başkâtibi
9 entries
YearSalary
1896/97540
1897/98540
1897/981,440
1898/991,440
1899/19001,440
1900/011,440
1901/021,440
1901/021,800
1901/024,320
540 to 4,320

Record

Personal

Born
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Birthplace
Dagistan

First work

Year
1875/76 (AH 1292)

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 birthplace

Of the 79 officials born in Dagistan, 75 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Nazif Efendi had the 4th highest salary of them.

The page of Dagistan, with the 79 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1875/76 (AH 1292), 143 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Nazif Efendi had the 8th highest salary of them.

All 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1875/76 (AH 1292)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Nazif Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1875/76AH 1292Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1876/77AH 1293Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1877/78AH 1294Redif Yoklama Kalemi mülazımı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1877/78AH 1294Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, dördüncü sınıf400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1878AH 1295Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, dördüncü sınıf400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1878AH 1295Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, üçüncü sınıf800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1878/79AH 1296Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, üçüncü sınıf800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1879/80AH 1297Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, üçüncü sınıf800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1879/80AH 1297Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, üçüncü sınıfAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1880/81AH 1298Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, üçüncü sınıfAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1881/82AH 1299Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, üçüncü sınıfAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1882/83AH 1300Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, üçüncü sınıfAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1882/83AH 1300Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, ikinci sınıf960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1883/84AH 1301Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, ikinci sınıf960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1884/85AH 1302Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, ikinci sınıf960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1885/86AH 1303Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, ikinci sınıf960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1886/87AH 1304Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, ikinci sınıf960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1887/88AH 1305Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, ikinci sınıf960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1888/89AH 1306Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, ikinci sınıf960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1889/90AH 1307Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, ikinci sınıf960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1890/91AH 1308Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, ikinci sınıf960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1891/92AH 1309Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, ikinci sınıf960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1891/92AH 1309Sebze Komisyonu kâtibi, birinci sınıf1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1896/97AH 1314Tahniye İdaresi başkâtibiLevazımat-ı Umumiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi, Tahniye İdaresi540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1897/98AH 1315Tahniye İdaresi başkâtibiLevazımat-ı Umumiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi, Tahniye İdaresi540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1897/98AH 1315Kısm-ı salis mümeyyizi1,440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1898/99AH 1316Kısm-ı salis mümeyyizi1,440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1899/1900AH 1317Kısm-ı salis mümeyyizi1,440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1900/01AH 1318Kısm-ı salis mümeyyizi1,440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1901/02AH 1319Kısm-ı salis mümeyyizi1,440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1901/02AH 1319Kısm-ı salis mümeyyizi1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
1901/02AH 1319Üçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şube müdürüÜçüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Levazım Dairesi Birinci Şubesi4,320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 74/293
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 Nazif 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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