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Mehmed İzzet 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 İzzet Efendi was born in Gelibolu in 1833/34 (AH 1249), into the İslam community. The annual lists begin in 1857/58, with Mehmed İzzet as Nüfus Kayıt Memuru (İnfisal) in Gelibolu, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1899/1900. For 1858 to 1860, 1873 to 1880 and 1900 to 1905 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1899/1900 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Tekaüt. The lists give Infisal for 1899/1900 and Vefat (death) for 1905/06 instead of a title. Entries spanning 50 years are rare, reached by fewer than 2 per cent of the 8,239 officials.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1860/61 to a peak of 650 in 1872/73, in Gelibolu, when 65 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 424 kuruş. In all, 32 years of salary come to 157,932 kuruş, about what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final 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.

  1. Gelibolu

    Born 1833/34 (AH 1249); First work here; 1857 to 1900 (AH 1274 to 1317)

    Nüfus Kayıt Memuru (İnfisal) 1857/58 (AH 1274); Tapu İkinci Kâtibi 1860 to 1873 (AH 1277 to 1289); Tahrirat Müdür Yardımcısı 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299); Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt Memuru 1883 to 1900 (AH 1301 to 1317); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    200 to 650 kuruş a month; entries in 33 years

    No annual entry for 1858 to 1860 (AH 1275 to 1276) or 1873 to 1880 (AH 1290 to 1297) or 1882/83 (AH 1300).

  2. Place not recorded

    1899 to 1906 (AH 1317 to 1323)

    Tekaüt 1899/1900 (AH 1317); Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job)) 1905/06 (AH 1323)

    292 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

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 entry02004006008001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320650 kuruşTapu İkinci KâtibiTahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 13101897/98AH 13151902/03AH 1320This 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 İzzet Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1860/6120050050013%
1861/6220050013%
1862/6320040016%
1863/6420047519%
1864/6520040019%
1865/6630040030032%
1866/6740040040042%
1867/6833345834036%
1868/6945047540848%
1869/7050040048055%
1870/7150040040054%
1871/72500420.5427.554%
1872/73650450427.565%
1880/8142440047554%
1881/8245440050058%
1883/8445040040055%
1884/8545040040054%
1885/8645040040053%
1886/8745040040053%
1887/8845040040051%
1888/8945040040052%
1889/9045040040053%
1890/9145040040053%
1891/9245040040053%
1892/9345040040053%
1893/9445040040052%
1894/9545040045052%
1895/9645040040052%
1896/9745045040049%
1897/9845040040053%
1898/9945040040051%
1899/190045040042552%

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 İzzet Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workGelibolu
1857/58AH 1274Nüfus Kayıt Memuru (İnfisal)Gelibolu
No annual entry: 1858 to 1860 (AH 1275 to 1276)
1860 to 1873AH 1277 to 1289Tapu İkinci Kâtibi
21 entries
YearSalary
1860/61200
1861/62200
1862/63200
1863/64200
1864/65200
1865/66200
1865/66
1865/66300
1866/67300
1866/67400
1866/67333
1867/68333
1868/69333
1868/69380
1868/69450
1869/70450
1869/70500
1870/71500
1871/72500
1871/72475
1872/73650
Gelibolu200 to 650
No annual entry: 1873 to 1880 (AH 1290 to 1297)
1880 to 1882AH 1298 to 1299Tahrirat Müdür Yardımcısı
3 entries
YearSalary
1880/81424
1881/82424
1881/82454
Gelibolu424 to 454
No annual entry: 1882/83 (AH 1300)
1883 to 1900AH 1301 to 1317Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt Memuru
18 entries
YearSalary
1883/84450
1884/85450
1885/86450
1886/87450
1887/88450
1888/89450
1889/90450
1890/91450
1891/92450
1892/93450
1893/94450
1894/95450
1895/96450
1896/97450
1897/98450
1898/99450
1899/1900450
1899/1900
Gelibolu450
1899/1900AH 1317Infisala note on status, not a job
1899/1900AH 1317Tekaüt292
No annual entry: 1900 to 1905 (AH 1318 to 1322)
1905/06AH 1323Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1833/34 (AH 1249)
Birthplace
Gelibolu
Community
İslam

First work

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 55 officials with entries in Gelibolu in the same years, 52 have a recorded salary; Mehmed İzzet Efendi had the 21st highest salary of them.

All 84 officials with entries in Gelibolu

Same birthplace

Of the 127 officials born in Gelibolu, 118 have a recorded salary; Mehmed İzzet Efendi had the 37th highest salary of them.

The page of Gelibolu, with the 127 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 36 officials whose first annual entry is for 1857/58 (AH 1274), 28 have a recorded salary; Mehmed İzzet Efendi had the 26th highest salary of them.

All 36 officials whose first annual entry is for 1857/58 (AH 1274)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed İzzet Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1857/58AH 1274Nüfus Kayıt Memuru (İnfisal)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1860/61AH 1277Tapu İkinci KâtibiGelibolu200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1861/62AH 1278Tapu İkinci KâtibiGelibolu200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1862/63AH 1279Tapu İkinci KâtibiGelibolu200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1863/64AH 1280Tapu İkinci KâtibiGelibolu200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1864/65AH 1281Tapu İkinci KâtibiGelibolu200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1865/66AH 1282Tapu İkinci KâtibiGelibolu200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1865/66AH 1282Tapu İkinci Kâtibi (Nakil)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1865/66AH 1282Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1866/67AH 1283Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1866/67AH 1283Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1866/67AH 1283Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu333Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1867/68AH 1284Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu333Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1868/69AH 1285Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu333Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1868/69AH 1285Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1868/69AH 1285Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1869/70AH 1286Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1869/70AH 1286Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1870/71AH 1287Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1871/72AH 1288Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1871/72AH 1288Tahrirat Kalemi Birinci MuaviniGelibolu475Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1872/73AH 1289Tahrirat Müdür YardımcısıGelibolu650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1880/81AH 1298Tahrirat Müdür YardımcısıGelibolu424Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1881/82AH 1299Tahrirat Müdür YardımcısıGelibolu424Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1881/82AH 1299Tahrirat Müdür YardımcısıGelibolu454Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1883/84AH 1301Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1884/85AH 1302Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1885/86AH 1303Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1886/87AH 1304Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1887/88AH 1305Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1888/89AH 1306Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1889/90AH 1307Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1890/91AH 1308Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1891/92AH 1309Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1892/93AH 1310Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1893/94AH 1311Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1894/95AH 1312Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1895/96AH 1313Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1896/97AH 1314Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1898/99AH 1316Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt MemuruGelibolu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat Kalemi Evrak Kayıt Memuru (İstifa)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1899/1900AH 1317InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1899/1900AH 1317Tekaüt292Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
1905/06AH 1323VefatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 78/45
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 İzzet 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.

Subjects