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Mehmet Şerif 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

Mehmet Şerif Efendi was born in Elbistan in 1879/80 (AH 1297). At about 16, in 1895/96, Mehmet Şerif began work in Carsancak. The first annual entry, for 1895/96, places Mehmet Şerif in Carsancak as Şer‘iyye mahkemesi kâtibi. For 1896 to 1905 the lists have no entry. The annual lists then follow Mehmet Şerif to Malatya from 1908 to 1910. The lists have no entry for 1906 to 1908. Alongside, the lists for 1909/10 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Nahiye Muduru. The lists give Infisal for 1905/06 and Azil (dismissal) for 1909/10 instead of a title.

The one salary in the lists is 400 kuruş a month, for 1909/10, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last 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 4 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1895/961908/09123ElbistanCarsancakMalatya

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 4 (Kuyucak nahiyesi, Hısnımansur kazası).

  1. Elbistan

    Born 1879/80 (AH 1297)

  2. Carsancak

    First work 1895/96 (AH 1313); 1895 to 1906 (AH 1313 to 1323)

    Şer‘iyye mahkemesi kâtibi 1895/96 (AH 1313); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1905/06 (AH 1323)

    entries in 2 years

  3. Malatya

    1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327)

    No annual entry for 1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325) before it.

    Bidâyet mahkemesi mukavelât muharrirliği refakati 1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1909/10 (AH 1327)

    entries in 2 years

  4. Kuyucak nahiyesi, Hısnımansur kazası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Nahiye Muduru

    400 kuruş a month; 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 entry01002003004001895/96AH 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 1327400 kuruş

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 Mehmet Şerif Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895/96AH 1313First workCarsancak
1895/96AH 1313Şer‘iyye mahkemesi kâtibiCarsancak
No annual entry: 1896 to 1905 (AH 1314 to 1322)
1905/06AH 1323Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)
1908 to 1910AH 1326 to 1327Bidâyet mahkemesi mukavelât muharrirliği refakati
2 entries
YearSalary
1908/09
1909/10
Malatya
1909/10AH 1327Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
1909/10AH 1327Nahiye Muduru400

Record

Personal

Born
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Birthplace
Elbistan

First work

Year
1895/96 (AH 1313)

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 14 officials with entries in Malatya in the same years, Mehmet Şerif Efendi had the 7th highest salary.

All 100 officials with entries in Malatya

Same job title, same years

Of the 16 officials with the title Nahiye Muduru in the same years, 15 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şerif Efendi had the 8th highest salary of them.

All 157 officials with the title Nahiye Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 51 officials born in Elbistan, 46 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şerif Efendi had the 34th highest salary of them.

The page of Elbistan, with the 51 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; Mehmet Şerif Efendi had the 63rd 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 Mehmet Şerif Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Şer‘iyye mahkemesi kâtibiCarsancakAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 158/451.
1905/06AH 1323InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 158/451.
1908/09AH 1326Bidâyet mahkemesi mukavelât muharrirliği refakatiMalatyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 158/451.
1909/10AH 1327Bidâyet mahkemesi mukavelât muharrirliği refakatiMalatyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 158/451.
1909/10AH 1327AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 158/451.
1909/10AH 1327Nahiye MuduruKuyucak nahiyesi, Hısnımansur kazası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 158/451.
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 Mehmet Şerif 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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