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Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci 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

Born in Harput in 1855/56 (AH 1272), Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci began work in 1877/78, at about 21, on a first salary of 100 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1877/78, with Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci as Mahrec mekâtib-i askeriye hastahanesi kitabet refakati and no place named. Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci then moved to Asir from 1879 to 1883. Alongside, the lists for 1885/86 give a second post, in Al Hudaydah as Sancak muhasebeciliği vekâleti. The annual lists then follow Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci to Burdur, Şanlıurfa (Urfa) and İzmit from 1888 to 1907. Alongside, the lists for 1906 to 1908 give a second post, in Edirne as Vilayet defterdarlığı vekâleti. The last posts were in Adana in 1908/09 and Aydın in 1910/11. Al Hudaydah, about 2,700 km from Harput, was the post farthest from the birthplace; only 43 of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from home. Few officials served in as many provinces; fewer than 2 per cent of the 6,605 officials with a place of service did.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1877/78 to 6,000 in 1907/08, the peak, in Edirne, when 98 per cent of paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 4,500 kuruş. The last 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.

All 11 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1879/801885/861888/891896/971903/041906/071908/091910/1113567891011HarputAsirAl HudaydahBurdurŞanlıurfaİzmitEdirneAdanaAydın

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Maçka), stop 4 (Yemen).

  1. Harput

    Born 1855/56 (AH 1272)

  2. Maçka as worded, no place record not on the map

    1877 to 1879 (AH 1294 to 1296)

    Mahrec mekâtib-i askeriye hastahanesi kitabet refakati

    100 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Asir

    1879 to 1883 (AH 1297 to 1300)

    Muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cerayye mukayyitliği

    500 to 1,260 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

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

    1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)

    Vilayet muhasebesi muhasebat memurluğu

    1,500 to 1,600 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  5. Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)

    1885/86 (AH 1303)

    Sancak muhasebeciliği vekâleti

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Burdur

    1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)

    No annual entry for 1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305) before it.

    Sancak muhasebeciliği

    1,800 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  7. Şanlıurfa (Urfa)

    1896 to 1903 (AH 1314 to 1320)

    No annual entry for 1891 to 1896 (AH 1309 to 1313) before it.

    Sancak muhasebeciliği 1896/97 (AH 1314); Sancak muhasebeciliği (Azil) 1902/03 (AH 1320)

    1,800 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1897 to 1902 (AH 1315 to 1319).

  8. İzmit

    1903 to 1907 (AH 1321 to 1324)

    Sancak muhasebeciliği

    1,800 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  9. Edirne

    1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)

    Vilayet defterdarlığı vekâleti

    4,000 to 6,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  10. Adana

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Vilayet defterdarlığı

    4,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  11. Aydın

    1910/11 (AH 1328)

    No annual entry for 1909/10 (AH 1327) before it.

    Vilayet defterdarlığı

    5,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entry02,0004,0006,0001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13286,000 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0005,00010,0001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328This 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 Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1877/781504509%
187850045054%
1878/7950040055%
1879/805004001,00057%
1880/8150040080060%
1881/821,2604001,00088%
1882/831,2604001,23088%
1883/841,60040091%
1884/851,50040089%
1885/861,50040090%
1888/891,80040039092%
1889/901,80040033092%
1890/911,80040035091%
1896/971,80045050091%
1903/041,80040530092%
1904/051,80040091%
1905/061,80043055091%
1906/074,00045050096%
1907/086,00046050098%
1908/094,50040027095%
1910/115,00050080098%

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 Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1877/78AH 1294First work100first-salary field
1877 to 1879AH 1294 to 1296Mahrec mekâtib-i askeriye hastahanesi kitabet refakati
7 entries
YearSalary
1877/78100
1877/78150
1878150
1878500
1878500
1878/79500
1878/79
100
1879 to 1883AH 1297 to 1300Muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cerayye mukayyitliği
7 entries
YearSalary
1879/80500
1880/81500
1881/82500
1881/82810
1881/821,260
1882/831,260
1882/83
Asir500
1883 to 1886AH 1301 to 1303Vilayet muhasebesi muhasebat memurluğu
6 entries
YearSalary
1883/841,500
1883/841,600
1883/84
1883/841,500
1884/851,500
1885/861,500
1,500
1885/86AH 1303Sancak muhasebeciliği vekâleti
2 entries
YearSalary
1885/861,500
1885/86
Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)1,500
No annual entry: 1886 to 1888 (AH 1304 to 1305)
1888 to 1891AH 1306 to 1308Sancak muhasebeciliği
4 entries
YearSalary
1888/891,800
1889/901,800
1890/911,800
1890/91
Burdur1,800
No annual entry: 1891 to 1896 (AH 1309 to 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Sancak muhasebeciliğiŞanlıurfa (Urfa)1,800
No annual entry: 1897 to 1902 (AH 1315 to 1319)
1902/03AH 1320Sancak muhasebeciliği (Azil)Şanlıurfa (Urfa)
1903 to 1907AH 1321 to 1324Sancak muhasebeciliği
4 entries
YearSalary
1903/041,800
1904/051,800
1905/061,800
1906/071,800
İzmit1,800
1906 to 1908AH 1324 to 1325Vilayet defterdarlığı vekâleti
5 entries
YearSalary
1906/074,000
1906/074,000
1907/084,000
1907/085,400
1907/086,000
Edirne4,000 to 6,000
1908/09AH 1326Vilayet defterdarlığı
2 entries
YearSalary
1908/094,500
1908/094,500
Adana4,500
No annual entry: 1909/10 (AH 1327)
1910/11AH 1328Vilayet defterdarlığıAydın5,000

Record

Personal

Born
1855/56 (AH 1272)
Birthplace
Harput
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1877/78 (AH 1294)

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 2 officials with entries in Asir in the same years, Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci Efendi had the highest salary.

All 12 officials with entries in Asir

Same birthplace

Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.

All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1877/78AH 1294Mahrec mekâtib-i askeriye hastahanesi kitabet refakati100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1877/78AH 1294Mahrec mekâtib-i askeriye hastahanesi kitabet refakati150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1878AH 1295Mahrec mekâtib-i askeriye hastahanesi kitabet refakati150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1878AH 1295Hastahaneye çevrilen Maçka Karakolhanesi üçüncü kâtipliğiMaçka500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1878AH 1295Rami Kışla-i Hümayun Hastahanesi kitabet refakatiRami500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1878/79AH 1296Rami Kışla-i Hümayun Hastahanesi kitabet refakatiRami500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1878/79AH 1296Rami Kışla-i Hümayun Hastahanesi kitabet refakati (İnfisal)RamiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1879/80AH 1297Muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cerayye mukayyitliğiAsir500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1880/81AH 1298Muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cerayye mukayyitliğiAsir500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1881/82AH 1299Muhasebe kalemi mesalih-i cerayye mukayyitliğiAsir500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1881/82AH 1299Muhasebe kalemi mesarifat mukayyitliğiAsir810Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1881/82AH 1299Muhasebe kalemi varidat mukayyitliğiAsir1,260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1882/83AH 1300Muhasebe kalemi varidat mukayyitliğiAsir1,260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1882/83AH 1300Muhasebe kalemi varidat mukayyitliği (İstifa)AsirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1883/84AH 1301Vilayet muhasebesi muhasebat memurluğuYemen1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1883/84AH 1301Kordon başkâtipliğiTefer1,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1883/84AH 1301Kordon başkâtipliği (İnfisal)TeferAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1883/84AH 1301Vilayet muhasebesi muhasebat memurluğuYemen1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1884/85AH 1302Vilayet muhasebesi muhasebat memurluğuYemen1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1885/86AH 1303Vilayet muhasebesi muhasebat memurluğuYemen1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1885/86AH 1303Sancak muhasebeciliği vekâletiAl Hudaydah (Hudeyde)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1885/86AH 1303Sancak muhasebeciliği vekâleti (İnfisal)Al Hudaydah (Hudeyde)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1888/89AH 1306Sancak muhasebeciliğiBurdur1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1889/90AH 1307Sancak muhasebeciliğiBurdur1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1890/91AH 1308Sancak muhasebeciliğiBurdur1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1890/91AH 1308Sancak muhasebeciliği (Azil)BurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1896/97AH 1314Sancak muhasebeciliğiŞanlıurfa (Urfa)1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1902/03AH 1320Sancak muhasebeciliği (Azil)Şanlıurfa (Urfa)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1903/04AH 1321Sancak muhasebeciliğiİzmit1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1904/05AH 1322Sancak muhasebeciliğiİzmit1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1905/06AH 1323Sancak muhasebeciliğiİzmit1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1906/07AH 1324Sancak muhasebeciliğiİzmit1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1906/07AH 1324Vilayet defterdarlığı vekâletiEdirne4,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1906/07AH 1324Vilayet defterdarlığı vekâletiEdirne4,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1907/08AH 1325Vilayet defterdarlığı vekâletiEdirne4,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1907/08AH 1325Vilayet defterdarlığıEdirne5,400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1907/08AH 1325Vilayet defterdarlığıEdirne6,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1908/09AH 1326Vilayet defterdarlığıAdana4,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1908/09AH 1326Vilayet defterdarlığıAdana4,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
1910/11AH 1328Vilayet defterdarlığıAydın5,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 26-82
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 Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci 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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