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Seyyid Abdullah Berzenci 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

Seyyid Abdullah Berzenci Efendi was born in Medina (Medine) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). Work began in Medina in 1903/04, at about 20. From the first annual entry, for 1903/04, to 1906/07, every annual entry places Abdullah Berzenci in the same post, Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı, in Medina, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1904/05 to a peak of 75 in 1906/07, in Medina, when 3 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 2,100 kuruş, 13 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0204060801903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 132475 kuruşHazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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 Seyyid Abdullah Berzenci Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1904/05504003002%
1905/06504304002%
1906/07754503223%

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 Seyyid Abdullah Berzenci Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1903/04AH 1321First workMedina (Medine)
1903 to 1907AH 1321 to 1324Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
8 entries
YearSalary
1903/04
1904/05
1904/05
1904/0530
1904/0550
1905/0650
1906/0750
1906/0775
Medina (Medine)75

Record

Personal

Born
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Birthplace
Medina (Medine)

First work

Year
1903/04 (AH 1321)

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 26 officials with entries in Medina (Medine) in the same years, Seyyid Abdullah Berzenci Efendi had the 24th highest salary.

All 59 officials with entries in Medina (Medine)

Same birthplace

Of the 64 officials born in Medina (Medine), 58 have a recorded salary; Seyyid Abdullah Berzenci Efendi had the 51st highest salary of them.

The page of Medina (Medine), with the 64 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), 123 have a recorded salary; Seyyid Abdullah Berzenci Efendi had the 120th highest salary of them.

All 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Seyyid Abdullah Berzenci Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1903/04AH 1321Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 B0A. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 135/309, s.245.
1904/05AH 1322Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 B0A. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 135/309, s.245.
1904/05AH 1322Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)Medina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 B0A. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 135/309, s.245.
1904/05AH 1322Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi masraf mukayyidi refakatiMedina (Medine)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 B0A. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 135/309, s.245.
1904/05AH 1322Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi masraf mukayyidi refakatiMedina (Medine)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 B0A. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 135/309, s.245.
1905/06AH 1323Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi masraf mukayyidi refakatiMedina (Medine)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 B0A. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 135/309, s.245.
1906/07AH 1324Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi masraf mukayyidi refakatiMedina (Medine)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 B0A. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 135/309, s.245.
1906/07AH 1324Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi masraf mukayyidi refakatiMedina (Medine)75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records316 B0A. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 135/309, s.245.
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 Seyyid Abdullah Berzenci 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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