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Zeynelabidin 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 Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1866/67 (AH 1283), Zeynelabidin Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). At about 17, in 1883/84, Zeynelabidin began work in Shkodër. The annual lists begin in 1883/84, with Zeynelabidin as İşkodra Rüsumat Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı in Shkodër, the birthplace. Alongside, the lists for 1884 to 1887 give a second post, in Tuzi as Tuz Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1886 to 1891 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Ebut Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1890/91 give a second post, in Tuzi as Tuz Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1884/85 to a peak of 350 in 1890/91, in Tuzi, when 39 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 23,400 kuruş, 69 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1890/91.

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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1884/851890/91124ShkodërTuzi

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Ebut).

  1. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1866/67 (AH 1283); First work 1883/84 (AH 1301); 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)

    İşkodra Rüsumat Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 2 years

  2. Tuzi (Tuz)

    1884 to 1887 (AH 1302 to 1304)

    Tuz Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti kâtibi

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Ebut as worded, no place record not on the map

    1886 to 1891 (AH 1304 to 1308)

    Ebut Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  4. Tuzi (Tuz)

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Tuz Düyun-ı Umumiye memuru

    350 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308350 kuruşTuz Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti kâtibiEbut Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308This 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 Zeynelabidin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1884/8520040031012%
1885/8620040033513%
1886/8730040028%
1887/8830040028%
1888/8930040029%
1889/9030040029%
1890/9135040030039%

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 Zeynelabidin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1883/84AH 1301First workShkodër (İşkodra)
1883 to 1885AH 1301 to 1302İşkodra Rüsumat Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı
Rüsûmat
2 entries
YearSalary
1883/84
1884/85
Shkodër (İşkodra)
1884 to 1887AH 1302 to 1304Tuz Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti kâtibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1884/85200
1885/86200
1886/87200
Tuzi (Tuz)200
1886 to 1891AH 1304 to 1308Ebut Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1886/87300
1887/88300
1888/89300
1889/90300
1890/91300
300
1890/91AH 1308Tuz Düyun-ı Umumiye memuruTuzi (Tuz)350

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1883/84 (AH 1301)

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 53 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, 52 have a recorded salary; Zeynelabidin Efendi had the 35th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Zeynelabidin Efendi had the 94th highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301), 195 have a recorded salary; Zeynelabidin Efendi had the 133rd highest salary of them.

All 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Zeynelabidin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1883/84AH 1301İşkodra Rüsumat Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302İşkodra Rüsumat Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)RüsûmatSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Tuz Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti kâtibiTuzi (Tuz)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Tuz Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti kâtibiTuzi (Tuz)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Tuz Düyun-ı Umumiye Memuriyeti kâtibiTuzi (Tuz)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Ebut Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuruEbut300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Ebut Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuruEbut300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1888/89AH 1306Ebut Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuruEbut300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Ebut Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuruEbut300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Ebut Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuruEbut300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Tuz Düyun-ı Umumiye memuruTuzi (Tuz)350Affiliation 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 Zeynelabidin 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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