Zekeriya 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
Zekeriya Efendi was born in Bandırma in 1879/80 (AH 1297); the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Work began in Istanbul in 1897/98, at about 17. Every annual entry from 1897/98 to 1905/06 places Zekeriya in the same post, Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı, in Istanbul.
Pay rose from 80 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to a peak of 120 in 1905/06, in Istanbul, when 8 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 6,960 kuruş, 23 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.
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.
Born 1879/80 (AH 1297)
First work 1897/98 (AH 1315); 1897 to 1906 (AH 1315 to 1323)
Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı
80 to 120 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01 | 80 | 400 | 523 | 3% | |
| 1901/02 | 80 | 400 | 580 | 3% | |
| 1902/03 | 100 | 400 | 580 | 4% | |
| 1903/04 | 100 | 405 | 550 | 5% | |
| 1904/05 | 100 | 400 | 550 | 4% | |
| 1905/06 | 120 | 430 | 600 | 8% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | |
| 1897 to 1906AH 1315 to 1323 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1879/80 (AH 1297)
- Birthplace
- Bandırma
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
First work
- Year
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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 390 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 370 have a recorded salary; Zekeriya Efendi had the 349th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Tevfik Paşa9 shared years; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Necmeddin Efendi9 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Said9 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Abdüllatif Safa Bey9 shared years; highest salary 8,000 kuruş
- Abdullah Sadık Bey9 shared years; highest salary 6,600 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 41 officials born in Bandırma, 37 have a recorded salary; Zekeriya Efendi had the 36th highest salary of them.
- Ömer Lütfi Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Adamandios Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); no salary recorded
- Mehmet Mithat Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 320 kuruş
- Mehmet Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 190 kuruş
- Yorgi Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 400 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Zekeriya Efendi had the 142nd highest salary of them.
- Ömer Fevzi Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 145 kuruş
- Ahmed Bediî Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 700 kuruş
- Nikolaki Franko Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmed Naci Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; no salary recorded
- İsmail Neşet Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 600 kuruş
All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuriyeti mülazımı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Telgraf Merkezi muhabere memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected 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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)