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Mehmet Zühtü 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 Zühtü Efendi was born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki). Work began in 1895/96 (AH 1313), on a first salary of 60 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1895/96, with Mehmet Zühtü as Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık emini and no place named. For 1897 to 1900 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 60 kuruş a month in 1895/96 to a peak of 250 in 1906/07, when 22 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, ten years of salary come to 19,920 kuruş, 39 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325250 kuruşBelediye kâtibi ve Sandık emini
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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 Mehmet Zühtü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1895/96604002%
1896/9720045012%
1900/011004004%
1901/021504009%
1902/031504008%
1903/041504059%
1904/0515040010%
1905/0620043015%
1906/0725045022%
1907/0825046022%

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 Zühtü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895/96AH 1313First work60first-salary field
1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık emini
4 entries
YearSalary
1895/9660
1896/97
1896/97
1896/97200
60 to 200
No annual entry: 1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317)
1900 to 1908AH 1318 to 1325Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık emini
12 entries
YearSalary
1900/0180
1900/01100
1901/02100
1901/02150
1902/03150
1903/04150
1904/05150
1905/06150
1905/06200
1906/07200
1906/07250
1907/08250
80 to 250

Record

Personal

First work

Year
1895/96 (AH 1313)

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 birthplace

Of the 67 officials born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), 66 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Zühtü Efendi had the 49th highest salary of them.

The page of Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), with the 67 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Zühtü Efendi had the 122nd highest salary of them.

All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Zühtü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1896/97AH 1314Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1896/97AH 1314Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık emini (Nakil)HamidiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1896/97AH 1314Sandık eminiİskefser200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1900/01AH 1318Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1900/01AH 1318Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1901/02AH 1319Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1901/02AH 1319Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1902/03AH 1320Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1903/04AH 1321Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1904/05AH 1322Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1905/06AH 1323Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1905/06AH 1323Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1906/07AH 1324Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1906/07AH 1324Belediye kâtibi ve Sandık eminiHamidiye250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263; 374 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263.
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi yardımcısıHamidiye250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 162/263
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 Zühtü 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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