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Mahmud Nedim 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 Mahmud Nedim Efendi began in Sivas in 1878 (AH 1295); the father's occupation was "Bidayet Mahkemesi azası". The personnel record dates the first work in Merzifon to 1903/04, after the first annual entry, on a first salary of 600 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1895/96, with Mahmud Nedim as Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindi in Istanbul. For 1897 to 1903 the lists have no entry. Next came Merzifon from 1903 to 1908. The last posts were in Yozgat from 1908 to 1910.

The salary went from 600 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to 800 in 1908/09, the peak, in Yozgat, when 70 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 26,400 kuruş, 1.6 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

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
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1903/041895/961903/041908/0912345SivasMerzifonIstanbulYozgat
  1. Sivas

    Born 1878 (AH 1295)

  2. Merzifon

    First work 1903/04 (AH 1321)

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)

    Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindi

    entries in 2 years

  4. Merzifon

    1903 to 1908 (AH 1321 to 1325)

    No annual entry for 1897 to 1903 (AH 1315 to 1320) before it.

    Belediye tabibi

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  5. Yozgat

    1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327)

    Belediye tabibi

    800 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327800 kuruşBelediye tabibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Mahmud Nedim Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1903/0460040530067%
1908/0980040040070%
1909/1080060080061%

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 Mahmud Nedim Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindi
3 entries
YearSalary
1895/96
1896/97
1896/97
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
No annual entry: 1897 to 1903 (AH 1315 to 1320)
1903/04AH 1321First workMerzifon600first-salary field
1903 to 1908AH 1321 to 1325Belediye tabibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1903/04600
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1907/08
Merzifon600
1908 to 1910AH 1326 to 1327Belediye tabibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1908/09800
1909/10800
Yozgat800

Record

Personal

Born
1878 (AH 1295)
Birthplace
Sivas
Father's occupation
Bidayet Mahkemesi azası

First work

Year
1903/04 (AH 1321)

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 10 officials with entries in Merzifon in the same years, 9 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Nedim Efendi had the 5th highest salary of them.

All 29 officials with entries in Merzifon

Same birthplace

Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Nedim Efendi had the 50th highest salary of them.

The page of Sivas, with the 399 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Nedim Efendi had the 26th highest salary of them.

All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmud Nedim Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records407 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171
1896/97AH 1314Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records407 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171
1896/97AH 1314Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Askeriye öğrencisi; hastalıkla kaydı silindi (İnfisal)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records407 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171
1903/04AH 1321Belediye tabibiMerzifon600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records407 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171
1904/05AH 1322Belediye tabibiMerzifonAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records407 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171
1905/06AH 1323Belediye tabibiMerzifonAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records407 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171
1906/07AH 1324Belediye tabibiMerzifonAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records407 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171
1907/08AH 1325Belediye tabibi; üç ay İstanbul izniMerzifonAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records407 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171
1908/09AH 1326Belediye tabibiYozgat800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records407 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171
1909/10AH 1327Belediye tabibi (göreve başlama)Yozgat800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.d, nr.00166, s.171
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 Mahmud Nedim 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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