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Mehmed Durdu Efendi (H.1285)

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

Mehmed Durdu Efendi (H.1285) was born in Elbistan in 1868/69 (AH 1285); the father was a merchant (tüccar). The annual lists begin in 1887/88, with Mehmed Durdu (H.1285) as Asker (Askerlik nedeniyle ara) and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1888 to 1894 and 1895 to 1908.

The one salary in the lists is 250 kuruş a month, for 1908/09, when one in four paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.

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. Elbistan

    Born 1868/69 (AH 1285); First work here

  2. Place not recorded

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    Asker (Askerlik nedeniyle ara)

    entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    No annual entry for 1888 to 1894 (AH 1306 to 1311) before it.

    Görevin sona ermesi

    entries in 1 year

  4. Ağın as worded, no place record

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    No annual entry for 1895 to 1908 (AH 1313 to 1325) before it.

    Vergi kâtibi

    250 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 entry01002003001888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326250 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 Mehmed Durdu Efendi (H.1285), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workElbistan
1887/88AH 1305Asker (Askerlik nedeniyle ara)
No annual entry: 1888 to 1894 (AH 1306 to 1311)
1894/95AH 1312Görevin sona ermesi
No annual entry: 1895 to 1908 (AH 1313 to 1325)
1908/09AH 1326Vergi kâtibi250

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Birthplace
Elbistan
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

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 51 officials born in Elbistan, 46 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Durdu Efendi (H.1285) had the 41st highest salary of them.

The page of Elbistan, with the 51 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 Durdu Efendi (H.1285) had the 130th 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 Durdu Efendi (H.1285)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305Asker (Askerlik nedeniyle ara)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d. 160/331; 52 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 160/331.
1894/95AH 1312Görevin sona ermesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d. 160/331; 52 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 160/331.
1908/09AH 1326Vergi kâtibiAğın250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d. 160/331; 52 BOA, DH. SAİD. d. 160/331.
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 Durdu Efendi (H.1285) 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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