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Yusuf Ziya 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

Yusuf Ziya Efendi was born in Belen in 1859/60 (AH 1276). At about 19, in 1878/79, Yusuf Ziya began work in Üsküdar, on a first salary of 200 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1878/79, with Yusuf Ziya as Üsküdar Bidâyet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi in Üsküdar, where the entries run to 1882/83. Alongside, the lists for 1882 to 1895 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Kalem memuru. The lists have no entry for 1890 to 1894.

The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1878/79 to 450 in 1894/95, the peak, when 52 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 13 years the salaries add up to 32,400 kuruş, 51 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1894/95.

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
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1878/7912BelenÜsküdar

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Adliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi).

  1. Belen

    Born 1859/60 (AH 1276)

  2. Üsküdar

    First work 1878/79 (AH 1296); 1878 to 1883 (AH 1296 to 1300)

    Üsküdar Bidâyet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  3. Adliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1882 to 1895 (AH 1300 to 1312)

    Kalem memuru

    150 to 450 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

    No annual entry for 1890 to 1894 (AH 1308 to 1311).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 1312450 kuruşKalem memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 1312This 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 Yusuf Ziya Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1878/7920040050012%
1879/8020040050010%
1880/8120040047012%
1881/8220040045013%
1882/8320040043512%
1883/841504008%
1884/851504008%
1885/861504009%
1886/871504009%
1887/881504009%
1888/8915040010%
1889/9035040040%
1894/9545040052%

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 Yusuf Ziya Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878/79AH 1296First workÜsküdar200first-salary field
1878 to 1883AH 1296 to 1300Üsküdar Bidâyet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1878/79200
1879/80200
1880/81200
1881/82200
1882/83200
Üsküdar200
1882 to 1890AH 1300 to 1307Kalem memuru
9 entries
YearSalary
1882/83150
1883/84150
1884/85150
1885/86150
1886/87150
1887/88150
1888/89150
1889/90150
1889/90350
150 to 350
No annual entry: 1890 to 1894 (AH 1308 to 1311)
1894/95AH 1312Kalem memuru450

Record

Personal

Born
1859/60 (AH 1276)
Birthplace
Belen

First work

Year
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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 9 officials with entries in Üsküdar in the same years, 6 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Ziya Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 51 officials with entries in Üsküdar

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296), 157 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Ziya Efendi had the 86th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yusuf Ziya Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878/79AH 1296Üsküdar Bidâyet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiÜsküdar200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1879/80AH 1297Üsküdar Bidâyet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiÜsküdar200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1880/81AH 1298Üsküdar Bidâyet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiÜsküdar200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1881/82AH 1299Üsküdar Bidâyet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiÜsküdar200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1882/83AH 1300Üsküdar Bidâyet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiÜsküdar200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1882/83AH 1300Kalem memuruAdliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1883/84AH 1301Kalem memuruAdliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1884/85AH 1302Kalem memuruAdliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1885/86AH 1303Kalem memuruAdliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1886/87AH 1304Kalem memuruAdliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1887/88AH 1305Kalem memuruAdliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1888/89AH 1306Kalem memuruAdliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1889/90AH 1307Kalem memuruAdliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1889/90AH 1307Kalem memuruAdliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230; 216 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230.
1894/95AH 1312Kalem memuruAdliye Sicill-i Ahvâl Kalemi450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 32/230
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 Yusuf Ziya 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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