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ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ

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

ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ was born in Kirkuk (Kerkük) in 1859/60 (AH 1276); the father's occupation was "Ziraatçı (zürra)". The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

Work began in 1874/75, at about 15, on a first salary of 0 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1874/75, names ZEYNÜLABİDİN as mülazım (meclis idare kalemi), with no place. The lists have no entry for 1879 to 1881. At the same time, from 1885 to 1887, the lists also place ZEYNÜLABİDİN in Hillah (Hille) as anbar katibi (arazi-i seniye). Alongside, the lists for 1886 to 1893 give a second post, in Baghdad as mülazım (defter-i hakani idaresi).

The salary went from 0 kuruş a month in 1874/75 to 400 in 1887/88, the peak, when 43 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 18 years the salaries add up to 34,866 kuruş, 39 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1892/93.

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 5 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1885/861886/87145KirkukHillahBaghdad

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Şehrizor sancağı), stop 3 (Şehrizor fırka-i askeriyesi).

  1. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    Born 1859/60 (AH 1276)

  2. Şehrizor sancağı as worded, no place record not on the map

    1874 to 1879 (AH 1291 to 1296)

    mülazım (meclis idare kalemi)

    0 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Şehrizor fırka-i askeriyesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1881 to 1893 (AH 1299 to 1310)

    No annual entry for 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298) before it.

    katib muavini çavuş

    0 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 12 years

  4. Hillah (Hille)

    1885 to 1887 (AH 1303 to 1304)

    anbar katibi (arazi-i seniye)

    125 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Baghdad (Bağdat)

    1886 to 1893 (AH 1304 to 1310)

    mülazım (defter-i hakani idaresi) 1886/87 (AH 1304); merkez tapu katib muavini 1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)

    0 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310400 kuruşmülazım (meclis idare kalemi)katib muavini çavuş
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310This 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 ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/7504500%
1875/7604500%
1876/7704200%
1877/7804500%
187804500%
1878/7904000%
1881/82384001%
1882/8347.54001%
1883/8447.54001%
1884/8547.54001%
1885/86200400342.513%
1886/871254003257%
1887/8840040043%
1888/8940040045%
1889/9040040046%
1890/9140040045%
1891/9240040045%
1892/9340040045%

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 ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874/75AH 1291First work0first-salary field
1874 to 1879AH 1291 to 1296mülazım (meclis idare kalemi)
8 entries
YearSalary
1874/750
1875/760
1876/770
1877/780
18780
1878/790
1878/79
1878/79
0
No annual entry: 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298)
1881 to 1893AH 1299 to 1310katib muavini çavuş
17 entries
YearSalary
1881/8238
1882/8347.5
1883/8447.5
1884/8547.5
1884/85
1884/850
1885/8680
1885/86
1886/87
1886/87
1887/88400
1888/89400
1889/90400
1890/91400
1891/92400
1891/92
1892/93400
38 to 400
1885 to 1887AH 1303 to 1304anbar katibi (arazi-i seniye)
2 entries
YearSalary
1885/86200
1886/87125
Hillah (Hille)200 to 125
1886/87AH 1304mülazım (defter-i hakani idaresi)Baghdad (Bağdat)0
1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310merkez tapu katib muavini
3 entries
YearSalary
1891/92
1892/93
1892/93
Baghdad (Bağdat)

Record

Personal

Born
1859/60 (AH 1276)
Father's occupation
Ziraatçı (zürra)

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1874/75 (AH 1291)

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 35 officials with entries in Baghdad (Bağdat) in the same years, ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ had the 30th highest salary.

All 119 officials with entries in Baghdad (Bağdat)

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ had the 287th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 237 officials born in Kirkuk (Kerkük), 227 have a recorded salary; ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ had the 112th highest salary of them.

The page of Kirkuk (Kerkük), with the 237 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291), 130 have a recorded salary; ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ had the 81st highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291mülazım (meclis idare kalemi)Şehrizor sancağı0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1875/76AH 1292mülazım (fırka-i askeriye kalemi)Şehrizor sancağı0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1876/77AH 1293mülazım (fırka-i askeriye kalemi)Şehrizor sancağı0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1877/78AH 1294mülazım (fırka-i askeriye kalemi)Şehrizor sancağı0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1878AH 1295mülazım (fırka-i askeriye kalemi)Şehrizor sancağı0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1878/79AH 1296mülazım (fırka-i askeriye kalemi)Şehrizor sancağı0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1878/79AH 1296mülazım (fırka-i askeriye kalemi) (İnfisal)Şehrizor sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1878/79AH 1296askerlik (kura)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1881/82AH 1299katib muavini çavuşŞehrizor fırka-i askeriyesi38Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1882/83AH 1300baş çavuşŞehrizor fırka-i askeriyesi47.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1883/84AH 1301baş çavuşŞehrizor fırka-i askeriyesi47.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1884/85AH 1302baş çavuşŞehrizor fırka-i askeriyesi47.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1884/85AH 1302baş çavuş (Nakil)Şehrizor fırka-i askeriyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1884/85AH 1302mülazım (tahrirat kalemi)Şehrizor sancağı0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1885/86AH 1303tahrirat kalemi refikŞehrizor sancağı80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1885/86AH 1303tahrirat kalemi refik (İstifa)Şehrizor sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1885/86AH 1303anbar katibi (arazi-i seniye)Hillah (Hille)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1886/87AH 1304Cerbuiye mukataası katibi vekiliHillah (Hille)125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1886/87AH 1304zeriyat katibiHavas nahiyesi ŞilibAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1886/87AH 1304tidat nahil katibiHille sancağı ŞamiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1886/87AH 1304mülazım (defter-i hakani idaresi)Baghdad (Bağdat)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1887/88AH 1305defter-i hakani baş katibiKerbela sancağı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1888/89AH 1306defter-i hakani baş katibiKerbela sancağı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1889/90AH 1307defter-i hakani baş katibiKerbela sancağı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1890/91AH 1308defter-i hakani baş katibiKerbela sancağı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1891/92AH 1309defter-i hakani baş katibiKerbela sancağı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1891/92AH 1309defter-i hakani baş katibi (Nakil)Kerbela sancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1891/92AH 1309merkez tapu katib muaviniBaghdad (Bağdat)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1892/93AH 1310merkez tapu katib muaviniBaghdad (Bağdat)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1892/93AH 1310merkez tapu katib muavini (Nakil)Baghdad (Bağdat)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
1892/93AH 1310defter-i hakani baş katibiHille sancağı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records98 DH_SAİD,00142_00106
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 ZEYNÜLABİDİN EFENDİ 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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