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Mehmed Said 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 Said Efendi began in Mecca (Mekke) in 1876/77 (AH 1293); the father's occupation was "Jandarma süvari binbaşısı". The annual lists begin in 1892/93, with Mehmed Said as Mektubî kalemi memuru and no place named.

Pay rose from 41 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to a peak of 500 in 1910/11, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 19 years the salaries add up to 54,360 kuruş, 55 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1910/11.

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.

  1. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)

  2. Hicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1892 to 1911 (AH 1310 to 1328)

    Mektubî kalemi memuru

    41 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 19 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328500 kuruşMektubî kalemi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This officialMedian, all officials

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 Said Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/93414001%
1893/94414001%
1894/95974004%
1895/96974004%
1896/971084505%
1897/981284008%
1898/991284008%
1899/190020040015%
1900/0120040015%
1901/0225040021%
1902/0328040028%
1903/0428040528%
1904/0535040037%
1905/0635043036%
1906/0735045037%
1907/0835046037%
1908/0935040040%
1909/1043060039%
1910/1150050044%

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 Said Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892 to 1911AH 1310 to 1328Mektubî kalemi memuru
28 entries
YearSalary
1892/9341
1893/9441
1894/9541
1894/9561
1894/9597
1895/9697
1896/9797
1896/97108
1897/98108
1897/98128
1898/99128
1899/1900200
1899/1900125
1900/01200
1901/02200
1901/02250
1902/03250
1902/03280
1903/04280
1904/05280
1904/05350
1905/06350
1906/07350
1907/08350
1908/09350
1909/10400
1909/10430
1910/11500
41 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)
Father's occupation
Jandarma süvari binbaşısı

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 birthplace

Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Said Efendi had the 54th highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310), 149 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Said Efendi had the 37th highest salary of them.

All 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Said Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Mektubî kalemi memuruHicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi41Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1893/94AH 1311Mektubî kalemi memuruHicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi41Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1894/95AH 1312Mektubî kalemi memuruHicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi41Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1894/95AH 1312Mektubî kalemi memuruHicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi61Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1894/95AH 1312Mektubî kalemi memuruHicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi97Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1895/96AH 1313Mektubî kalemi memuruHicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi97Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1896/97AH 1314Mektubî kalemi memuruHicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi97Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1896/97AH 1314Mektubî kalemi memuruHicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi108Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1897/98AH 1315Mektubî kalemi memuruHicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi108Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1897/98AH 1315Mektubî kalemi memuruHicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi128Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1898/99AH 1316Mektubî kalemi memuruHicaz Vilayeti Mektubî Kalemi128Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1899/1900AH 1317Muhasebe kalemi tahrirat kâtibi refikiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1899/1900AH 1317Vilayet muhasebesi tahriciye mukayyidi refikiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebesi125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1900/01AH 1318Muhasebe kalemi tahrirat kâtibi refikiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1901/02AH 1319Muhasebe kalemi tahrirat kâtibi refikiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1901/02AH 1319Muhasebe kalemi tahrirat kâtibi refikiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1902/03AH 1320Muhasebe kalemi tahrirat kâtibi refikiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1902/03AH 1320Muhasebe kalemi tahrirat kâtibi refikiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi280Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1903/04AH 1321Muhasebe kalemi tahrirat kâtibi refikiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi280Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1904/05AH 1322Muhasebe kalemi tahrirat kâtibi refikiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi280Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1904/05AH 1322Vilayet muhasebesi tahrirat kâtibiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebesi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1905/06AH 1323Vilayet muhasebesi tahrirat kâtibiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebesi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1906/07AH 1324Vilayet muhasebesi tahrirat kâtibiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebesi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1907/08AH 1325Vilayet muhasebesi tahrirat kâtibiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebesi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1908/09AH 1326Vilayet muhasebesi tahrirat kâtibiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebesi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1909/10AH 1327Mesalih-i cariye refik-i evveliHicaz Vilayeti maliye idaresi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1909/10AH 1327Mesalih-i cariye refik-i evveliHicaz Vilayeti maliye idaresi430Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
1910/11AH 1328Maaş ve musaddak kitabetiHicaz Vilayeti maliye idaresi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records279 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 144/195, s.195.
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 Said 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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