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Mehmet Niyazi 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

The life of Mehmet Niyazi Efendi began in Ürgüp in 1866/67 (AH 1283). Work began in Peja (İpek) in 1882/83, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1882/83, with Mehmet Niyazi as Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı in Peja. For 1884 to 1891 the lists have no entry. The last entry, for 1891/92, names Mehmet Niyazi as Tahrir vergi kalemi sânîsi, with no place.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to a peak of 250 in 1891/92, when 21 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1891/92.

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
1882/8312ÜrgüpPeja

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Kosova).

  1. Ürgüp

    Born 1866/67 (AH 1283)

  2. Peja (İpek)

    First work 1882/83 (AH 1300); 1882 to 1884 (AH 1300 to 1301)

    Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Kosova as worded, no place record not on the map

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    No annual entry for 1884 to 1891 (AH 1302 to 1308) before it.

    Tahrir vergi kalemi sânîsi

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309250 kuruşMuhasebe kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309This 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 Mehmet Niyazi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1883/841004002004%
1891/9225040021%

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 Mehmet Niyazi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First workPeja (İpek)
1882 to 1884AH 1300 to 1301Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı
3 entries
YearSalary
1882/83
1883/84
1883/84100
Peja (İpek)100
No annual entry: 1884 to 1891 (AH 1302 to 1308)
1891/92AH 1309Tahrir vergi kalemi sânîsi250

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Birthplace
Ürgüp

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)

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 2 officials with entries in Peja (İpek) in the same years, only Mehmet Niyazi Efendi has a recorded salary.

All 21 officials with entries in Peja (İpek)

Same birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Niyazi Efendi had the 83rd highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Niyazi Efendi had the 169th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Niyazi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Muhasebe kalemi mülazımıPeja (İpek)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records120 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00088/00032.
1883/84AH 1301Muhasebe kalemi mülazımıPeja (İpek)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records120 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00088/00032.
1883/84AH 1301Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidiPeja (İpek)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records120 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00088/00032.
1891/92AH 1309Tahrir vergi kalemi sânîsiKosova250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00088/00032.
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 Mehmet Niyazi 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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