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Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Mehmet Zati 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

Mehmet Zati Efendi was born in Tıravnik. The annual lists begin in 1869/70 (AH 1286), with Mehmet Zati as Belediye meclisi kâtibi ve sandık emini and no place named. For 1872 to 1891 the lists have no entry. From 1891 to 1895 the annual entries place Mehmet Zati in Istanbul.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 250 kuruş a month in 1869/70, when 23 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 13,800 kuruş, 40 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1894/95.

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. Tıravnik as worded, no place record

    1869 to 1872 (AH 1286 to 1288)

    Belediye meclisi kâtibi ve sandık emini

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)

    No annual entry for 1872 to 1891 (AH 1289 to 1308) before it.

    Adliye Nezareti sicil kalemi kâtibi 1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312); İstintak müddeiumumiliği kalemi görevlisi 1894/95 (AH 1312)

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001869/70AH 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 1312250 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001869/70AH 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 1312This 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 Mehmet Zati Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1869/7025040023%
1870/7125040021%
1871/72250420.521%
1891/92100400537.54%
1892/931004005004%
1893/941004005104%
1894/951004005305%

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 Mehmet Zati Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869 to 1872AH 1286 to 1288Belediye meclisi kâtibi ve sandık emini
4 entries
YearSalary
1869/70250
1870/71250
1871/72250
1871/72
250
No annual entry: 1872 to 1891 (AH 1289 to 1308)
1891 to 1895AH 1309 to 1312Adliye Nezareti sicil kalemi kâtibi
Justice (Adliye)
4 entries
YearSalary
1891/92100
1892/93100
1893/94100
1894/95100
Istanbul (Dersaadet)100
1894/95AH 1312İstintak müddeiumumiliği kalemi görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Tıravnik

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 288 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 277 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Zati Efendi had the 253rd highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), 121 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Zati Efendi had the 114th highest salary of them.

All 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Zati Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Belediye meclisi kâtibi ve sandık eminiTıravnik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1870/71AH 1287Belediye meclisi kâtibi ve sandık eminiTıravnik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1871/72AH 1288Belediye meclisi kâtibi ve sandık eminiTıravnik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1871/72AH 1288Tahrir-i emlak kalemi fırka-i seyyare görevlisiTıravnikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309Adliye Nezareti sicil kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Justice (Adliye)Selected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Adliye Nezareti sicil kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Justice (Adliye)Selected canonical career records
1893/94AH 1311Adliye Nezareti sicil kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Justice (Adliye)Selected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Adliye Nezareti sicil kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Justice (Adliye)Selected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312İstintak müddeiumumiliği kalemi görevlisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected 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.
Recorded values of Mehmet Zati 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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