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ZÜLFĠKAR EFENDĠ

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

Born in Antalya in 1878 (AH 1295), ZÜLFĠKAR EFENDĠ was the child of a tradesman (esnaf). At about 19, in 1897/98, ZÜLFĠKAR EFENDĠ began work in Antalya. The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with ZÜLFĠKAR EFENDĠ as Telgrafhane mülazımı in Antalya, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1900/01. Alongside, the lists for 1900 to 1903 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Telgraf ve posta merkezi Türkçe muhaberat memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1902 to 1905 give a second post, in Ioannina as Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebiye memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1904 to 1908 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü.

The salary went from 350 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to 800 in 1907/08, the peak, when 71 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1902/0313AntalyaIoannina

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Kale-i Sultaniye), stop 4 (İyneroz).

  1. Antalya

    Born 1878 (AH 1295); First work 1897/98 (AH 1315); 1897 to 1901 (AH 1315 to 1318)

    Telgrafhane mülazımı

    entries in 4 years

  2. Kale-i Sultaniye as worded, no place record not on the map

    1900 to 1903 (AH 1318 to 1320)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi Türkçe muhaberat memuru

    350 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Ioannina (Yanya)

    1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebiye memuru

    350 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. İyneroz as worded, no place record not on the map

    1904 to 1908 (AH 1322 to 1325)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

    500 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325800 kuruşTelgrafhane mülazımıTelgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebiye memuruTelgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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 ZÜLFĠKAR EFENDĠ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/0135040039%
1901/0235040038%
1902/0335040040%
1903/0435040590038%
1904/0560040066%
1905/0660043064%
1906/0760045063%
1907/0880046071%

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 ZÜLFĠKAR EFENDĠ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First workAntalya
1897 to 1901AH 1315 to 1318Telgrafhane mülazımı
4 entries
YearSalary
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
Antalya
1900 to 1903AH 1318 to 1320Telgraf ve posta merkezi Türkçe muhaberat memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1900/01350
1900/01350
1901/02350
1902/03350
350
1902 to 1905AH 1320 to 1322Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebiye memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1902/03350
1903/04350
1904/05350
1904/05
Ioannina (Yanya)350
1904 to 1908AH 1322 to 1325Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü
6 entries
YearSalary
1904/05600
1905/06600
1906/07600
1906/07500
1907/08500
1907/08800
600 to 800

Record

Personal

Born
1878 (AH 1295)
Birthplace
Antalya
Father's occupation
Esnaf

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)
Place
Antalya

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 23 officials with entries in Antalya in the same years, ZÜLFĠKAR EFENDĠ had the 6th highest salary.

All 127 officials with entries in Antalya

Same birthplace

Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; ZÜLFĠKAR EFENDĠ had the 46th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; ZÜLFĠKAR EFENDĠ had the 25th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of ZÜLFĠKAR EFENDĠ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Telgrafhane mülazımıAntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1898/99AH 1316Telgrafhane mülazımıAntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1899/1900AH 1317Telgrafhane mülazımıAntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1900/01AH 1318Telgrafhane mülazımıAntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1900/01AH 1318Telgraf ve posta merkezi Türkçe muhaberat memuruKale-i Sultaniye350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1900/01AH 1318Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebiye muhaberat memuruKale-i Sultaniye350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1901/02AH 1319Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebiye muhaberat memuruKale-i Sultaniye350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1902/03AH 1320Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebiye muhaberat memuruKale-i Sultaniye350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1902/03AH 1320Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebiye memuruIoannina (Yanya)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1903/04AH 1321Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebiye memuruIoannina (Yanya)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebiye memuruIoannina (Yanya)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf ve posta merkezi ecnebiye memuru (Azil)Ioannina (Yanya)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüİyneroz600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1905/06AH 1323Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüİyneroz600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüİyneroz600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü ve şefiŞinkin500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1907/08AH 1325Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü ve şefiŞinkin500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
1907/08AH 1325Telgraf merkezi memuruKelemiş800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00110 – 00137/271
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 ZÜLFĠKAR EFENDĠ 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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