Zülfikar 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
Zülfikar Efendi was born in Harput in 1856/57 (AH 1273). Work began in 1897/98, at about 41, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. Fewer than 3 per cent of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known began work at 41 or older. The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with Zülfikar as Suvari Tahsildari and no place named. For 1898 to 1900 the lists have no entry.
The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to 300 in 1902/03, the peak, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 12,600 kuruş, 65 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1902/03.
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 1856/57 (AH 1273)
Hamidiye as worded, no place record
1897 to 1903 (AH 1315 to 1320)
Suvari Tahsildari 1897/98 (AH 1315); Süvari tahsildarı (İnfisal) 1897/98 (AH 1315); Üçüncü daire tahsildarı 1900 to 1903 (AH 1318 to 1320)
250 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
No annual entry for 1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897/98 | 250 | 400 | 250 | 20% | |
| 1900/01 | 250 | 400 | 21% | ||
| 1901/02 | 250 | 400 | 21% | ||
| 1902/03 | 300 | 400 | 28% |
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 | 250first-salary field | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Suvari Tahsildari | 250 | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Süvari tahsildarı (İnfisal) | ||
| No annual entry: 1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317) | |||
| 1900 to 1903AH 1318 to 1320 | Üçüncü daire tahsildarı | 250 to 300 | |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1856/57 (AH 1273)
- Birthplace
- Harput
First work
- Year
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)
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 job title, same years
Of the 5 officials with the title Suvari Tahsildari in the same years, Zülfikar Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.
- Hafız Mehmet Nuri Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- Mehmet Emin Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ömer Lütfü Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmed Ali Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 250 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Zülfikar Efendi had the 127th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Nuri Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 1,600 kuruş
- Mehmed Şükrü Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Artin Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Karaalizâde Mehmed Naci Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 6,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Agah Efendiborn 1855/56 (AH 1272); highest salary 1,000 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; Zülfikar Efendi had the 92nd highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Asaf Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 300 kuruş
- İSMAİL HAKKI BEYfirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- Mustafa Tevfik Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 500 kuruş
- İbrahim Ethem Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Abdülkadir Şükrü Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); no salary recorded
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 | Suvari Tahsildari | Hamidiye | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 164-214 |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Süvari tahsildarı (İnfisal) | Hamidiye | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 164-214 | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Üçüncü daire tahsildarı | Hamidiye | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 164-214 |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Üçüncü daire tahsildarı | Hamidiye | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 164-214 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Üçüncü daire tahsildarı | Hamidiye | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 164-214 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Üçüncü daire tahsildarı | Hamidiye | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 164-214 |
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)