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Mehmed Şevket 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 Burdur in 1867/68 (AH 1284), Mehmed Şevket Efendi was the child of a merchant (tüccar). Work began in Burdur in 1882/83, at about 16. From the first annual entry, for 1882/83, to 1887/88, every annual entry places Mehmed Şevket in the same post, Burdur Sancağı Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi stajyeri, in Burdur, the birthplace.

The one salary in the lists is 100 kuruş a month, for 1887/88, when 5 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1887/88.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 1305100 kuruşBurdur Sancağı Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi stajyeri

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 Şevket Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First workBurdur
1882 to 1888AH 1300 to 1305Burdur Sancağı Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi stajyeri
8 entries
YearSalary
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88
1887/88
1887/88100
Burdur100

Record

Personal

Born
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Birthplace
Burdur
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Place
Burdur

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 32 officials with entries in Burdur in the same years, Mehmed Şevket Efendi had the 31st highest salary.

All 86 officials with entries in Burdur

Same birthplace

Of the 93 officials born in Burdur, 88 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şevket Efendi had the 85th highest salary of them.

The page of Burdur, with the 93 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şevket Efendi had the 205th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Şevket Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Burdur Sancağı Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi stajyeriBurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Burdur Sancağı Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi stajyeriBurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Burdur Sancağı Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi stajyeriBurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Burdur Sancağı Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi stajyeriBurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Burdur Sancağı Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi stajyeriBurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Burdur Sancağı Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi stajyeriBurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Burdur Sancağı Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)BurdurAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Burdur Sancağı Tahrir ve Vergi Kalemi deftercisiBurdur100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Şevket 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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