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Salih Zeki 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

Salih Zeki Efendi was born in Bursa in 1881/82 (AH 1299), into the İslam community, and the father's occupation was "Prizren sancağı bidâyet muhâkemesi cezareisi sabık". Work began in 1904/05, at about 22, on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1904/05, with Salih Zeki as (Okunamadı) hane-i hümâyun ketebeliği and no place named. For 1905 to 1908 the lists have no entry. The lists give Infisal for 1909/10 instead of a title.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 400 kuruş a month in 1904/05, when 42 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

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.

  1. Bursa

    Born 1881/82 (AH 1299)

  2. Place not recorded

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    (Okunamadı) hane-i hümâyun ketebeliği

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded

    1908 to 1911 (AH 1326 to 1328)

    No annual entry for 1905 to 1908 (AH 1323 to 1325) before it.

    Matbah-ı amire irade kalemi 1908 to 1911 (AH 1326 to 1328); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1909/10 (AH 1327)

    250 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328400 kuruşMatbah-ı amire irade kalemi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This officialMedian, all officials

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 Salih Zeki Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1904/0540040042%
1908/0940040042%
1909/1025060015%
1910/1140050031%

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 Salih Zeki Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1904/05AH 1322First work400first-salary field
1904/05AH 1322(Okunamadı) hane-i hümâyun ketebeliği400
No annual entry: 1905 to 1908 (AH 1323 to 1325)
1908 to 1911AH 1326 to 1328Matbah-ı amire irade kalemi
4 entries
YearSalary
1908/09400
1909/10250
1910/11250
1910/11400
400
1909/10AH 1327Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Born
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Prizren sancağı bidâyet muhâkemesi cezareisi sabık

First work

Year
1904/05 (AH 1322)

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 birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Salih Zeki Efendi had the 181st highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322), 99 have a recorded salary; Salih Zeki Efendi had the 32nd highest salary of them.

All 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Salih Zeki Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1904/05AH 1322(Okunamadı) hane-i hümâyun ketebeliği400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/18; 33
1908/09AH 1326Matbah-ı amire irade kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/18; 33
1909/10AH 1327InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/18; 33
1909/10AH 1327hazine-i hassa tahakkuk kalemi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/18; 33
1910/11AH 1328hazine-i hassa tahakkuk kalemi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/18; 33
1910/11AH 1328hazine-i hassa tahakkuk kalemi; üçüncü sınıf halkalığı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records146/18; 33
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 Salih Zeki 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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