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Mehmed Safvet Bey

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

The life of Mehmed Safvet Bey began in Tokat in 1856/57 (AH 1273). Mehmed Safvet began work in Sivas in 1894/95, at about 38, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. Few began so late; fewer than 4 per cent of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known started at 38 or older. Both annual entries, for 1894/95 and 1895/96, place Mehmed Safvet in Sivas as Polis Memuru.

The one salary in the lists is 300 kuruş a month, for 1894/95, when 28 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1895/96.

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
1894/9512TokatSivas

  1. Tokat

    Born 1856/57 (AH 1273)

  2. Sivas

    First work 1894/95 (AH 1312); 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)

    Polis Memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313300 kuruşPolis Memuru

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 Safvet Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1894/95AH 1312First workSivas300first-salary field
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313Polis Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1894/95300
1895/96
Sivas300

Record

Personal

Born
1856/57 (AH 1273)
Birthplace
Tokat

First work

Year
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Place
Sivas

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 33 officials with entries in Sivas in the same years, 30 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Safvet Bey had the 21st highest salary of them.

All 229 officials with entries in Sivas

Same birthplace

Of the 123 officials born in Tokat, 117 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Safvet Bey had the 74th highest salary of them.

The page of Tokat, with the 123 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Safvet Bey had the 118th highest salary of them.

All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Safvet Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Polis MemuruSivas300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 165, s. 357
1895/96AH 1313Üçüncü Sınıf Polis KomiseriSivasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 165, s. 357
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 Safvet Bey 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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