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Yesari 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

Yesari Mehmed Efendi was born in Bursa in 1853/54 (AH 1270) into the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Bursa Asâkir-i zabtiyesi yüzbaşı". At about 15, in 1868/69, Yesari Mehmed began work. The first annual entry, for 1868/69, names Yesari Mehmed as Mulazemet, with no place. For 1872 to 1876 the lists have no entry. In place of a title the lists give Azil (dismissal) for 1881/82.

Pay rose from 20 kuruş a month in 1869/70 to a peak of 120 in 1878, as Mulazemet, when 7 per cent of paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 102 kuruş. In all, six years of salary come to 4,584 kuruş, 15 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1881/82.

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. Bursa

    Born 1853/54 (AH 1270)

  2. Place not recorded

    1868 to 1872 (AH 1285 to 1288)

    Mulazemet

    20 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1876/77 (AH 1293)

    No annual entry for 1872 to 1876 (AH 1289 to 1292) before it.

    mülâzemet (maaş zammı: 30 guruş)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Place not recorded

    1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)

    Mulazemet

    120 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Place not recorded

    1878 to 1882 (AH 1295 to 1299)

    müsârefat-ı umûmiye düyun şûbesi 1878 to 1881 (AH 1295 to 1298); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1881/82 (AH 1299)

    80 to 102 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001501868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 1299120 kuruşMulazemetMulazemetmüsârefat-ı umûmiye düyun şûbesi
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 1299This 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 Yesari Mehmed Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1869/70204001%
1870/71204000%
1871/7220420.51%
18781204507%
1879/801024005%
1880/811004004%

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 Yesari Mehmed Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1868/69AH 1285First work
1868 to 1872AH 1285 to 1288Mulazemet
6 entries
YearSalary
1868/69
1869/70
1869/7020
1870/7120
1871/7220
1871/72
No annual entry: 1872 to 1876 (AH 1289 to 1292)
1876/77AH 1293mülâzemet (maaş zammı: 30 guruş)
1877 to 1878AH 1294 to 1295Mulazemet
3 entries
YearSalary
1877/78
1878
1878120
120
1878 to 1881AH 1295 to 1298müsârefat-ı umûmiye düyun şûbesi
10 entries
YearSalary
1878
1878
1878/79
1878/79
1879/80
1879/80102
1879/80
1879/8080
1880/8180
1880/81100
100
1881/82AH 1299Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Bursa Asâkir-i zabtiyesi yüzbaşı

First work

Year
1868/69 (AH 1285)

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 job title, same years

Of the 6 officials with the title Mulazemet in the same years, Yesari Mehmed Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 52 officials with the title Mulazemet

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Yesari Mehmed Efendi had the 278th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285), 99 have a recorded salary; Yesari Mehmed Efendi had the 97th highest salary of them.

All 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1868/69 (AH 1285)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Yesari Mehmed Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1868/69AH 1285MulazemetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1869/70AH 1286MulazemetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1869/70AH 1286Mulazemet20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1870/71AH 1287Mulazemet20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1871/72AH 1288Mulazemet20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1871/72AH 1288MulazemetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1876/77AH 1293mülâzemet (maaş zammı: 30 guruş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1877/78AH 1294MulazemetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1878AH 1295MulazemetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1878AH 1295Mulazemet120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1878AH 1295müsârefat-ı umûmiye düyun şûbesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1878AH 1295masârifat-ı husûsiye düyun şûbesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1878/79AH 1296masârifat-ı husûsiye düyun şûbesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1878/79AH 1296masârifat-ı husûsiye düyun şûbesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1879/80AH 1297masârifat-ı husûsiye düyun şûbesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1879/80AH 1297masârifat-ı husûsiye düyun şûbesi102Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1879/80AH 1297muhâsebat-ı atîka mesârif şûbesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1879/80AH 1297muhâsebat-ı atîka mesârif şûbesi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1880/81AH 1298muhâsebat-ı atîka mesârif şûbesi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1880/81AH 1298muhâsebat-ı atîka mesârif şûbesi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
1881/82AH 1299AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records19/70; 127
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 Yesari 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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