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Mehmed Vasıf 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

Mehmed Vasıf Efendi was born in Sis in 1875/76 (AH 1292); the father's occupation was "Kozan Sancağı Jandarma Taburu kâtibi". Work began in 1892/93, at about 17. The annual lists begin in 1892/93, with Mehmed Vasıf as Gönüllü topçu askeri and no place named. For 1893 to 1896 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Acre (Akka) in 1896/97.

The one salary in the lists is 100 kuruş a month, for 1896/97, when 3 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1896/97.

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. Place not recorded

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Gönüllü topçu askeri

    entries in 1 year

  2. Acre (Akka)

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    No annual entry for 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313) before it.

    Muhasebe Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

    100 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 entry0501001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314100 kuruşGönüllü topçu askeriMuhasebe Kalemi ikinci kâtibi

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 Vasıf Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892/93AH 1310First work
1892/93AH 1310Gönüllü topçu askeri
No annual entry: 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Muhasebe Kalemi ikinci kâtibiAcre (Akka)100

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Birthplace
Sis
Father's occupation
Kozan Sancağı Jandarma Taburu kâtibi

First work

Year
1892/93 (AH 1310)

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 4 officials with entries in Acre (Akka) in the same years, Mehmed Vasıf Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 27 officials with entries in Acre (Akka)

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310), 149 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Vasıf Efendi had the 141st highest salary of them.

All 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Vasıf Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Gönüllü topçu askeriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 86/54; 202 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 86/54.
1896/97AH 1314Muhasebe Kalemi ikinci kâtibiAcre (Akka)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 86/54; 202 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 86/54.
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 Vasıf 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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