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Mehmed Emin 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

The life of Mehmed Emin Efendi began in Pristina (Priştine) in 1866/67 (AH 1283). Work began in Pristina in 1879/80, at about 14. Every annual entry from 1879/80 to 1888/89 places Mehmed Emin in the same post, Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi stajyeri, in Pristina, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 35 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to a peak of 225 in 1888/89, in Pristina, when one in five paid officials earned less. Over ten years the salaries add up to 17,760 kuruş, 37 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1888/89.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 1306225 kuruşKosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi stajyeri
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 1306This 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 Emin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/80354003000%
1880/81704003002%
1881/82704002853%
1882/83170400237.511%
1883/8417040020010%
1884/8517040025011%
1885/8617040025011%
1886/8720040030013%
1887/8820040030014%
1888/8922540030019%

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 Emin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1879/80AH 1297First workPristina (Priştine)
1879 to 1889AH 1297 to 1306Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi stajyeri
18 entries
YearSalary
1879/80
1879/80
1879/8035
1880/8135
1880/8170
1881/8270
1882/8370
1882/83150
1882/83170
1883/84170
1884/85170
1885/86170
1886/87170
1886/87200
1887/88200
1888/89200
1888/89200
1888/89225
Pristina (Priştine)225

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)

First work

Year
1879/80 (AH 1297)

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 36 officials with entries in Pristina (Priştine) in the same years, 30 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 28th highest salary of them.

All 80 officials with entries in Pristina (Priştine)

Same birthplace

Of the 91 officials born in Pristina (Priştine), 84 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 73rd highest salary of them.

The page of Pristina (Priştine), with the 91 officials born there

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; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 176th 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 Mehmed Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi stajyeriPristina (Priştine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1879/80AH 1297Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)Pristina (Priştine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1879/80AH 1297Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)35Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1880/81AH 1298Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)35Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1880/81AH 1298Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)70Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1881/82AH 1299Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)70Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1882/83AH 1300Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)70Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1882/83AH 1300Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1882/83AH 1300Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1883/84AH 1301Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1884/85AH 1302Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1885/86AH 1303Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1886/87AH 1304Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)170Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1886/87AH 1304Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1887/88AH 1305Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1888/89AH 1306Kosova Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1888/89AH 1306Priştine Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
1888/89AH 1306Priştine Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiziPristina (Priştine)225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 33-343
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 Emin 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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