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Mehmed Vasıf Sezai 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

Mehmed Vasıf Sezai Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin). Work began in 1869/70 (AH 1286), on a first salary of 30 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1869/70, with Mehmed Vasıf Sezai as Kalem memuru and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1870 to 1879, 1881 to 1883, 1884 to 1897 and 1898 to 1902.

Pay rose from 30 kuruş a month in 1869/70 to a peak of 576 in 1897/98, when 69 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 12,072 kuruş, 62 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1902/03.

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. Divan-ı Hümayun Kalemi, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Kalem memuru

    30 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Levazım Dairesi Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298)

    No annual entry for 1870 to 1879 (AH 1287 to 1296) before it.

    Kalem memuru

    80 to 320 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    No annual entry for 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300) before it.

    Kalem memuru (Üçüncü Sınıf)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Place not recorded

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    No annual entry for 1884 to 1897 (AH 1302 to 1314) before it.

    Kalem memuru

    576 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Place not recorded

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    No annual entry for 1898 to 1902 (AH 1316 to 1319) before it.

    Tekaüt

    entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entry02004006001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 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 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320576 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 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 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 1320This 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 Mehmed Vasıf Sezai Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1869/70304001%
1879/80804002%
1880/8132040038%
1897/9857640069%

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 Mehmed Vasıf Sezai Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869/70AH 1286First work30first-salary field
1869/70AH 1286Kalem memuru30
No annual entry: 1870 to 1879 (AH 1287 to 1296)
1879 to 1881AH 1297 to 1298Kalem memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1879/8080
1880/8180
1880/81320
80 to 320
No annual entry: 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)
1883/84AH 1301Kalem memuru (Üçüncü Sınıf)
No annual entry: 1884 to 1897 (AH 1302 to 1314)
1897/98AH 1315Kalem memuru576
No annual entry: 1898 to 1902 (AH 1316 to 1319)
1902/03AH 1320Tekaüt

Record

Personal

First work

Year
1869/70 (AH 1286)

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 74 officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin), 62 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Vasıf Sezai Efendi had the 42nd highest salary of them.

The page of Kemaliye (Eğin), with the 74 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), 121 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Vasıf Sezai Efendi had the 79th highest salary of them.

All 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Vasıf Sezai Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Kalem memuruDivan-ı Hümayun Kalemi, İstanbul30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 41/427.
1879/80AH 1297Kalem memuruLevazım Dairesi Kalemi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 41/427.
1880/81AH 1298Kalem memuruLevazım Dairesi Kalemi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 41/427.
1880/81AH 1298Kalem memuru (Dördüncü Sınıf)Düyun-u Levazımat-ı Umumiye Dairesi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 41/427.
1883/84AH 1301Kalem memuru (Üçüncü Sınıf)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 41/427.
1897/98AH 1315Kalem memuru576Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 41/427.
1902/03AH 1320TekaütAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 41/427.
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 Mehmed Vasıf Sezai 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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