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Mehmed Hamza 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

Born in Medina (Medine) in 1863/64 (AH 1280), Mehmed Hamza Efendi came from the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî varidat mukayyidi". At about 16, in 1879/80, Mehmed Hamza began work in Medina. From the first annual entry, for 1879/80, to 1910/11, every annual entry places Mehmed Hamza in the same post, Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımı, in Medina, the birthplace. Of the 1,281 officials whose entries span 30 years or more, 33 stayed in one place throughout.

Pay rose from 30 kuruş a month in 1884/85 to a peak of 400 in 1910/11, in Medina, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 27 years of salary come to 55,701 kuruş, 41 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328400 kuruşHazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî masarif mukayyidliği refakati
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0001880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328This 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 Hamza Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1884/8530400335.50%
1885/8630400262.50%
1886/87304003500%
1887/8830400257.50%
1888/8930400287.51%
1889/90304004501%
1890/91125.7540032510%
1891/92125.754003009%
1892/93165.75400252.513%
1893/94165.75400262.512%
1894/95165.7540032513%
1895/96165.7540030013%
1896/97165.75450277.511%
1897/98165.7540025013%
1898/99175.7540030013%
1899/190020040030015%
1900/0120040030015%
1901/02200400292.514%
1902/0324040025020%
1903/0424040530021%
1904/0526040030028%
1905/0626043040028%
1906/0726045032229%
1907/0826046034428%
1908/09260400415.0531%
1909/1026060023521%
1910/1140050040031%

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 Hamza Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1879/80AH 1297First workMedina (Medine)
1879/80AH 1297Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)
No annual entry: 1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301)
1884 to 1911AH 1302 to 1328Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî masarif mukayyidliği refakati
36 entries
YearSalary
1884/8530
1885/8630
1885/8630
1886/8730
1887/8830
1888/8930
1889/9030
1890/9130
1890/91125.75
1891/92125.75
1892/93125.75
1892/93165.75
1893/94165.75
1894/95165.75
1895/96165.75
1896/97165.75
1897/98165.75
1898/99165.75
1898/99166.75
1898/99175.75
1899/1900175.75
1899/1900200
1900/01200
1901/02200
1902/03200
1902/03240
1903/04240
1904/05240
1904/05260
1905/06260
1906/07260
1907/08260
1908/09260
1909/10260
1910/11260
1910/11400
Medina (Medine)30 to 400

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Birthplace
Medina (Medine)
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî varidat mukayyidi

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 54 officials with entries in Medina (Medine) in the same years, 50 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hamza Efendi had the 28th highest salary of them.

All 59 officials with entries in Medina (Medine)

Same birthplace

Of the 64 officials born in Medina (Medine), 58 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hamza Efendi had the 34th highest salary of them.

The page of Medina (Medine), with the 64 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 Hamza Efendi had the 116th 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 Hamza Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1884/85AH 1302Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî masarif mukayyidliği refakatiMedina (Medine)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1885/86AH 1303Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî masarif mukayyidliği refakatiMedina (Medine)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1885/86AH 1303Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1886/87AH 1304Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1887/88AH 1305Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1888/89AH 1306Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1889/90AH 1307Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1890/91AH 1308Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1890/91AH 1308Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)125.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1891/92AH 1309Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)125.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1892/93AH 1310Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)125.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1892/93AH 1310Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)165.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1893/94AH 1311Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)165.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1894/95AH 1312Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)165.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1895/96AH 1313Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)165.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1896/97AH 1314Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)165.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1897/98AH 1315Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)165.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1898/99AH 1316Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)165.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1898/99AH 1316Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)166.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1898/99AH 1316Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)175.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1899/1900AH 1317Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)175.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1899/1900AH 1317Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1900/01AH 1318Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1901/02AH 1319Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1902/03AH 1320Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1902/03AH 1320Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1903/04AH 1321Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1904/05AH 1322Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1904/05AH 1322Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1905/06AH 1323Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1906/07AH 1324Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1907/08AH 1325Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1908/09AH 1326Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1909/10AH 1327Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1910/11AH 1328Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
1910/11AH 1328Hazine-i Celîle-i Hazret-i Nebevî vezne kâtibiMedina (Medine)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records251 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/51, s.51.
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 Hamza 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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