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Muharrem 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

Muharrem Efendi was born in Mitrovica (Mitroviça) in 1878/79 (AH 1296). At about 29, in 1908/09, Muharrem began work in İskenderun. The annual lists begin in 1908/09, with Muharrem as Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri in İskenderun. Alongside, the lists for 1908 to 1911 give a second post, in Samandağ as Rüsumat kantarcısı.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1908/09 to a peak of 300 in 1910/11, in Samandağ, when one in five paid officials earned less. 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.

All 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
Further places, smaller scale1908/091908/09123İskenderunSamandağ
  1. Mitrovica (Mitroviça)

    Born 1878/79 (AH 1296)

  2. İskenderun

    First work 1908/09 (AH 1326); 1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri

    entries in 1 year

  3. Samandağ (Süveydiye)

    1908 to 1911 (AH 1326 to 1328)

    Rüsumat kantarcısı 1908/09 (AH 1326); Geçici muhafaza memuru 1910/11 (AH 1328)

    150 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1909/10 (AH 1327).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328300 kuruşRüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriRüsumat kantarcısıGeçici muhafaza memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 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 Muharrem Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1908/091504005007%
1910/1130050030020%

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 Muharrem Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1908/09AH 1326First workİskenderun
1908/09AH 1326Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri
Rüsûmat
2 entries
YearSalary
1908/09
1908/09
İskenderun
1908/09AH 1326Rüsumat kantarcısıSamandağ (Süveydiye)150
No annual entry: 1909/10 (AH 1327)
1910/11AH 1328Geçici muhafaza memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1910/11250
1910/11300
Samandağ (Süveydiye)250 to 300

Record

Personal

Born
1878/79 (AH 1296)

First work

Year
1908/09 (AH 1326)

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 16 officials born in Mitrovica (Mitroviça), 13 have a recorded salary; Muharrem Efendi had the 9th highest salary of them.

The page of Mitrovica (Mitroviça), with the 16 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 158 officials whose first annual entry is for 1908/09 (AH 1326), 139 have a recorded salary; Muharrem Efendi had the 44th highest salary of them.

All 158 officials whose first annual entry is for 1908/09 (AH 1326)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Muharrem Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1908/09AH 1326Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriİskenderunRüsûmatSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 182-239
1908/09AH 1326Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)İskenderunRüsûmatSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 182-239
1908/09AH 1326Rüsumat kantarcısıSamandağ (Süveydiye)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 182-239
1910/11AH 1328Geçici muhafaza memuruSamandağ (Süveydiye)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 182-239
1910/11AH 1328Geçici muhafaza memuruSamandağ (Süveydiye)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 182-239
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 Muharrem 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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