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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

Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1855/56 (AH 1272). Work began in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in 1884/85, at about 29, on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1884/85, with Mehmed Muhiddin as Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri and no place named. For 1885 to 1903 the lists have no entry. From 1904 to 1908 the annual entries place Mehmed Muhiddin in Istanbul.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1884/85 to a peak of 900 in 1907/08, in Istanbul, when three in four paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.

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
1884/851904/05124ShkodërThessalonikiIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Selanik Vilayeti).

  1. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1855/56 (AH 1272)

  2. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    First work 1884/85 (AH 1302)

  3. Selanik Vilayeti as worded, no place record not on the map

    1884 to 1904 (AH 1302 to 1321)

    Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri 1884/85 (AH 1302); Polis komiseri (İnfisal) 1903/04 (AH 1321)

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1885 to 1903 (AH 1303 to 1320).

  4. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1904 to 1908 (AH 1322 to 1325)

    11. İstasyon Bölüğü neferi

    300 to 900 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001,0001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324900 kuruş11. İstasyon Bölüğü neferi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1884/8540040045%
1904/0530040055029%
1905/0660043060064%
1906/0760045071563%
1907/0890046070075%

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 Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1884/85AH 1302First workThessaloniki (Selanik)400first-salary field
1884/85AH 1302Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri400
No annual entry: 1885 to 1903 (AH 1303 to 1320)
1903/04AH 1321Polis komiseri (İnfisal)
1904 to 1908AH 1322 to 132511. İstasyon Bölüğü neferi
8 entries
YearSalary
1904/05300
1904/05
1904/05300
1905/06300
1905/06600
1906/07600
1907/08600
1907/08900
Istanbul (Dersaadet)300 to 900

Record

Personal

Born
1855/56 (AH 1272)

First work

Year
1884/85 (AH 1302)

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 238 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 230 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi had the 107th 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 33rd highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302), 157 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi had the 32nd highest salary of them.

All 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Muhiddin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1884/85AH 1302Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseriSelanik Vilayeti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321Polis komiseri (İnfisal)Selanik VilayetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 132211. İstasyon Bölüğü neferiIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322İkinci sınıf komiserliğe intihapIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 132215. Bölük neferiIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 132315. Bölük neferiIstanbul (Dersaadet)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 13233 numaralı muvakkat sivil ikinci komiseriIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 13243 numaralı muvakkat sivil ikinci komiseriIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 13253 numaralı muvakkat sivil ikinci komiseriIstanbul (Dersaadet)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 132528 numaralı sivil serkomiseriIstanbul (Dersaadet)900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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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