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Yusuf Ziyâuddin 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

Yusuf Ziyâuddin Efendi was born in 1843/44 (AH 1259). The first annual entry, for 1877/78, places Yusuf Ziyâuddin in Veles (Köprülü) as Naip. The lists have no entry for 1878 to 1884. Yusuf Ziyâuddin then moved to Gevgelija (Gevgili), Develi and Novi Pazar (Yenipazar) from 1884 to 1902. For 1885 to 1893, 1894 to 1896, 1899 to 1901 and 1902 to 1904 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Ergani in 1904/05.

Pay rose from 1,250 kuruş a month in 1877/78 to a peak of 2,250 in 1901/02, in Novi Pazar, when 93 per cent of paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 2,000 kuruş. Over seven years the salaries add up to 132,000 kuruş, 3.8 times what an official on the median salary earned. On average the pay stood in the top 11.3 per cent of each year's paid officials; fewer than 4 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more stood as high. The final annual entry is for 1904/05.

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 8 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1877/781884/851893/941901/021904/05123478ArdahanVelesGevgelijaDeveliNovi PazarErgani

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 5 (Yenişehir), stop 6 (Kozan).

  1. Ardahan

    First work here

  2. Veles (Köprülü)

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Naip

    1,250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Gevgelija (Gevgili)

    1884/85 (AH 1302)

    No annual entry for 1878 to 1884 (AH 1295 to 1301) before it.

    Naip

    1,250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Develi

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    No annual entry for 1885 to 1893 (AH 1303 to 1310) before it.

    Naip

    1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Yenişehir as worded, no place record not on the map

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    No annual entry for 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313) before it.

    Naip

    1,250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Kozan as worded, no place record not on the map

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    No annual entry for 1897/98 (AH 1315) before it.

    Naip

    1,800 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  7. Novi Pazar (Yenipazar)

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    No annual entry for 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318) before it.

    Naip

    2,250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  8. Ergani

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    No annual entry for 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321) before it.

    Naip

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entryno entryno entry01,0002,0003,0001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13222,250 kuruşNaipNaipNaip
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,0001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 1322This 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 Yusuf Ziyâuddin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1877/781,2504501,17083%
1884/851,25040045086%
1893/941,20040038085%
1896/971,25045085%
1898/991,80040092%
1901/022,25040036093%
1904/052,00040072092%

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 Yusuf Ziyâuddin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workArdahan
1877/78AH 1294NaipVeles (Köprülü)1,250
No annual entry: 1878 to 1884 (AH 1295 to 1301)
1884/85AH 1302NaipGevgelija (Gevgili)1,250
No annual entry: 1885 to 1893 (AH 1303 to 1310)
1893/94AH 1311NaipDeveli1,200
No annual entry: 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Naip1,250
No annual entry: 1897/98 (AH 1315)
1898/99AH 1316Naip1,800
No annual entry: 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)
1901/02AH 1319NaipNovi Pazar (Yenipazar)2,250
No annual entry: 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321)
1904/05AH 1322NaipErgani2,000

Record

Personal

Born
1843/44 (AH 1259)

First work

Place
Ardahan

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 5 officials with entries in Develi in the same years, 4 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Ziyâuddin Efendi had the highest salary of them.

All 20 officials with entries in Develi

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; Yusuf Ziyâuddin Efendi had the 13th highest salary of them.

All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yusuf Ziyâuddin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1877/78AH 1294NaipVeles (Köprülü)1,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsİST. MFT. MŞH, SAİD, 147, 29/7, 2016.
1884/85AH 1302NaipGevgelija (Gevgili)1,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsİST. MFT. MŞH, SAİD, 147, 29/7, 2016.
1893/94AH 1311NaipDeveli1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsİST. MFT. MŞH, SAİD, 147, 29/7, 2016.
1896/97AH 1314NaipYenişehir1,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsİST. MFT. MŞH, SAİD, 147, 29/7, 2016.
1898/99AH 1316NaipKozan1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsİST. MFT. MŞH, SAİD, 147, 29/7, 2016.
1901/02AH 1319NaipNovi Pazar (Yenipazar)2,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsİST. MFT. MŞH, SAİD, 147, 29/7, 2016.
1904/05AH 1322NaipErgani2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsİST. MFT. MŞH, SAİD, 147, 29/7, 2016.
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 Yusuf Ziyâuddin 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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