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Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah 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 Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi began in Kemah in 1847/48 (AH 1264). Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah began work in 1868/69, at about 20. The annual lists begin in 1868/69, with Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah as telgraf mülazımı and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1875 to 1896.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1870/71 to a peak of 400 in 1896/97, when 42 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1896/97.

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. Kemah

    Born 1847/48 (AH 1264)

  2. Telgraf merkezi as worded, no place record

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    telgraf mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  3. Mecidiye as worded, no place record

    1870 to 1875 (AH 1287 to 1291)

    No annual entry for 1869/70 (AH 1286) before it.

    telgraf muhabere memuru

    300 to 380 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  4. Hacıköy as worded, no place record

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    No annual entry for 1875 to 1896 (AH 1292 to 1313) before it.

    telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

    400 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 entryno entry01002003004001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314400 kuruştelgraf muhabere memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314This 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 Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1870/7130040030%
1874/7538045041%
1896/9740045042%

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 Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1868/69AH 1285First work
1868/69AH 1285telgraf mülazımı
No annual entry: 1869/70 (AH 1286)
1870 to 1875AH 1287 to 1291telgraf muhabere memuru
7 entries
YearSalary
1870/71300
1871/72
1872/73
1873/74
1874/75
1874/75350
1874/75380
300 to 380
No annual entry: 1875 to 1896 (AH 1292 to 1313)
1896/97AH 1314telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü400

Record

Personal

Born
1847/48 (AH 1264)
Birthplace
Kemah

First work

Year
1868/69 (AH 1285)

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 69 officials born in Kemah, 49 have a recorded salary; Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi had the 24th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemah, with the 69 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285), 99 have a recorded salary; Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi had the 74th highest salary of them.

All 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1868/69AH 1285telgraf mülazımıTelgraf merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.7/174.
1870/71AH 1287telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.7/174.
1871/72AH 1288telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.7/174.
1872/73AH 1289telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.7/174.
1873/74AH 1290telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.7/174.
1874/75AH 1291telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.7/174.
1874/75AH 1291telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiye350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.7/174.
1874/75AH 1291telgraf muhabere memuruMecidiye380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records50 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.7/174.
1896/97AH 1314telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürüHacıköy400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.7/174
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 Tatar Ağası Zade Hafız Abdullah 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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