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Mehmet Haydar Paşa

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 Haydar Paşa was born in Çorum in 1838/39 (AH 1254); the father's occupation was "Başdefterdar ve kaymakam". Work began in 1854/55, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1854/55, with Mehmet Haydar as Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi stajyeri and no place named. At the same time, from 1864 to 1867, the lists also place Mehmet Haydar in Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova) as Tırnova Sancağı yazı işleri memuru. The annual lists then follow Mehmet Haydar to Ruse (Rusçuk) from 1867 to 1869. Alongside, the lists for 1868 to 1872 give a second post, in Veliko Tarnovo as Tırnova Sancağı mutasarrıfı. Mehmet Haydar then moved to Serres (Siroz), Sliven (İslimiye) and Thessaloniki (Selanik) from 1872 to 1880. Alongside, the lists for 1879 to 1882 give a second post, in Kütahya as Kütahya Sancağı mutasarrıfı. Alongside, the lists for 1881/82 give a second post, in Kayseri as Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfı. Alongside, the lists for 1881 to 1883 give a second post, in Bursa as Hüdavendigar Vilayeti merkez mutasarrıfı. The last posts were in Kayseri from 1886 to 1891 and Erzurum in 1893/94.

The salary went from 70 kuruş a month in 1855/56 to 20,000 in 1893/94, the peak, in Erzurum, when 99 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak was 285.7 times the first salary, a rise matched by 12 of the 2,724 officials paid for ten years or more. The last annual entry is for 1893/94.

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 14 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1864/651867/681872/731876/771878/791879/801881/821881/821886/871893/9414567891011121314ÇorumVeliko Tarnovo, SlivenRuseSerresThessalonikiKütahyaKayseriBursaErzurum

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Cibal-i Kozan), stop 3 (Place not recorded).

  1. Çorum

    Born 1838/39 (AH 1254)

  2. Cibal-i Kozan as worded, no place record not on the map

    1854 to 1863 (AH 1271 to 1279)

    Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi stajyeri

    70 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1863 to 1865 (AH 1280 to 1281)

    Telgraf Nezareti muhasebe memuru

    1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

    1864 to 1867 (AH 1281 to 1283)

    Tırnova Sancağı yazı işleri memuru

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  5. Ruse (Rusçuk)

    1867 to 1869 (AH 1284 to 1285)

    Rusçuk Sancağı mutasarrıf muavini

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  6. Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

    1868 to 1872 (AH 1285 to 1288)

    Tırnova Sancağı mutasarrıfı

    10,330 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  7. Serres (Siroz)

    1872 to 1876 (AH 1289 to 1292)

    Siroz mutasarrıfı

    6,760 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  8. Sliven (İslimiye)

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    İslimye mutasarrıfı

    8,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  9. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)

    No annual entry for 1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295) before it.

    İskân-ı Muhacirin memuru

    7,500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  10. Kütahya

    1879 to 1882 (AH 1297 to 1299)

    Kütahya Sancağı mutasarrıfı

    6,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  11. Kayseri

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfı

    entries in 1 year

  12. Bursa

    1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)

    Hüdavendigar Vilayeti merkez mutasarrıfı

    4,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  13. Kayseri

    1886 to 1891 (AH 1304 to 1308)

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303) before it.

    Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfı

    6,000 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  14. Erzurum

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    No annual entry for 1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310) before it.

    Erzurum valisi 1893/94 (AH 1311); Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job)) 1893/94 (AH 1311)

    20,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry05,00010,00015,00020,0001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 131020,000 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0005,00010,00020,0001858/59AH 12751863/64AH 12801868/69AH 12851873/74AH 12901878AH 12951882/83AH 13001887/88AH 13051892/93AH 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 Mehmet Haydar Paşa against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1855/56704006%
1856/57704004%
1857/5850040056%
1858/5950050046%
1859/6050050048%
1860/6150050047%
1863/641,20047575%
1864/651,50040050079%
1865/661,50040048083%
1866/671,50040071085%
1867/681,50045849082%
1868/6910,33047555096%
1869/7010,33040050097%
1870/7110,33040060097%
1871/7210,330420.560097%
1872/736,7604503,98096%
1873/746,7604051,17596%
1874/756,7604501,087.596%
1875/766,76045090096%
1876/778,00042097%
1878/797,50040047597%
1879/807,50040030097%
1880/816,00040038098%
1881/826,00040038098%
1882/834,00040036897%
1886/876,00040038098%
1887/886,00040030097%
1888/896,00040047598%
1889/906,00040040098%
1890/916,00040040097%
1893/9420,00040055099%

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 Mehmet Haydar Paşa, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1854/55AH 1271First work
1854 to 1863AH 1271 to 1279Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi stajyeri
10 entries
YearSalary
1854/55
1855/5670
1856/5770
1857/58500
1858/59500
1859/60500
1860/61500
1861/62
1861/62
1862/63
1863 to 1865AH 1280 to 1281Telgraf Nezareti muhasebe memuru
Telgraf
2 entries
YearSalary
1863/641,200
1864/65
1,200
1864 to 1867AH 1281 to 1283Tırnova Sancağı yazı işleri memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1864/651,500
1865/661,500
1866/671,500
Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)1,500
1867 to 1869AH 1284 to 1285Rusçuk Sancağı mutasarrıf muavini
2 entries
YearSalary
1867/681,500
1868/691,500
Ruse (Rusçuk)1,500
1868 to 1872AH 1285 to 1288Tırnova Sancağı mutasarrıfı
5 entries
YearSalary
1868/6910,330
1869/7010,330
1870/7110,330
1871/7210,330
1871/72
Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)10,330
1872 to 1876AH 1289 to 1292Siroz mutasarrıfı
4 entries
YearSalary
1872/736,760
1873/746,760
1874/756,760
1875/766,760
Serres (Siroz)6,760
1876/77AH 1293İslimye mutasarrıfıSliven (İslimiye)8,000
No annual entry: 1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297İskân-ı Muhacirin memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1878/797,500
1879/807,500
Thessaloniki (Selanik)7,500
1879 to 1882AH 1297 to 1299Kütahya Sancağı mutasarrıfı
3 entries
YearSalary
1879/806,000
1880/816,000
1881/826,000
Kütahya6,000
1881/82AH 1299Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfıKayseri
1881 to 1883AH 1299 to 1300Hüdavendigar Vilayeti merkez mutasarrıfı
3 entries
YearSalary
1881/824,000
1882/834,000
1882/83
Bursa4,000
No annual entry: 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
1886 to 1891AH 1304 to 1308Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfı
6 entries
YearSalary
1886/876,000
1887/886,000
1888/896,000
1889/906,000
1890/916,000
1890/91
Kayseri6,000
No annual entry: 1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)
1893/94AH 1311Erzurum valisiErzurum20,000
1893/94AH 1311Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)Erzurum

Record

Personal

Born
1838/39 (AH 1254)
Birthplace
Çorum
Father's occupation
Başdefterdar ve kaymakam

First work

Year
1854/55 (AH 1271)

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 13 officials with entries in Kayseri in the same years, Mehmet Haydar Paşa had the highest salary.

All 44 officials with entries in Kayseri

Same birthplace

Of the 54 officials born in Çorum, 45 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Haydar Paşa had the highest salary of them.

The page of Çorum, with the 54 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 26 officials whose first annual entry is for 1854/55 (AH 1271), 24 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Haydar Paşa had the 3rd highest salary of them.

All 26 officials whose first annual entry is for 1854/55 (AH 1271)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Haydar Paşa
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1854/55AH 1271Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi stajyeriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1855/56AH 1272Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi stajyeri70Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1856/57AH 1273Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi stajyeri70Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1857/58AH 1274Cibal-i Kozan yazı işleri memuruCibal-i Kozan500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1858/59AH 1275Cibal-i Kozan yazı işleri memuruCibal-i Kozan500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1859/60AH 1276Cibal-i Kozan yazı işleri memuruCibal-i Kozan500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1860/61AH 1277Cibal-i Kozan yazı işleri memuruCibal-i Kozan500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1861/62AH 1278Cibal-i Kozan yazı işleri memuru (İstifa)Cibal-i KozanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1861/62AH 1278Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1862/63AH 1279Rumeli Hazine Muhasebe Dairesi memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1863/64AH 1280Telgraf Nezareti muhasebe memuru1,200TelgrafSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1864/65AH 1281Telgraf Nezareti muhasebe memuru (İstifa)TelgrafSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1864/65AH 1281Tırnova Sancağı yazı işleri memuruVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1865/66AH 1282Tırnova Sancağı yazı işleri memuruVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1866/67AH 1283Tırnova Sancağı yazı işleri memuruVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1867/68AH 1284Rusçuk Sancağı mutasarrıf muaviniRuse (Rusçuk)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1868/69AH 1285Rusçuk Sancağı mutasarrıf muaviniRuse (Rusçuk)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1868/69AH 1285Tırnova Sancağı mutasarrıfıVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)10,330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1869/70AH 1286Tırnova Sancağı mutasarrıfıVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)10,330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1870/71AH 1287Tırnova Sancağı mutasarrıfıVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)10,330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1871/72AH 1288Tırnova Sancağı mutasarrıfıVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)10,330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1871/72AH 1288Tırnova Sancağı mutasarrıfı (İnfisal)Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1872/73AH 1289Siroz mutasarrıfıSerres (Siroz)6,760Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1873/74AH 1290Siroz mutasarrıfıSerres (Siroz)6,760Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1874/75AH 1291Siroz mutasarrıfıSerres (Siroz)6,760Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1875/76AH 1292Siroz mutasarrıfıSerres (Siroz)6,760Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1876/77AH 1293İslimye mutasarrıfıSliven (İslimiye)8,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1878/79AH 1296İskân-ı Muhacirin memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)7,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1879/80AH 1297İskân-ı Muhacirin memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)7,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1879/80AH 1297Kütahya Sancağı mutasarrıfıKütahya6,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1880/81AH 1298Kütahya Sancağı mutasarrıfıKütahya6,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1881/82AH 1299Kütahya Sancağı mutasarrıfıKütahya6,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1881/82AH 1299Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfıKayseriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1881/82AH 1299Hüdavendigar Vilayeti merkez mutasarrıfıBursa4,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1882/83AH 1300Hüdavendigar Vilayeti merkez mutasarrıfıBursa4,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1882/83AH 1300Hüdavendigar Vilayeti merkez mutasarrıfı (İnfisal)BursaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1886/87AH 1304Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfıKayseri6,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1887/88AH 1305Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfıKayseri6,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1888/89AH 1306Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfıKayseri6,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1889/90AH 1307Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfıKayseri6,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1890/91AH 1308Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfıKayseri6,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1890/91AH 1308Kayseri Sancağı mutasarrıfı (Azil)KayseriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1893/94AH 1311Erzurum valisiErzurum20,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
1893/94AH 1311VefatErzurumAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 18/192
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 Haydar Paşa 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.

Subjects