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ZEYNEL NİYAZİ EFENDİ

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

ZEYNEL NİYAZİ EFENDİ was born in İşbozi in 1845/46 (AH 1262). Work began in 1864/65, at about 18, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1864/65, names ZEYNEL NİYAZİ as Duhan Memuru, with no place. Alongside, the lists for 1866 to 1871 give a second post, in Podgorica as a customs official (Rüsumat Memuru), with a rise to Rüsumat Memuru. At the same time, from 1870 to 1877, the lists also place ZEYNEL NİYAZİ in Tirana (Tiran) as Rusumat Muduru, with a rise to Rusumat Muduru. Alongside, the lists for 1876 to 1883 give a second post, in Durrës as Rusumat Muduru.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1864/65 to 1,100 in 1876/77, the peak, as Rusumat Muduru in Durrës, when 81 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 20 years the salaries add up to 171,576 kuruş, 1.7 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1882/83.

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 4 stops
place of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1870/711876/77234PodgoricaTiranaDurrës

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 1 (İşbozi).

  1. İşbozi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1864 to 1867 (AH 1281 to 1283)

    Duhan Memuru

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  2. Podgorica (Podgoriça)

    1866 to 1871 (AH 1283 to 1287)

    Rüsumat Memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  3. Tirana (Tiran)

    1870 to 1877 (AH 1287 to 1293)

    Rusumat Muduru

    683 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  4. Durrës (Dıraç)

    1876 to 1883 (AH 1293 to 1300)

    Rusumat Muduru

    800 to 1,100 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
05001,0001,5001864/65AH 12811865/66AH 12821866/67AH 12831867/68AH 12841868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001,100 kuruşDuhan MemuruRüsumat MemuruRusumat Muduru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0001864/65AH 12811865/66AH 12821866/67AH 12831867/68AH 12841868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 ZEYNEL NİYAZİ EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1864/6515040011%
1865/661504009%
1866/6750040030040055%
1867/6850045830044552%
1868/6950047527540052%
1869/7050040040040055%
1870/7168340032068%
1871/72683420.539067%
1872/7368345032066%
1873/7468340530066%
1874/7568345030067%
1875/7668345030067%
1876/771,10042085030081%
1877/781,10045030081%
18781,10045045582%
1878/791,00040040076%
1879/801,00040030479%
1880/8180040031277%
1881/8280040027077%
1882/831,00040030081%

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 ZEYNEL NİYAZİ EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1864/65AH 1281First work150first-salary field
1864 to 1867AH 1281 to 1283Duhan Memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1864/65150
1865/66150
1866/67150
150
1866 to 1871AH 1283 to 1287Rüsumat Memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1866/67500
1867/68500
1868/69500
1869/70500
1870/71500
Podgorica (Podgoriça)500
1870 to 1877AH 1287 to 1293Rusumat Muduru
7 entries
YearSalary
1870/71683
1871/72683
1872/73683
1873/74683
1874/75683
1875/76683
1876/77683
Tirana (Tiran)683
1876 to 1883AH 1293 to 1300Rusumat Muduru
11 entries
YearSalary
1876/771,100
1877/781,100
18781,100
18781,000
1878/791,000
1879/801,000
1879/80800
1880/81800
1881/82800
1882/83800
1882/831,000
Durrës (Dıraç)1,100 to 1,000

Record

Personal

Born
1845/46 (AH 1262)
Birthplace
İşbozi

First work

Year
1864/65 (AH 1281)

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 8 officials with entries in Durrës (Dıraç) in the same years, 7 have a recorded salary; ZEYNEL NİYAZİ EFENDİ had the 3rd highest salary of them.

All 31 officials with entries in Durrës (Dıraç)

Same job title, same years

Of the 15 officials with the title Rusumat Muduru in the same years, 13 have a recorded salary; ZEYNEL NİYAZİ EFENDİ had the 7th highest salary of them.

All 28 officials with the title Rusumat Muduru

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 73 officials whose first annual entry is for 1864/65 (AH 1281), 61 have a recorded salary; ZEYNEL NİYAZİ EFENDİ had the 29th highest salary of them.

All 73 officials whose first annual entry is for 1864/65 (AH 1281)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of ZEYNEL NİYAZİ EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1864/65AH 1281Duhan Memuruİşbozi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1865/66AH 1282Duhan Memuruİşbozi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1866/67AH 1283Duhan Memuruİşbozi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1866/67AH 1283Rüsumat MemuruPodgorica (Podgoriça)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1867/68AH 1284Rüsumat MemuruPodgorica (Podgoriça)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1868/69AH 1285Rüsumat MemuruPodgorica (Podgoriça)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1869/70AH 1286Rüsumat MemuruPodgorica (Podgoriça)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1870/71AH 1287Rüsumat MemuruPodgorica (Podgoriça)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1870/71AH 1287Rusumat MuduruTirana (Tiran)683Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1871/72AH 1288Rusumat MuduruTirana (Tiran)683Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1872/73AH 1289Rusumat MuduruTirana (Tiran)683Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1873/74AH 1290Rusumat MuduruTirana (Tiran)683Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1874/75AH 1291Rusumat MuduruTirana (Tiran)683Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1875/76AH 1292Rusumat MuduruTirana (Tiran)683Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1876/77AH 1293Rusumat MuduruTirana (Tiran)683Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1876/77AH 1293Rusumat MuduruDurrës (Dıraç)1,100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1877/78AH 1294Rusumat MuduruDurrës (Dıraç)1,100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1878AH 1295Rusumat MuduruDurrës (Dıraç)1,100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1878AH 1295Rusumat MuduruDurrës (Dıraç)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1878/79AH 1296Rusumat MuduruDurrës (Dıraç)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1879/80AH 1297Rusumat MuduruDurrës (Dıraç)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1879/80AH 1297Rusumat MuduruDurrës (Dıraç)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1880/81AH 1298Rusumat MuduruDurrës (Dıraç)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1881/82AH 1299Rusumat MuduruDurrës (Dıraç)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1882/83AH 1300Rusumat MuduruDurrës (Dıraç)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records427 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
1882/83AH 1300Rusumat MuduruDurrës (Dıraç)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 09/482, s. 961.
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 ZEYNEL NİYAZİ EFENDİ 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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