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Yahya Sezai 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

Yahya Sezai Bey was born in Kale-i Sultaniye in 1869/70 (AH 1286); the father's occupation was "Biga Sancağı zaptiye alay beyi". The annual lists begin in 1893/94, with Yahya Sezai as Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi and no place named.

The salary went from 1,000 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to 5,650 in 1906/07, the peak, when 97 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 16 years of salary come to 755,400 kuruş, 9.3 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. On average the pay stood in the top 4.2 per cent of each year's paid officials; only 33 of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more stood as high. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

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. Biga

    First work here

  2. Place not recorded

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded

    1895 to 1910 (AH 1313 to 1327)

    No annual entry for 1894/95 (AH 1312) before it.

    Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi

    1,900 to 5,650 kuruş a month; entries in 15 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02,0004,0006,0001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13275,650 kuruşMabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,00010,0001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Yahya Sezai Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/941,00040081%
1895/962,00040092%
1896/972,00045092%
1897/982,40040095%
1898/992,90040096%
1899/19002,90040097%
1900/013,90040097%
1901/024,65040097%
1902/034,65040098%
1903/044,65040598%
1904/054,65040098%
1905/064,65043097%
1906/075,65045097%
1907/085,65046098%
1908/095,65040096%
1909/105,65060096%

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 Yahya Sezai Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workBiga
1893/94AH 1311Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi1,000
No annual entry: 1894/95 (AH 1312)
1895 to 1910AH 1313 to 1327Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi
22 entries
YearSalary
1895/962,000
1896/972,000
1896/971,900
1897/981,900
1897/982,400
1898/992,400
1898/992,900
1899/19002,900
1900/012,900
1900/013,900
1901/023,900
1901/024,650
1902/034,650
1903/044,650
1904/054,650
1905/064,650
1906/074,650
1906/075,650
1907/085,650
1908/095,650
1909/105,650
1909/10
2,000

Record

Personal

Born
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Birthplace
Kale-i Sultaniye
Father's occupation
Biga Sancağı zaptiye alay beyi

First work

Place
Biga

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 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Yahya Sezai Bey had the 2nd highest salary of them.

  • Abdullah Efendifirst annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); highest salary 300 kuruş
  • Ahmed Hamdi Beyfirst annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
  • Ahmet Hamdi Beyfirst annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); highest salary 2,150 kuruş
  • Mehmed Nihad Beyfirst annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
  • Murad Emri Efendifirst annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); highest salary 750 kuruş

All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yahya Sezai Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1895/96AH 1313Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1896/97AH 1314Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1896/97AH 1314Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi1,900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1897/98AH 1315Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi1,900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1897/98AH 1315Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi2,400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1898/99AH 1316Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi2,400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1898/99AH 1316Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi2,900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1899/1900AH 1317Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi2,900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1900/01AH 1318Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi2,900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1900/01AH 1318Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi3,900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1901/02AH 1319Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi3,900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1901/02AH 1319Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi4,650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1902/03AH 1320Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi4,650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1903/04AH 1321Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi4,650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1904/05AH 1322Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi4,650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1905/06AH 1323Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi4,650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1906/07AH 1324Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi4,650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1906/07AH 1324Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi5,650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1907/08AH 1325Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi5,650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1908/09AH 1326Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi5,650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1909/10AH 1327Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi5,650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
1909/10AH 1327Mabeyn-i Hümayun kâtibi (Azil)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.; 76 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00096/00242.
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 Yahya Sezai Bey 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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