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Mehmed Muhiddin 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

The life of Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1866/67 (AH 1283); the father's occupation was "Jandarma binbaşısı". At about 21, in 1887/88, Mehmed Muhiddin began work. The annual lists begin in 1887/88, with Mehmed Muhiddin as Emtia-i Dâhiliye Gümrük Nezareti mülazımı and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1888/89 give a second post, in Istanbul as Sirkeci Merkez Rüsumat Müdürlüğü İthalat Ambar Kâtibi.

The one salary in the lists is 300 kuruş a month, for 1888/89, when 29 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1888/89.

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 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1888/8913ShkodërIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded).

  1. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1866/67 (AH 1283)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1887 to 1889 (AH 1305 to 1306)

    Emtia-i Dâhiliye Gümrük Nezareti mülazımı

    entries in 2 years

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Sirkeci Merkez Rüsumat Müdürlüğü İthalat Ambar Kâtibi

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 1306300 kuruşEmtia-i Dâhiliye Gümrük Nezareti mülazımıSirkeci Merkez Rüsumat Müdürlüğü İthalat Ambar Kâtibi

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 Muhiddin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First work
1887 to 1889AH 1305 to 1306Emtia-i Dâhiliye Gümrük Nezareti mülazımı
2 entries
YearSalary
1887/88
1888/89
1888/89AH 1306Sirkeci Merkez Rüsumat Müdürlüğü İthalat Ambar Kâtibi
Affiliation not recorded
Istanbul (Dersaadet)300

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Father's occupation
Jandarma binbaşısı

First work

Year
1887/88 (AH 1305)

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 163 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 157 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi had the 143rd highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi had the 111th highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi had the 113th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305Emtia-i Dâhiliye Gümrük Nezareti mülazımıCustoms (Gümrük)Selected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 85/75; 323 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 85/75, s. 147.
1888/89AH 1306Emtia-i Dâhiliye Gümrük Nezareti mülazımıCustoms (Gümrük)Selected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 85/75; 323 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 85/75, s. 147.
1888/89AH 1306Sirkeci Merkez Rüsumat Müdürlüğü İthalat Ambar KâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 85/75; 323 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 85/75, s. 147.
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 Muhiddin 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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