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Mehmed Ali Vehbi 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

The life of Mehmed Ali Vehbi Efendi began in Mecca (Mekke) in 1883/84 (AH 1301). The first annual entry, for 1903/04, names Mehmed Ali Vehbi as Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi, with no place.

The salary went from 20 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to 30 in 1904/05, the peak, when 1 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1904/05.

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. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1883/84 (AH 1301)

  2. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1903 to 1905 (AH 1321 to 1322)

    Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi

    20 to 30 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01020301903/04AH 13211904/05AH 132230 kuruşMuhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322This 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 Mehmed Ali Vehbi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1903/04204050%
1904/05304001%

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 Mehmed Ali Vehbi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1903 to 1905AH 1321 to 1322Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
3 entries
YearSalary
1903/0420
1904/0520
1904/0530
20 to 30

Record

Personal

Born
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)

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 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ali Vehbi Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), 123 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ali Vehbi Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Ali Vehbi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1903/04AH 1321Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records240 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.148/37, s.37.
1904/05AH 1322Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records240 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.148/37, s.37.
1904/05AH 1322Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records240 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.148/37, s.37.
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 Ali Vehbi 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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