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SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ

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

The life of SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ began in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1858/59 (AH 1275). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

SALİH ZEKİ began work in 1874/75, at about 16, on a first salary of 100 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1874/75, with SALİH ZEKİ as mülazım (kalem) and no place named. For 1882 to 1886 and 1887 to 1894 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1874/75 to a peak of 2,000 in 1899/1900, when 93 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1858/59 (AH 1275)

  2. Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1874 to 1880 (AH 1291 to 1297)

    mülazım (kalem)

    80 to 100 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  3. Altıncı Ordu Yoklama Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    No annual entry for 1880/81 (AH 1298) before it.

    dördüncü sınıf kâtip

    320 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Altıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube as worded, no place record

    1886/87 (AH 1304)

    No annual entry for 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303) before it.

    üçüncü sınıf kâtip

    640 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Altıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube as worded, no place record

    1894 to 1897 (AH 1312 to 1314)

    No annual entry for 1887 to 1894 (AH 1305 to 1311) before it.

    ikinci sınıf kâtip halifesi

    864 to 960 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  6. Altıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube as worded, no place record

    1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317)

    No annual entry for 1897/98 (AH 1315) before it.

    birinci sınıf kâtip halifesi

    1,080 to 2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entry05001,0001,5002,0001875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13162,000 kuruşmülazım (kalem)
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0001875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 1316This 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 SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/751004504%
1875/761004505%
1876/771004205%
1877/781004504%
18781004503%
1878/791004003%
1879/801004003%
1881/8232040038%
1886/8764040071%
1894/9596040080%
1895/9696040079%
1896/9796045078%
1898/991,08040085%
1899/19002,00040093%

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 SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874/75AH 1291First work100first-salary field
1874 to 1880AH 1291 to 1297mülazım (kalem)
8 entries
YearSalary
1874/75100
1875/76100
1876/77100
1877/78100
1878100
1878/79100
1879/80100
1879/8080
100 to 80
No annual entry: 1880/81 (AH 1298)
1881/82AH 1299dördüncü sınıf kâtip320
No annual entry: 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)
1886/87AH 1304üçüncü sınıf kâtip640
No annual entry: 1887 to 1894 (AH 1305 to 1311)
1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314ikinci sınıf kâtip halifesi
4 entries
YearSalary
1894/95960
1895/96960
1896/97960
1896/97864
960 to 864
No annual entry: 1897/98 (AH 1315)
1898 to 1900AH 1316 to 1317birinci sınıf kâtip halifesi
3 entries
YearSalary
1898/991,080
1899/19001,080
1899/19002,000
1,080 to 2,000

Record

Personal

Born
1858/59 (AH 1275)

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1874/75 (AH 1291)

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 school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ had the 33rd highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ had the 9th highest salary of them.

The page of Kirkuk (Kerkük), with the 237 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291), 130 have a recorded salary; SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ had the 14th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291mülazım (kalem)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1875/76AH 1292mülazım (kalem)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1876/77AH 1293mülazım (kalem)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1877/78AH 1294mülazım (kalem)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1878AH 1295mülazım (kalem)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1878/79AH 1296mülazım (kalem)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1879/80AH 1297mülazım (kalem)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1879/80AH 1297mülazım (kalem)Altıncı Ordu-yı Hümayun Tahrirat Kalemi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1881/82AH 1299dördüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu Yoklama Kalemi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1886/87AH 1304üçüncü sınıf kâtipAltıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1894/95AH 1312ikinci sınıf kâtip halifesiAltıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1895/96AH 1313ikinci sınıf kâtip halifesiAltıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1896/97AH 1314ikinci sınıf kâtip halifesiAltıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1896/97AH 1314ikinci sınıf kâtip halifesiAltıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi 2. Şube864Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1898/99AH 1316birinci sınıf kâtip halifesiAltıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube1,080Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1899/1900AH 1317birinci sınıf kâtip halifesiAltıncı Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube1,080Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records83 DH_SAİD,00048_00145
1899/1900AH 1317Şura-yı Devlet muaviniİstanbul Şura-yı Devlet2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH.SAİD 48/145
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 SALİH ZEKİ EFENDİ 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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