Mehmed Tahir 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 Tahir Efendi began in Yenişehir in 1860/61 (AH 1277); the father's occupation was "Çiftlik müdürü". Mehmed Tahir began work in 1878/79, at about 18. The first annual entry, for 1878/79, names Mehmed Tahir as Öşür idaresi mülazımı, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1879 to 1881 and 1882 to 1889.
The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1878/79 to 500 in 1881/82, the peak, when 60 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.
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.
Yenişehir as worded, no place record
1878 to 1882 (AH 1296 to 1299)
Öşür idaresi mülazımı 1878/79 (AH 1296); Şehbenderhane mülazımı 1881/82 (AH 1299)
300 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
No annual entry for 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298).
Tahran as worded, no place record
1889/90 (AH 1307)
No annual entry for 1882 to 1889 (AH 1300 to 1306) before it.
Tahran Sefareti fahri ataşesi
entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79 | 300 | 400 | 27% | ||
| 1881/82 | 500 | 400 | 60% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79AH 1296 | First work | ||
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Öşür idaresi mülazımı | 300 | |
| No annual entry: 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298) | |||
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Şehbenderhane mülazımı | 500 | |
| No annual entry: 1882 to 1889 (AH 1300 to 1306) | |||
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Tahran Sefareti fahri ataşesi | ||
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1860/61 (AH 1277)
- Birthplace
- Yenişehir
- Father's occupation
- Çiftlik müdürü
First work
- Year
- 1878/79 (AH 1296)
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.
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296), 157 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tahir Efendi had the 71st highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Hamdi Efendifirst annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Andon Yaldızyan Efendifirst annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Cemal Efendifirst annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Tevfik Efendifirst annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 425 kuruş
- Mehmet Ziya Efendifirst annual entry 1878/79 (AH 1296); highest salary 500 kuruş
All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Öşür idaresi mülazımı | Yenişehir | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Öşür idaresi mülazımı | Yenişehir | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Şehbenderhane mülazımı | Yenişehir | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Şehbenderhane kançıl arı | Yenişehir | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, HR.SAİD, No. 2, Gömlek No. 8, 3-1. |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Tahran Sefareti fahri ataşesi | Tahran | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)