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Mehmet Tevfik 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 Tevfik efendi was born in İstavlice in 1852/53 (AH 1269). Every annual entry from 1879/80 to 1896/97 places Mehmet Tevfik in the same post, Rüşdiye öğretmeni, in Bitlis.

The salary went from 485 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to 600 in 1882/83, the peak, in Bitlis, when two in three paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1896/97.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314600 kuruşRüşdiye öğretmeni
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314This 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 Tevfik efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/8048540050057%
1880/81485400492.560%
1881/8248540050060%
1882/8360040055067%
1883/8460040064068%
1884/8560040064067%
1885/8660040060066%
1886/8760040060066%
1887/8860040060064%
1888/896004001,40066%
1889/9060040060066%
1890/9160040055065%
1896/975804501,70063%

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 Tevfik efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1879 to 1891AH 1297 to 1308Rüşdiye öğretmeni
15 entries
YearSalary
1879/80485
1880/81485
1881/82485
1881/8275
1882/83485
1882/83600
1883/84600
1884/85600
1885/86600
1886/87600
1887/88600
1888/89600
1889/90600
1890/91600
1890/91
Bitlis485
No annual entry: 1891 to 1896 (AH 1309 to 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis580

Record

Personal

Born
1852/53 (AH 1269)
Birthplace
İstavlice

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 19 officials with entries in Bitlis in the same years, Mehmet Tevfik efendi had the 13th highest salary.

All 50 officials with entries in Bitlis

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297), 191 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik efendi had the 66th highest salary of them.

All 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Tevfik efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis485Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1880/81AH 1298Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis485Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1881/82AH 1299Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis485Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1881/82AH 1299Ek öğretmenlikBitlis75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1882/83AH 1300Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis485Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1882/83AH 1300Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1883/84AH 1301Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1884/85AH 1302Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1885/86AH 1303Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1886/87AH 1304Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1887/88AH 1305Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1888/89AH 1306Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1889/90AH 1307Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1890/91AH 1308Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1890/91AH 1308Rika öğretmeni (İnfisal)BitlisAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
1896/97AH 1314Rüşdiye öğretmeniBitlis580Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records162 BOA. DH. SAİD. D. 140/32.
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 Tevfik 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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