Mehmed Nafiz Bey
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 Nafiz Bey was born in Foča (Foça) in 1862/63 (AH 1279). At about 35, in 1897/98, Mehmed Nafiz began work. The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with Mehmed Nafiz as İstinâf Mahkemesi Müddeî-i Umumîliği Kalemi mülâzımı and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1899 to 1903 give a second post, in Elbasan as Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeî-i umumî muavini. For 1903 to 1907 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1902 to 1909 give a second post, in Prizren as Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeî-i umumî muavini. Alongside, the lists for 1908/09 give a second post, in Pljevlja as Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi.
Pay rose from 500 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to a peak of 2,000 in 1907/08, in Prizren, when 91 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 114,480 kuruş, 3.3 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.
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.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Hüdâvendigâr).
Born 1862/63 (AH 1279)
Hüdâvendigâr as worded, no place record not on the map
1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317)
İstinâf Mahkemesi Müddeî-i Umumîliği Kalemi mülâzımı
500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
1899 to 1903 (AH 1317 to 1320)
Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeî-i umumî muavini
1,260 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326)
Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeî-i umumî muavini 1902/03 (AH 1320); Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi 1907 to 1909 (AH 1325 to 1326)
1,260 to 2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
No annual entry for 1903 to 1907 (AH 1321 to 1324).
1908/09 (AH 1326)
Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi
1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 | 500 | 400 | 55% | ||
| 1899/1900 | 1,260 | 400 | 570 | 88% | |
| 1900/01 | 1,260 | 400 | 600 | 88% | |
| 1901/02 | 1,260 | 400 | 550 | 86% | |
| 1902/03 | 1,260 | 400 | 642 | 87% | |
| 1907/08 | 2,000 | 460 | 500 | 91% | |
| 1908/09 | 2,000 | 400 | 600 | 90% |
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 | ||
| 1897 to 1900AH 1315 to 1317 | İstinâf Mahkemesi Müddeî-i Umumîliği Kalemi mülâzımı | ||
| 1899 to 1903AH 1317 to 1320 | Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeî-i umumî muavini | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 1,260 |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeî-i umumî muavini | Prizren | 1,260 |
| No annual entry: 1903 to 1907 (AH 1321 to 1324) | |||
| 1907 to 1909AH 1325 to 1326 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi | Prizren | 2,000 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi | Pljevlja (Taşlıca) | 1,500 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1862/63 (AH 1279)
- Birthplace
- Foča (Foça)
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 place, same years
Of the 5 officials with entries in Elbasan (İlbasan) in the same years, Mehmed Nafiz Bey had the highest salary.
- Mehmet Nafiz Bey4 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Said Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Abdülaziz Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Suleyman Zeki Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 684 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 4 officials born in Foča (Foça), Mehmed Nafiz Bey had the highest salary.
- Hilmi Beyborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 600 kuruş
- HİLMİ BEYbirth year not recorded; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmet Nafiz Beybirth year not recorded; highest salary 2,000 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; Mehmed Nafiz Bey had the 12th highest salary of them.
- İbrahim Ethem Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mustafa Tevfik Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmed Raif Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Süleyman Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Zülfikar Efendifirst annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 300 kuruş
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 | İstinâf Mahkemesi Müddeî-i Umumîliği Kalemi mülâzımı | Hüdâvendigâr | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1898/99AH 1316 | İstinâf Mahkemesi Müddeî-i Umumîliği Kalemi mülâzımı | Hüdâvendigâr | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Ticaret Mahkemesi başkâtibi | Hüdâvendigâr | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Ticaret Mahkemesi başkâtibi | Hüdâvendigâr | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Ticaret Mahkemesi başkâtibi (İstifa) | Hüdâvendigâr | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeî-i umumî muavini | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 1,260 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeî-i umumî muavini | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 1,260 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeî-i umumî muavini | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 1,260 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeî-i umumî muavini | Elbasan (İlbasan) | 1,260 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Bidayet Mahkemesi müddeî-i umumî muavini | Prizren | 1,260 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi | Prizren | 1,260 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi | Prizren | 2,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi | Prizren | 2,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi reisi | Pljevlja (Taşlıca) | 1,500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records |
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)