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Salih Nazif Efendi (Seyyid)

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

Salih Nazif Efendi (Seyyid) was born in Gelibolu into the İslam community; the father's occupation was "yağcı?". Work began in Gelibolu in 1866/67 (AH 1283). From the first annual entry, for 1866/67, to 1883/84, every annual entry places Salih Nazif (Seyyid) in the same post, Sancak Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı, in Gelibolu, the birthplace.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1867/68 to 700 in 1879/80, the peak, in Gelibolu, when 71 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1883/84.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006008001866/67AH 12831867/68AH 12841868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301700 kuruşTahrirat KâtibiBidayet Mahkemesi Başkâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001866/67AH 12831867/68AH 12841868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301This 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 Salih Nazif Efendi (Seyyid) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1867/6825045834021%
1868/6930047540827%
1871/72300420.5427.530%
1872/73500450427.554%
1879/8070040050071%
1880/8170040047574%
1881/8270040050073%
1882/8370040042574%
1883/8470040040074%

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 Salih Nazif Efendi (Seyyid), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1866/67AH 1283First workGelibolu
1866 to 1869AH 1283 to 1285Sancak Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
5 entries
YearSalary
1866/67
1867/68
1867/68
1867/68250
1868/69300
Gelibolu300
No annual entry: 1869 to 1871 (AH 1286 to 1287)
1871 to 1873AH 1288 to 1289Tahrirat Kâtibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1871/72300
1872/73500
Gelibolu300 to 500
No annual entry: 1873 to 1879 (AH 1290 to 1296)
1879 to 1884AH 1297 to 1301Bidayet Mahkemesi Başkâtibi
6 entries
YearSalary
1879/80700
1880/81700
1881/82700
1882/83700
1883/84700
1883/84
Gelibolu700

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Gelibolu
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
yağcı?

First work

Year
1866/67 (AH 1283)

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 21 officials with entries in Gelibolu in the same years, 19 have a recorded salary; Salih Nazif Efendi (Seyyid) had the 7th highest salary of them.

All 84 officials with entries in Gelibolu

Same birthplace

Of the 127 officials born in Gelibolu, 118 have a recorded salary; Salih Nazif Efendi (Seyyid) had the 33rd highest salary of them.

The page of Gelibolu, with the 127 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283), 81 have a recorded salary; Salih Nazif Efendi (Seyyid) had the 50th highest salary of them.

All 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Salih Nazif Efendi (Seyyid)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1866/67AH 1283Sancak Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıGeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1867/68AH 1284Sancak Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıGeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1867/68AH 1284Sancak Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1867/68AH 1284Tapu KâtibiGelibolu250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1868/69AH 1285Temyiz Mahkemesi KâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1871/72AH 1288Tahrirat KâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1872/73AH 1289Liva Meclis-i İdare Kitabeti RefakatiGelibolu500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1879/80AH 1297Bidayet Mahkemesi BaşkâtibiGelibolu700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1880/81AH 1298Bidayet Mahkemesi BaşkâtibiGelibolu700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1881/82AH 1299Bidayet Mahkemesi BaşkâtibiGelibolu700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet Mahkemesi BaşkâtibiGelibolu700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1883/84AH 1301Bidayet Mahkemesi BaşkâtibiGelibolu700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
1883/84AH 1301Bidayet Mahkemesi Başkâtibi (Azil)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 5/409
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 Salih Nazif Efendi (Seyyid) 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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