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Mehmet Hayri 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 Hayri Efendi was born in Kemah; the father's occupation was "Postahane memuru". Work began in 1897/98 (AH 1315). The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with Mehmet Hayri as Mektubi Kalemi memuru (maaşsız giriş) and no place named. For 1899 to 1901 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 20 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to a peak of 70 in 1901/02, when 3 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1901/02.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0204060801897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 131970 kuruşMektubi Kalemi memuru (maaşsız giriş)Mektubi Kalemi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319This officialMedian, all officials

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 Hayri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1898/99204000%
1901/02704003%

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 Hayri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First work
1897 to 1899AH 1315 to 1316Mektubi Kalemi memuru (maaşsız giriş)
4 entries
YearSalary
1897/98
1898/99
1898/99
1898/9920
20
No annual entry: 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)
1901/02AH 1319Mektubi Kalemi memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1901/0250
1901/0270
50 to 70

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kemah
Father's occupation
Postahane memuru

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)

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 69 officials born in Kemah, 49 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Hayri Efendi had the 48th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemah, with the 69 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Hayri Efendi had the 146th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Hayri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Mektubi Kalemi memuru (maaşsız giriş)Dahiliye Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Mektubi Kalemi memuru (maaşsız giriş)Dahiliye Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Mektubi Kalemi memuru (maaşsız giriş) (Görevin sona ermesi)Dahiliye Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Mektubi Kalemi memuruDahiliye Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi, İstanbul20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Mektubi Kalemi memuruDahiliye Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi, İstanbul50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Mektubi Kalemi memuruDahiliye Nezareti Mektubi Kalemi, İstanbul70Affiliation 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 Mehmet Hayri 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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