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Mehmed Sabri Bey

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

Mehmed Sabri Bey was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1870/71 (AH 1287); the father's occupation was "Akka Sancağı Ticaret Mahkemesi eski reisi". Work began in Mosul (Musul) in 1896/97, at about 26, on a first salary of 90 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1896/97, places Mehmed Sabri in Mosul as Musul Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Lisan-ı Osmanî, Kitabet ve İnşa dersleri muallim vekili. The lists have no entry for 1898 to 1909. The last post was in Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç) in 1909/10. Alexandroupoli, about 2,550 km from Mecca, was the post farthest from the birthplace; fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from home.

Pay rose from 140 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to a peak of 800 in 1909/10, in Alexandroupoli, when 61 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 12,960 kuruş, 74 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

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.

All 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1896/971909/10123MeccaMosulAlexandroupoli
  1. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1870/71 (AH 1287)

  2. Mosul (Musul)

    First work 1896/97 (AH 1314); 1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315)

    Musul Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Lisan-ı Osmanî, Kitabet ve İnşa dersleri muallim vekili

    90 to 140 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    No annual entry for 1898 to 1909 (AH 1316 to 1326) before it.

    Dedeağaç Sancağı belediye tabibi

    800 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001896/97AH 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 1327800 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001896/97AH 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 1327This 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 Sabri Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/971404504008%
1897/981404003609%
1909/1080060070061%

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 Sabri Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workMosul (Musul)90first-salary field
1896 to 1898AH 1314 to 1315Musul Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Lisan-ı Osmanî, Kitabet ve İnşa dersleri muallim vekili
5 entries
YearSalary
1896/9790
1896/97
1896/97140
1897/98140
1897/98
Mosul (Musul)90
No annual entry: 1898 to 1909 (AH 1316 to 1326)
1909/10AH 1327Dedeağaç Sancağı belediye tabibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1909/10800
1909/10800
Alexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)800

Record

Personal

Born
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)
Father's occupation
Akka Sancağı Ticaret Mahkemesi eski reisi

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)

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 27 officials with entries in Mosul (Musul) in the same years, 25 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sabri Bey had the 7th highest salary of them.

All 103 officials with entries in Mosul (Musul)

Same birthplace

Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sabri Bey had the 33rd highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sabri Bey had the 26th highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Sabri Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Musul Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Lisan-ı Osmanî, Kitabet ve İnşa dersleri muallim vekiliMosul (Musul)90Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 175/171, s.171-172.
1896/97AH 1314Musul Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Lisan-ı Osmanî, Kitabet ve İnşa dersleri muallim vekili (İnfisal)Mosul (Musul)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 175/171, s.171-172.
1896/97AH 1314Musul Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Malumat-ı Fenniye ve Hıfzıssıhha muallimiMosul (Musul)140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 175/171, s.171-172.
1897/98AH 1315Musul Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Malumat-ı Fenniye ve Hıfzıssıhha muallimiMosul (Musul)140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 175/171, s.171-172.
1897/98AH 1315Musul Mekteb-i İdadi-i Mülkiyesi Malumat-ı Fenniye ve Hıfzıssıhha muallimi (İnfisal)Mosul (Musul)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 175/171, s.171-172.
1909/10AH 1327Dedeağaç Sancağı belediye tabibiAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 175/171, s.171-172.
1909/10AH 1327Dedeağaç Sancağı belediye tabibiAlexandroupoli (Dedeağaç)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records274 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 175/171, s.171-172.
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 Sabri Bey 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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