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Rıza 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

Born in 1855/56 (AH 1272), Rıza Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Work began in 1871/72, at about 16, on a first salary of 100 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1871/72, names Rıza as Evrak Odası kâtibi, with no place. For 1880 to 1882 the lists have no entry. The lists give Vefat (death) for 1899/1900 instead of a title.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1871/72 to a peak of 960 in 1895/96, when four in five paid officials earned less. Over 28 years the salaries add up to 190,464 kuruş, 1.4 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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. Dâr-ı Şûrâ-yı Askerî Evrak Odası as worded, no place record

    1871 to 1880 (AH 1288 to 1297)

    Evrak Odası kâtibi

    100 to 640 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

  2. Hassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi as worded, no place record

    1882 to 1900 (AH 1300 to 1317)

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299) before it.

    Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuru 1882 to 1900 (AH 1300 to 1317); Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job)) 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    640 to 960 kuruş a month; entries in 18 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001871/72AH 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 1316960 kuruşEvrak Odası kâtibiErkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001871/72AH 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 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 Rıza Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1871/72100420.56%
1872/731004506%
1873/741004055%
1874/751004504%
1875/7640045042%
1876/7740042043%
1877/7840045043%
187840045042%
1878/7940040044%
1879/8064040070%
1882/8364040072%
1883/8464040073%
1884/8564040073%
1885/8664040072%
1886/8764040071%
1887/8864040070%
1888/8964040072%
1889/9064040072%
1890/9164040071%
1891/9264040071%
1892/9364040072%
1893/9464040072%
1894/9564040071%
1895/9696040079%
1896/9796045078%
1897/9886440081%
1898/9986440080%
1899/190086440080%

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 Rıza Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1871/72AH 1288First work100first-salary field
1871 to 1880AH 1288 to 1297Evrak Odası kâtibi
26 entries
YearSalary
1871/72100
1871/72100
1871/72100
1871/72
1872/73100
1872/73
1873/74100
1873/74
1874/75100
1874/75
1875/76400
1875/76400
1876/77400
1876/77400
1877/78400
1877/78400
1878400
1878400
1878/79400
1878/79400
1879/80400
1879/80320
1879/80640
1879/80400
1879/80320
1879/80640
100 to 640
No annual entry: 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299)
1882 to 1900AH 1300 to 1317Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuru
23 entries
YearSalary
1882/83640
1883/84640
1884/85640
1885/86640
1886/87640
1887/88640
1888/89640
1889/90640
1890/91640
1891/92640
1892/93640
1893/94640
1894/95640
1895/96640
1895/96960
1895/96960
1896/97960
1896/97864
1896/97960
1896/97864
1897/98864
1898/99864
1899/1900864
640 to 864
1899/1900AH 1317Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1855/56 (AH 1272)
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1871/72 (AH 1288)

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1871/72 (AH 1288), 103 have a recorded salary; Rıza Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

All 116 officials whose first annual entry is for 1871/72 (AH 1288)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Rıza Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1871/72AH 1288Evrak Odası kâtibiDâr-ı Şûrâ-yı Askerî Evrak Odası100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1871/72AH 1288Nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1871/72AH 1288Askerî Evrak Odası memuruAskerî Evrak Odası100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1871/72AH 1288Nizamiye yoklama memuruHassa Ordusu Nizamiye YoklamasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1872/73AH 1289Nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1872/73AH 1289Nizamiye yoklama memuruHassa Ordusu Nizamiye YoklamasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1873/74AH 1290Nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1873/74AH 1290Nizamiye yoklama memuruHassa Ordusu Nizamiye YoklamasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1874/75AH 1291Nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1874/75AH 1291Nizamiye yoklama memuruHassa Ordusu Nizamiye YoklamasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1875/76AH 1292Dördüncü sınıf nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1875/76AH 12924. sınıf nizamiye yoklama memuru400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1876/77AH 1293Dördüncü sınıf nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1876/77AH 12934. sınıf nizamiye yoklama memuru400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1877/78AH 1294Dördüncü sınıf nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1877/78AH 12944. sınıf nizamiye yoklama memuru400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1878AH 1295Dördüncü sınıf nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1878AH 12954. sınıf nizamiye yoklama memuru400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1878/79AH 1296Dördüncü sınıf nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1878/79AH 12964. sınıf nizamiye yoklama memuru400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1879/80AH 1297Dördüncü sınıf nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1879/80AH 1297Dördüncü sınıf nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1879/80AH 1297Üçüncü sınıf nizamiye yoklama kâtibiHassa Ordusu Nizamiye Yoklaması640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1879/80AH 12974. sınıf nizamiye yoklama memuru400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1879/80AH 12974. sınıf nizamiye yoklama memuru320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1879/80AH 12973. sınıf nizamiye yoklama memuru640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1882/83AH 1300Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1883/84AH 1301Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1884/85AH 1302Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1885/86AH 1303Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1886/87AH 1304Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1887/88AH 1305Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1888/89AH 1306Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1889/90AH 1307Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1890/91AH 1308Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1891/92AH 1309Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1892/93AH 1310Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1893/94AH 1311Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1894/95AH 1312Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1895/96AH 1313Erkân-ı Harbiye İkinci Şube memuruHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi640Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1895/96AH 1313İkinci sınıf hulefaHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1895/96AH 1313KalfaHassa Ordusu Harp Evrakları Dairesi İkinci Şubesi960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1896/97AH 1314İkinci sınıf hulefaHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1896/97AH 1314İkinci sınıf hulefaHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi864Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1896/97AH 1314KalfaHassa Ordusu Harp Evrakları Dairesi İkinci Şubesi960Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1896/97AH 1314KalfaHassa Ordusu Harp Evrakları Dairesi İkinci Şubesi864Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83; 133 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 53/83.
1897/98AH 1315İkinci sınıf hulefaHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi864Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1898/99AH 1316İkinci sınıf hulefaHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi864Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1899/1900AH 1317İkinci sınıf hulefaHassa Ordusu Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi İkinci Şubesi864Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
1899/1900AH 1317VefatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163; 370 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 53/163, s.163.
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 Rıza 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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