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Mustafa Zeki 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

Mustafa Zeki Efendi was born in Harput in 1844/45 (AH 1260), into the İslam community. At about 19, in 1863/64, Mustafa Zeki began work. The annual lists begin in 1863/64, with Mustafa Zeki as Beşinci Ordu Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımı and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1864 to 1870. Mustafa Zeki then moved to Diyarbakır from 1870 to 1872. Alongside, the lists for 1870 to 1878 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Vilayet vukuat kâtibi. For 1873 to 1876 the lists have no entry. Next came Erzurum in 1878/79, then a post with no place named from 1879 to 1899. The lists have no entry for 1892 to 1895. Alongside, the lists for 1898/99 give a second post, in Tortum as Vergi kâtibi. In place of a title the lists give Mazuliyet for 1872/73.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1870/71 to a peak of 500 in 1871/72, when 54 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 21 years of salary come to 102,840 kuruş, about what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.

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 9 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1870/711878/791898/991369HarputDiyarbakırErzurumTortum

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Diyarbakır Vilayeti), stop 5 (Keban Madeni), stop 7 (Mamuratülaziz), stop 8 (Tercan).

  1. Harput

    Born 1844/45 (AH 1260)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1863/64 (AH 1280)

    Beşinci Ordu Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  3. Diyarbakır

    1870 to 1872 (AH 1287 to 1288)

    No annual entry for 1864 to 1870 (AH 1281 to 1286) before it.

    Vilayet vukuat kâtibi

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Diyarbakır Vilayeti as worded, no place record not on the map

    1870 to 1873 (AH 1287 to 1289)

    Vilayet vukuat kâtibi 1870 to 1873 (AH 1287 to 1289); Mazuliyet (a note on status, not a job) 1872/73 (AH 1289)

    300 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  5. Keban Madeni as worded, no place record not on the map

    1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1294)

    No annual entry for 1873 to 1876 (AH 1290 to 1292) before it.

    Vukuat kâtibi

    285 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  6. Erzurum

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    No annual entry for 1878 (AH 1295) before it.

    Askerî kâtiplik (İnfisal)

    entries in 1 year

  7. Mamuratülaziz as worded, no place record not on the map

    1879 to 1892 (AH 1297 to 1309)

    Merkez tahrir-i vergi kâtibi

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

  8. Tercan as worded, no place record not on the map

    1895 to 1899 (AH 1313 to 1316)

    No annual entry for 1892 to 1895 (AH 1310 to 1312) before it.

    Tahrir-i vergi kâtibi

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  9. Tortum

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Vergi kâtibi

    500 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 entryno entryno entry02004006001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 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 13141898/99AH 1316500 kuruşMerkez tahrir-i vergi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 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 13141898/99AH 1316This 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 Mustafa Zeki Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1870/7130040070030%
1871/72500420.554%
1872/7350045054%
1876/7728542028%
1877/7828545028%
1879/8030040027%
1880/8140040046%
1881/8240040046%
1882/8340040046%
1883/8440040046%
1884/8540040045%
1885/8640040044%
1886/8740040045%
1887/8840040043%
1888/8940040045%
1889/9040040046%
1890/9140040045%
1895/9650040055%
1896/9750045052%
1897/9850040056%
1898/9950040055%

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 Mustafa Zeki Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1863/64AH 1280First work
1863/64AH 1280Beşinci Ordu Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımı
No annual entry: 1864 to 1870 (AH 1281 to 1286)
1870 to 1872AH 1287 to 1288Vilayet vukuat kâtibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1870/71300
1871/72300
Diyarbakır300
1870 to 1873AH 1287 to 1289Vilayet vukuat kâtibi
8 entries
YearSalary
1870/71300
1871/72500
1871/72300
1871/72500
1872/73500
1872/73
1872/73500
1872/73
300
1872/73AH 1289Mazuliyeta note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1873 to 1876 (AH 1290 to 1292)
1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1294Vukuat kâtibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1876/77285
1877/78
1877/78285
285
No annual entry: 1878 (AH 1295)
1878/79AH 1296Askerî kâtiplik (İnfisal)
2 entries
YearSalary
1878/79
1878/79
Erzurum
1879 to 1892AH 1297 to 1309Merkez tahrir-i vergi kâtibi
16 entries
YearSalary
1879/80300
1879/80300
1880/81300
1880/81400
1881/82400
1882/83400
1883/84400
1884/85400
1885/86400
1886/87400
1887/88400
1888/89400
1889/90400
1890/91400
1891/92
1891/92
300
No annual entry: 1892 to 1895 (AH 1310 to 1312)
1895 to 1899AH 1313 to 1316Tahrir-i vergi kâtibi
6 entries
YearSalary
1895/96500
1896/97500
1897/98500
1898/99500
1898/99
1898/99
500
1898/99AH 1316Vergi kâtibiTortum500

Record

Personal

Born
1844/45 (AH 1260)
Birthplace
Harput
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1863/64 (AH 1280)

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 19 officials with entries in Diyarbakır in the same years, Mustafa Zeki Efendi had the 18th highest salary.

All 136 officials with entries in Diyarbakır

Same birthplace

Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Zeki Efendi had the 75th highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 72 officials whose first annual entry is for 1863/64 (AH 1280), 57 have a recorded salary; Mustafa Zeki Efendi had the 46th highest salary of them.

All 72 officials whose first annual entry is for 1863/64 (AH 1280)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mustafa Zeki Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1863/64AH 1280Beşinci Ordu Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1870/71AH 1287Vilayet vukuat kâtibiDiyarbakır300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1870/71AH 1287Vilayet vukuat kâtibiDiyarbakır Vilayeti300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1871/72AH 1288Vilayet vukuat kâtibiDiyarbakır300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1871/72AH 1288Seyyar fırka refakat kâtibi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1871/72AH 1288Vilayet vukuat kâtibiDiyarbakır Vilayeti300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1871/72AH 1288Seyyar fırka refakat kâtibiDiyarbakır Vilayeti500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1872/73AH 1289Seyyar fırka refakat kâtibi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1872/73AH 1289Seyyar fırka refakat kâtibi (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1872/73AH 1289MazuliyetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1872/73AH 1289Seyyar fırka refakat kâtibiDiyarbakır Vilayeti500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1872/73AH 1289Seyyar fırka refakat kâtibi (İnfisal)Diyarbakır VilayetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1876/77AH 1293Vukuat kâtibiKeban Madeni285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1877/78AH 1294Vukuat kâtibi (İnfisal)Keban MadeniAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1877/78AH 1294Vukuat kâtibiKeban Madeni285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1878/79AH 1296Askerî kâtiplik (İnfisal)ErzurumAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1878/79AH 1296Merkez kumandanlığı ve müstahfız taburu kâtiplikleri (Görevin sona ermesi)ErzurumAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1879/80AH 1297Merkez tahrir-i vergi kâtibiMamuratülaziz300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1879/80AH 1297Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1880/81AH 1298Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1880/81AH 1298Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1881/82AH 1299Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1882/83AH 1300Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1883/84AH 1301Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1884/85AH 1302Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1885/86AH 1303Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1886/87AH 1304Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1887/88AH 1305Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1888/89AH 1306Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1889/90AH 1307Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1890/91AH 1308Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibiMamuretülaziz vilayet merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1891/92AH 1309Merkez tahrir-i vergi kâtibi (Azil)MamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1891/92AH 1309Merkez tahrir vergi kâtibi (Azil)Mamuretülaziz vilayet merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1895/96AH 1313Tahrir-i vergi kâtibiTercan500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1896/97AH 1314Tahrir-i vergi kâtibiTercan500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1897/98AH 1315Tahrir-i vergi kâtibiTercan500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1898/99AH 1316Tahrir-i vergi kâtibiTercan500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1898/99AH 1316Tahrir-i vergi kâtibi (İnfisal)TercanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1898/99AH 1316Vergi kâtibiTortum500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
1898/99AH 1316Tahrir vergi kâtibi (İnfisal)TercanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 94-137
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 Mustafa Zeki 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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