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Mehmed 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 Efendi was born in Malatya in 1841/42 (AH 1257). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). At about 21, in 1862/63, Mehmed began work in Malatya. The first annual entry, for 1862/63, names Mehmed as geçici memuriyetler, with no place. For 1863 to 1870 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1862/63 give a second post, in Malatya as Nogay Muhacirleri Ebniye İnşaat Memuru. Next came Kâhta in 1870/71, then a return to Malatya from 1876 to 1880. The lists have no entry for 1873 to 1876, 1877 to 1879 and 1880 to 1892. The last entry, for 1892/93, names Mehmed as Kürne Nahiyesi Müdürü, with no place.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 300 kuruş a month in 1862/63, in Malatya, when 34 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 9,552 kuruş, 66 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1892/93.

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 7 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1862/631870/711876/771346MalatyaKâhta

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 5 (Place not recorded), stop 7 (Kürne, Akçadağ).

  1. Malatya

    Born 1841/42 (AH 1257); First work 1862/63 (AH 1279)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1862/63 (AH 1279)

    geçici memuriyetler

    entries in 1 year

  3. Malatya

    1862/63 (AH 1279)

    Nogay Muhacirleri Ebniye İnşaat Memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Kâhta

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    No annual entry for 1863 to 1870 (AH 1280 to 1286) before it.

    Tahrirat Kâtibi

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Place not recorded not on the map

    1872/73 (AH 1289)

    No annual entry for 1871/72 (AH 1288) before it.

    Arazi Yoklama Memuriyet-i Muvakkatası

    entries in 1 year

  6. Malatya

    1876 to 1880 (AH 1293 to 1297)

    No annual entry for 1873 to 1876 (AH 1290 to 1292) before it.

    Ta'dad-ı Ağnam Memuru 1876/77 (AH 1293); Merkez Sertahsildarı 1879/80 (AH 1297)

    entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1877 to 1879 (AH 1294 to 1296).

  7. Kürne, Akçadağ as worded, no place record not on the map

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1892 (AH 1298 to 1309) before it.

    Kürne Nahiyesi Müdürü

    296 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 entryno entryno entryno entry01002003001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 1310300 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 1310This 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1862/6330040034%
1870/7120040032515%
1892/9329640027%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1862/63AH 1279First workMalatya
1862/63AH 1279geçici memuriyetler
1862/63AH 1279Nogay Muhacirleri Ebniye İnşaat MemuruMalatya300
No annual entry: 1863 to 1870 (AH 1280 to 1286)
1870/71AH 1287Tahrirat Kâtibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1870/71200
1870/71
Kâhta200
No annual entry: 1871/72 (AH 1288)
1872/73AH 1289Arazi Yoklama Memuriyet-i Muvakkatası
No annual entry: 1873 to 1876 (AH 1290 to 1292)
1876/77AH 1293Ta'dad-ı Ağnam MemuruMalatya
No annual entry: 1877 to 1879 (AH 1294 to 1296)
1879/80AH 1297Merkez SertahsildarıMalatya
No annual entry: 1880 to 1892 (AH 1298 to 1309)
1892/93AH 1310Kürne Nahiyesi Müdürü296

Record

Personal

Born
1841/42 (AH 1257)
Birthplace
Malatya

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Place
Malatya

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 24 officials with entries in Malatya in the same years, Mehmed Efendi had the 20th highest salary.

All 100 officials with entries in Malatya

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Efendi had the 359th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 140 officials born in Malatya, 132 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Efendi had the 88th highest salary of them.

The page of Malatya, with the 140 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279), 68 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Efendi had the 61st highest salary of them.

All 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1862/63AH 1279geçici memuriyetlerAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1862/63AH 1279Nogay Muhacirleri Ebniye İnşaat MemuruMalatya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1870/71AH 1287Tahrirat KâtibiKâhta200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1870/71AH 1287Tahrirat Kâtibi (İstifa)KâhtaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1872/73AH 1289Arazi Yoklama Memuriyet-i MuvakkatasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1876/77AH 1293Ta'dad-ı Ağnam MemuruMalatyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Merkez SertahsildarıMalatyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Kürne Nahiyesi MüdürüKürne, Akçadağ296Affiliation 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 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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