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Mehmet Sami 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 Sami Efendi was born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki); the father was a merchant (tüccar). Work began in Şebinkarahisar in 1893/94 (AH 1311), on a first salary of 0 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1893/94, with Mehmet Sami as Ziraat Bankası Meclis azası in Şebinkarahisar, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1901/02. Alongside, the lists for 1901/02 give a second post, in Kemah as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe kâtibi.

Pay rose from 0 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to a peak of 500 in 1901/02, in Kemah, when 54 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, nine years of salary come to 14,400 kuruş, 32 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1901/02.

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
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1901/0212ŞebinkarahisarKemah
  1. Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    First work 1893/94 (AH 1311); 1893 to 1902 (AH 1311 to 1319)

    Ziraat Bankası Meclis azası

    0 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

  2. Kemah

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe kâtibi

    500 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
02004006001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319500 kuruşZiraat Bankası Meclis azası
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319This 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 Sami Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/9404003600%
1894/9504003100%
1895/9604003000%
1896/970450332.50%
1897/9804003350%
1898/9940040035044%
1899/190015040035010%
1900/0115040030010%
1901/0250040045054%

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 Sami Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First workŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)0first-salary field
1893 to 1902AH 1311 to 1319Ziraat Bankası Meclis azası
14 entries
YearSalary
1893/940
1894/950
1895/960
1896/970
1897/980
1898/990
1898/99
1898/99400
1898/99
1898/99150
1899/1900150
1900/01150
1901/02150
1901/02
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)0
1901/02AH 1319Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe kâtibiKemah500

Record

Personal

Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1893/94 (AH 1311)

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 30 officials with entries in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) in the same years, 29 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sami Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

All 75 officials with entries in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

Same birthplace

Of the 67 officials born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), 66 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sami Efendi had the 26th highest salary of them.

The page of Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), with the 67 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sami Efendi had the 63rd highest salary of them.

All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Sami Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Ziraat Bankası Meclis azasıŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1894/95AH 1312Ziraat Bankası Meclis azasıŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası Meclis azasıŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1896/97AH 1314Ziraat Bankası Meclis azasıŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası Meclis azasıŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası Meclis azasıŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası Meclis azası (Nakil)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası memur yardımcısıŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası memur yardımcısı (Nakil)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1898/99AH 1316Muhasebe kâtip yardımcısıŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1899/1900AH 1317Muhasebe kâtip yardımcısıŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1900/01AH 1318Muhasebe kâtip yardımcısıŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1901/02AH 1319Muhasebe kâtip yardımcısıŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1901/02AH 1319Muhasebe kâtip yardımcısı (Nakil)Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377; 367 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377.
1901/02AH 1319Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe kâtibiKemah500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 97/377
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 Sami 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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