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Mehmet Emin 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 Giresun, Mehmet Emin Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Work began in Abana in 1896/97 (AH 1314), on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1896/97, places Mehmet Emin in Abana as Rüşdiye başhocası. The last entries, from 1897 to 1911, name Mehmet Emin as Rüşdiye ikinci hocası (vekâleten), with no place.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to a peak of 750 in 1910/11, when 61 per cent of 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.

  1. Abana

    First work 1896/97 (AH 1314); 1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Rüşdiye başhocası

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. İstanbul (Galata) as worded, no place record

    1897 to 1911 (AH 1315 to 1328)

    Rüşdiye ikinci hocası (vekâleten)

    300 to 750 kuruş a month; entries in 14 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001896/97AH 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 13271910/11AH 1328750 kuruşRüşdiye ikinci hocası (vekâleten)
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001896/97AH 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 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 Mehmet Emin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/9740045037042%
1897/9830040028%
1898/9930040027%
1899/190037740043%
1900/0137740044%
1901/0237740042%
1902/0342740052%
1903/0447740553%
1905/0650043052%
1908/0970040066%
1910/1175050061%

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 Emin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workAbana400first-salary field
1896/97AH 1314Rüşdiye başhocasıAbana400
1897 to 1911AH 1315 to 1328Rüşdiye ikinci hocası (vekâleten)
21 entries
YearSalary
1897/98
1897/98300
1898/99300
1899/1900300
1899/1900377
1900/01377
1900/01377
1901/02377
1902/03377
1902/03427
1903/04477
1904/05
1905/06
1905/06500
1906/07
1907/08
1908/09
1908/09700
1909/10
1910/11
1910/11750
750

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Giresun
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)
Place
Abana

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 72 officials born in Giresun, 67 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

The page of Giresun, with the 72 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; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 33rd 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 Mehmet Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Rüşdiye başhocasıAbana400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1897/98AH 1315Rüşdiye ikinci hocası (vekâleten)İstanbul (Galata)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1897/98AH 1315Rüşdiye ikinci hocasıİstanbul (Galata)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1898/99AH 1316Rüşdiye ikinci hocasıİstanbul (Galata)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1899/1900AH 1317Rüşdiye ikinci hocasıİstanbul (Galata)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1899/1900AH 1317Rüşdiye ikinci hocasıİstanbul (Galata)377Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1900/01AH 1318Rüşdiye ikinci hocasıİstanbul (Galata)377Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1900/01AH 1318Rüşdiye ikinci hocasıİstanbul (Unkapanı)377Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1901/02AH 1319Rüşdiye ikinci hocasıİstanbul (Unkapanı)377Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1902/03AH 1320Rüşdiye ikinci hocasıİstanbul (Unkapanı)377Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1902/03AH 1320Rüşdiye ikinci hocasıİstanbul (Unkapanı)427Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1903/04AH 1321Rüşdiye başhocasıİstanbul (Eğrikapı)477Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1904/05AH 1322Rüşdiye başhocasıİstanbul (Eğrikapı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1905/06AH 1323Rüşdiye başhocasıİstanbul (Eğrikapı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1905/06AH 1323Rüşdiye başhocasıİstanbul (Eğrikapı)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1906/07AH 1324Rüşdiye başhocasıİstanbul (Eğrikapı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1907/08AH 1325Rüşdiye başhocasıİstanbul (Eğrikapı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1908/09AH 1326Rüşdiye başhocasıİstanbul (Eğrikapı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1908/09AH 1326Rüşdiye başhocasıİstanbul (Eğrikapı)700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1909/10AH 1327Rüşdiye başhocasıİstanbul (Eğrikapı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1910/11AH 1328Rüşdiye başhocasıİstanbul (Eğrikapı)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115.
1910/11AH 1328Rüşdiye başhocasıİstanbul (Eğrikapı)750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 200/115
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 Emin 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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