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Mehmed İzzet 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

Mehmed İzzet Efendi was born in Istanbul in 1874/75 (AH 1291); the father's occupation was "Dördüncü Ordu 32. Alay 3. Tabur binbaşısı". Work began in 1895/96, at about 21, on a first salary of 180 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1895/96, with Mehmed İzzet as Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibi and no place named.

Pay rose from 180 kuruş a month in 1895/96 to a peak of 550 in 1905/06, when 62 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1905/06.

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.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1874/75 (AH 1291)

  2. Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1895 to 1906 (AH 1313 to 1323)

    Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibi

    180 to 550 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323550 kuruşMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This officialMedian, all officials

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 Mehmed İzzet Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1895/9618040013%
1896/9718045011%
1897/9830040028%
1898/9930040027%
1899/190030040029%
1900/0132040038%
1901/0242040050%
1902/0342040051%
1903/0450040553%
1904/0550040055%
1905/0655043062%

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 Mehmed İzzet Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895/96AH 1313First work180first-salary field
1895 to 1906AH 1313 to 1323Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibi
17 entries
YearSalary
1895/96180
1896/97180
1897/98180
1897/98300
1898/99300
1899/1900300
1900/01300
1900/01320
1901/02320
1901/02390
1901/02420
1902/03420
1903/04420
1903/04500
1904/05500
1905/06500
1905/06550
180 to 550

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Father's occupation
Dördüncü Ordu 32. Alay 3. Tabur binbaşısı

First work

Year
1895/96 (AH 1313)

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 birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Mehmed İzzet Efendi had the 336th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; Mehmed İzzet Efendi had the 44th highest salary of them.

All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed İzzet Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1896/97AH 1314Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1897/98AH 1315Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1897/98AH 1315Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1898/99AH 1316Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1899/1900AH 1317Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1900/01AH 1318Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1900/01AH 1318Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1901/02AH 1319Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1901/02AH 1319Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi390Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1901/02AH 1319Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi420Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1902/03AH 1320Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi420Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1903/04AH 1321Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi420Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1903/04AH 1321Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1904/05AH 1322Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1905/06AH 1323Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
1905/06AH 1323Matbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdare Kalemi550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.943
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 Mehmed İzzet 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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