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Zühdü 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

Zühdü Efendi was born in Burdur in 1880/81 (AH 1298). The schooling was at a primary school (İbtidai Mektebi). Zühdü began work in 1901/02, at about 20, on a first salary of 100 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1901/02, with Zühdü as Vergi defterciliği görevlisi and no place named. For 1903 to 1910 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Burdur, the birthplace, in 1910/11.

The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to 250 in 1910/11, the peak, in Burdur, when 13 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 5,400 kuruş, 34 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. 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 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1910/1113Burdur

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

  1. Burdur

    Born 1880/81 (AH 1298)

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

    1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320)

    Vergi defterciliği görevlisi

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Burdur

    1910/11 (AH 1328)

    No annual entry for 1903 to 1910 (AH 1321 to 1327) before it.

    Evkaf sandık emini ve kâtibi

    250 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 entry01002003001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328250 kuruşVergi defterciliği görevlisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 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 Zühdü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1901/021004004%
1902/031004004%
1910/1125050030013%

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 Zühdü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1901/02AH 1319First work100first-salary field
1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 1320Vergi defterciliği görevlisi
3 entries
YearSalary
1901/02100
1902/03100
1902/03
100
No annual entry: 1903 to 1910 (AH 1321 to 1327)
1910/11AH 1328Evkaf sandık emini ve kâtibiBurdur250

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Birthplace
Burdur

Education

School
İbtidai Mektebiprimary school

First work

Year
1901/02 (AH 1319)

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 5 officials with entries in Burdur in the same years, Zühdü Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

All 86 officials with entries in Burdur

Same school

Of the 14 officials with İbtidai Mektebi among their schools, 11 have a recorded salary; Zühdü Efendi had the 8th highest salary of them.

All 14 officials with İbtidai Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 93 officials born in Burdur, 88 have a recorded salary; Zühdü Efendi had the 69th highest salary of them.

The page of Burdur, with the 93 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), 110 have a recorded salary; Zühdü Efendi had the 75th highest salary of them.

All 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Zühdü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1901/02AH 1319Vergi defterciliği görevlisiKozan100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Vergi defterciliği görevlisiKozan100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Vergi defterciliği görevlisi (İnfisal)KozanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328Evkaf sandık emini ve kâtibiBurdur250Affiliation 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 Zühdü 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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