Mehmet Zikri 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
Mehmet Zikri Efendi was born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki); the father was a farmer (çiftçi). Work began in Istanbul in 1900/01 (AH 1318), on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1900/01, with Mehmet Zikri as Postahane dağıtıcısı in Istanbul, where the entries run to 1906/07. At the same time, from 1906/07, the lists also place Mehmet Zikri in a post with no place named as Kartpostal Memuru, with a rise to Kartpostal Memuru.
The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to 400 in 1906/07, the peak, as Kartpostal Memuru, when 41 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 16,200 kuruş, 46 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.
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.
First work 1900/01 (AH 1318); 1900 to 1907 (AH 1318 to 1324)
Postahane dağıtıcısı
150 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years
Cidde Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi as worded, no place record
1906/07 (AH 1324)
400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
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 | 150 | 400 | 523 | 10% | |
| 1901/02 | 150 | 400 | 580 | 9% | |
| 1902/03 | 150 | 400 | 580 | 8% | |
| 1903/04 | 150 | 405 | 550 | 9% | |
| 1904/05 | 150 | 400 | 550 | 10% | |
| 1905/06 | 200 | 430 | 600 | 15% | |
| 1906/07 | 400 | 450 | 41% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01AH 1318 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150first-salary field |
| 1900 to 1907AH 1318 to 1324 | Postahane dağıtıcısı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 to 200 |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Kartpostal Memuru | 400 |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
- Father's occupation
- Çiftçi
First work
- Year
- 1900/01 (AH 1318)
- 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 332 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 317 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Zikri Efendi had the 234th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Tevfik Paşa7 shared years; highest salary 40,000 kuruş
- Edhem Beğ (İbrahim)7 shared years; highest salary 20,000 kuruş
- İbrahim Hayrullah Beğ7 shared years; highest salary 15,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Murad Bey7 shared years; highest salary 12,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Said7 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 67 officials born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), 66 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Zikri Efendi had the 35th highest salary of them.
- Karabet Fehmi Efendiborn 1848/49 (AH 1265); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Hacı Halil Efendiborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendiborn 1854/55 (AH 1271); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Zühtü Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 473 kuruş
- Ahmet Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 600 kuruş
The page of Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), with the 67 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318), 106 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Zikri Efendi had the 46th highest salary of them.
- Mehmed Tahir Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Avram Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 150 kuruş
- Mehmed Şükrü Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmed Tevfik Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 600 kuruş
- AHMED ġEVKET EFENDĠfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
All 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Postahane dağıtıcısı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 149/403 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Postahane dağıtıcısı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 149/403 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Postahane dağıtıcısı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 149/403 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Postahane dağıtıcısı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 149/403 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Postahane dağıtıcısı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 149/403 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Postahane dağıtıcısı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 149/403 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Postahane dağıtıcısı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 372 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 149/403. |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Postahane dağıtıcısı | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 372 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 149/403. |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Kartpostal Memuru | Cidde Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 149/403 |
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)