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Mehmed Aziz 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

Mehmed Aziz Efendi was born in Drama in 1862/63 (AH 1279); the father's occupation was "Hancı". Work began in Drama in 1873/74, at about 11. Of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known, fewer than 2 per cent started at 11 or younger. Every annual entry from 1873/74 to 1881/82 places Mehmed Aziz in the same post, Muhasebe ve Tahrirat kalemleri mülazımı, in Drama, the birthplace. The lists give Infisal for 1878/79 instead of a title.

Pay rose from 450 kuruş a month in 1876/77 to a peak of 600 in 1881/82, in Drama, when 67 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1881/82.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 1299600 kuruşMuhasebe ve Tahrirat kalemleri mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 1299This 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 Mehmed Aziz Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1876/774504201,14050%
1877/784504501,17049%
187845045079549%
1878/7945040047551%
1879/8030040030027%
1880/8125040038020%
1881/8260040038067%

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 Mehmed Aziz Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1873/74AH 1290First workDrama
1873 to 1882AH 1290 to 1299Muhasebe ve Tahrirat kalemleri mülazımı
16 entries
YearSalary
1873/74
1874/75
1875/76
1876/77
1876/77
1876/77450
1877/78450
1878450
1878/79450
1879/80300
1879/80
1879/80250
1880/81250
1881/82250
1881/82
1881/82600
Drama600
1878/79AH 1296Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Born
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Birthplace
Drama
Father's occupation
Hancı

First work

Year
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Place
Drama

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 15 officials with entries in Drama in the same years, Mehmed Aziz Efendi had the 7th highest salary.

All 45 officials with entries in Drama

Same birthplace

Of the 56 officials born in Drama, 53 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Aziz Efendi had the 11th highest salary of them.

The page of Drama, with the 56 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1873/74 (AH 1290), 113 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Aziz Efendi had the 57th highest salary of them.

All 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1873/74 (AH 1290)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Aziz Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1873/74AH 1290Muhasebe ve Tahrirat kalemleri mülazımıDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1874/75AH 1291Muhasebe ve Tahrirat kalemleri mülazımıDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1875/76AH 1292Muhasebe ve Tahrirat kalemleri mülazımıDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1876/77AH 1293Muhasebe ve Tahrirat kalemleri mülazımıDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1876/77AH 1293Muhasebe ve Tahrirat kalemleri mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)DramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1876/77AH 1293Aşar ikinci katibiDrama450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1877/78AH 1294Aşar ikinci katibiDrama450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1878AH 1295Aşar ikinci katibiDrama450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1878/79AH 1296Aşar ikinci katibiDrama450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1878/79AH 1296InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1879/80AH 1297Merkez ambar katibiDrama300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1879/80AH 1297Merkez ambar katibi (Nakil)DramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1879/80AH 1297Ticaret mahkemesi katib-i sanisiDrama250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1880/81AH 1298Ticaret mahkemesi katib-i sanisiDrama250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1881/82AH 1299Ticaret mahkemesi katib-i sanisiDrama250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1881/82AH 1299Ticaret mahkemesi katib-i sanisi (Nakil)DramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
1881/82AH 1299Ticaret mahkemesi başkatibiDrama600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891; 160 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 6-891.
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 Mehmed Aziz 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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