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Mehmet Azmi 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

Mehmet Azmi Efendi was born in Ezine in 1882/83 (AH 1300). At about 18, in 1901/02, Mehmet Azmi began work in Biga. Every annual entry from 1901/02 to 1905/06 places Mehmet Azmi in the same post, Ağnam muharriri, in Biga.

Pay rose from 62.5 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to a peak of 400 in 1904/05, in Biga, when 42 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 10,350 kuruş, 69 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.

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 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1901/0212EzineBiga
  1. Ezine

    Born 1882/83 (AH 1300)

  2. Biga

    First work 1901/02 (AH 1319); 1901 to 1906 (AH 1319 to 1323)

    Ağnam muharriri

    62.5 to 400 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
01002003004001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323400 kuruşAğnam muharriri
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This 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 Mehmet Azmi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1903/0462.54052%
1904/0540040022042%
1905/0640043025041%

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 Mehmet Azmi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1901/02AH 1319First workBiga
1901 to 1906AH 1319 to 1323Ağnam muharriri
9 entries
YearSalary
1901/02
1902/03
1903/0462.5
1904/0562.5
1904/05
1904/05400
1905/06400
1905/06
1905/06125
Biga125

Record

Personal

Born
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Birthplace
Ezine

First work

Year
1901/02 (AH 1319)
Place
Biga

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 15 officials with entries in Biga in the same years, Mehmet Azmi Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

All 48 officials with entries in Biga

Same birthplace

Of the 2 officials born in Ezine, only Mehmet Azmi Efendi has a recorded salary.

The page of Ezine, with the 2 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), 110 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Azmi Efendi had the 38th highest salary of them.

All 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Azmi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1901/02AH 1319Ağnam muharririBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.; 107 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.
1902/03AH 1320Ağnam tahsilat katibiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.; 107 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.
1903/04AH 1321Nüfus katibi vekiliBiga62.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.; 107 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.
1904/05AH 1322Nüfus katibi vekiliBiga62.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.; 107 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.
1904/05AH 1322Nüfus katibi vekili (Nakil)BigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.; 107 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.
1904/05AH 1322Tahrir-i nüfus komisyonu katibiBiga400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.; 107 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.
1905/06AH 1323Tahrir-i nüfus komisyonu katibiBiga400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.; 107 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.
1905/06AH 1323Tahrir-i nüfus komisyonu katibi (Nakil)BigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.; 107 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.
1905/06AH 1323Nüfus katibiBiga125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.; 107 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00165/00206.
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 Mehmet Azmi 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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