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Ziya 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

The life of Ziya Bey began in Istanbul in 1870/71 (AH 1287); the father's occupation was "Hırka-i Saadet serhıdeması". Work began in 1883/84, at about 14. The annual lists begin in 1883/84, with Ziya as Divan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı and no place named.

The salary went from 60 kuruş a month in 1884/85 to 300 in 1890/91, the peak, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 12,840 kuruş, 38 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. 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.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1870/71 (AH 1287)

  2. Place not recorded

    1883 to 1891 (AH 1301 to 1308)

    Divan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı

    60 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308300 kuruşDivan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308This 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 Ziya Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1884/85604002%
1885/86604002%
1886/871504009%
1887/881504009%
1888/8915040010%
1889/9020040015%
1890/9130040028%

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 Ziya Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1883/84AH 1301First work
1883 to 1891AH 1301 to 1308Divan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı
14 entries
YearSalary
1883/84
1884/85
1884/8560
1885/8660
1886/8760
1886/87150
1887/88150
1888/89150
1888/89
1888/89150
1889/90150
1889/90200
1890/91200
1890/91300
300

Record

Personal

Born
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Father's occupation
Hırka-i Saadet serhıdeması

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 birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Ziya Bey had the 388th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 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; Ziya Bey had the 143rd 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 Ziya Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1883/84AH 1301Divan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1884/85AH 1302Divan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1884/85AH 1302Divan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1885/86AH 1303Divan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1886/87AH 1304Divan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1886/87AH 1304Divan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1887/88AH 1305Divan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1888/89AH 1306Divan-ı Umumiye-i Osmanî İdare-i Mahsusa Merkez Mektubi Kalemi mülazımı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1888/89AH 1306NakilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1888/89AH 1306Nezaret-i Umumiye Muhasebe Tahrirat müsveddidi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1889/90AH 1307Nezaret-i Umumiye Muhasebe Tahrirat müsveddidi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1889/90AH 1307Nezaret-i Umumiye Muhasebe Tahrirat müsveddidi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1890/91AH 1308Nezaret-i Umumiye Muhasebe Tahrirat müsveddidi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
1890/91AH 1308Nezaret-i Umumiye Muhasebe Tahrirat müsveddidi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1019
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 Ziya 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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