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MAHMUD SAFİ EFENDİ

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

MAHMUD SAFİ EFENDİ was born in Varna in 1880/81 (AH 1298). Work began in Hereke in 1902/03, at about 21, on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1902/03, with MAHMUD SAFİ as Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi and no place named.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1902/03 to a peak of 450 in 1903/04, when half the paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1903/04.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1902/0312VarnaHereke

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu).

  1. Varna

    Born 1880/81 (AH 1298)

  2. Hereke

    First work 1902/03 (AH 1320)

  3. Hereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu as worded, no place record not on the map

    1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321)

    Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi

    400 to 450 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
02004006001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321450 kuruşMuhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This 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 MAHMUD SAFİ EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1902/0340040044%
1903/0445040550%

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 MAHMUD SAFİ EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1902/03AH 1320First workHereke400first-salary field
1902 to 1904AH 1320 to 1321Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
3 entries
YearSalary
1902/03400
1903/04400
1903/04450
400 to 450

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Birthplace
Varna

First work

Year
1902/03 (AH 1320)
Place
Hereke

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 91 officials born in Varna, 89 have a recorded salary; MAHMUD SAFİ EFENDİ had the 56th highest salary of them.

The page of Varna, with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), 138 have a recorded salary; MAHMUD SAFİ EFENDİ had the 41st highest salary of them.

All 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MAHMUD SAFİ EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 133/47; 282 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 133/47.
1903/04AH 1321Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 133/47; 282 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 133/47.
1903/04AH 1321Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHereke Fabrika-i Hümayunu450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 133/47; 282 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 133/47.
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 MAHMUD SAFİ EFENDİ 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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