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SELİM NAZİF EFENDİ (A)

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 SELİM NAZİF EFENDİ (A) began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1851/52 (AH 1268). The personnel record dates the first work in Shkodër to 1868/69, after the first annual entry, on a first salary of 75 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1864/65, to 1878, every annual entry places SELİM NAZİF (A) in the same post, Emaneten idare olunan kayıklar rüsumu kâtibi, in Shkodër, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1864/65 to a peak of 570 in 1878, in Shkodër, when 63 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over ten years the salaries add up to 26,400 kuruş, 50 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1878.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006001864/65AH 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 1295570 kuruşVilayet Meclis-i İdare Başkitabeti refakat memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001864/65AH 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 1295This 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 SELİM NAZİF EFENDİ (A) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1864/6520040037519%
1868/69754754002%
1869/7027540040030%
1872/7318045032014%
1873/7418040530014%
1874/7518045030012%
1875/7618045030012%
1876/7718042030013%
1877/7818045030013%
187857045045563%

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 SELİM NAZİF EFENDİ (A), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1864/65AH 1281Emaneten idare olunan kayıklar rüsumu kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)200
No annual entry: 1865 to 1868 (AH 1282 to 1284)
1868/69AH 1285First workShkodër (İşkodra)75first-salary field
1868 to 1870AH 1285 to 1286Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1868/6975
1869/70275
Shkodër (İşkodra)75 to 275
No annual entry: 1870 to 1872 (AH 1287 to 1288)
1872 to 1878AH 1289 to 1295Vilayet Meclis-i İdare Başkitabeti refakat memuru
8 entries
YearSalary
1872/73180
1873/74180
1874/75180
1875/76180
1876/77180
1877/78180
1878180
1878570
Shkodër (İşkodra)180 to 570

Record

Personal

Born
1851/52 (AH 1268)

First work

Year
1868/69 (AH 1285)

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 51 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, SELİM NAZİF EFENDİ (A) had the 34th highest salary.

All 191 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; SELİM NAZİF EFENDİ (A) had the 57th highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

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; SELİM NAZİF EFENDİ (A) had the 45th 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 SELİM NAZİF EFENDİ (A)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1864/65AH 1281Emaneten idare olunan kayıklar rüsumu kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1868/69AH 1285Vilayet Muhasebe Kalemi memuruShkodër (İşkodra)75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1869/70AH 1286Aşar-ı Şeriyye kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)275Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1872/73AH 1289Vilayet Meclis-i İdare Başkitabeti refakat memuruShkodër (İşkodra)180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1873/74AH 1290Vilayet Meclis-i İdare Başkitabeti refakat memuruShkodër (İşkodra)180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1874/75AH 1291Vilayet Meclis-i İdare Başkitabeti refakat memuruShkodër (İşkodra)180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1875/76AH 1292Vilayet Meclis-i İdare Başkitabeti refakat memuruShkodër (İşkodra)180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1876/77AH 1293Vilayet Meclis-i İdare Başkitabeti refakat memuruShkodër (İşkodra)180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1877/78AH 1294Vilayet Meclis-i İdare Başkitabeti refakat memuruShkodër (İşkodra)180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295Vilayet Meclis-i İdare Başkitabeti refakat memuruShkodër (İşkodra)180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295Ticaret Mahkemesi birinci kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)570Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 SELİM NAZİF EFENDİ (A) 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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