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Mehmed Said 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

Mehmed Said Efendi was born in Dagistan in 1868/69 (AH 1285); the father was a merchant (tüccar). Work began in 1893/94, at about 25, on a first salary of 750 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1893/94, names Mehmed Said as Zabıta-i sıhhiye-i hayvaniye memuru, with no place. In place of a title the lists give İstifa (resignation) for 1895/96.

The salary went from 750 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to 900 in 1899/1900, the peak, when four in five paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 63,000 kuruş, 1.8 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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. Dagistan

    Born 1868/69 (AH 1285)

  2. Karesi Sancağı as worded, no place record

    1893 to 1900 (AH 1311 to 1317)

    Zabıta-i sıhhiye-i hayvaniye memuru 1893 to 1900 (AH 1311 to 1317); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1895/96 (AH 1313)

    675 to 900 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001,0001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317900 kuruşZabıta-i sıhhiye-i hayvaniye memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This 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 Said Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/9475040075%
1894/9575040074%
1895/9675040074%
1896/9775045073%
1897/9867540074%
1898/9967540072%
1899/190090040080%

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 Said Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First work750first-salary field
1893 to 1900AH 1311 to 1317Zabıta-i sıhhiye-i hayvaniye memuru
13 entries
YearSalary
1893/94750
1894/95750
1894/95
1894/95
1895/96
1895/96750
1896/97750
1896/97675
1897/98675
1898/99675
1899/1900
1899/1900675
1899/1900900
750 to 900
1895/96AH 1313İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)
Birthplace
Dagistan
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1893/94 (AH 1311)

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 79 officials born in Dagistan, 75 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Said Efendi had the 27th highest salary of them.

The page of Dagistan, with the 79 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Said Efendi had the 25th highest salary of them.

All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Said Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Zabıta-i sıhhiye-i hayvaniye memuruKaresi Sancağı750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1894/95AH 1312Zabıta-i sıhhiye-i hayvaniye memuruKaresi Sancağı750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1894/95AH 1312Zabıta-i sıhhiye-i hayvaniye memuru (Nakil)Karesi SancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1894/95AH 1312Hayvanat muayene memuruCisr-i Mustafa Paşa KazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1895/96AH 1313Hayvanat muayene memuruCisr-i Mustafa Paşa KazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1895/96AH 1313İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1895/96AH 1313Baytar müfettişiİzmit Sancağı750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1896/97AH 1314Baytar müfettişiİzmit Sancağı750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1896/97AH 1314Baytar müfettişiİzmit Sancağı675Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1897/98AH 1315Baytar müfettişiİzmit Sancağı675Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1898/99AH 1316Baytar müfettişiİzmit Sancağı675Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1899/1900AH 1317Baytar müfettişi (Nakil)İzmit SancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1899/1900AH 1317Baytar müfettişiİzmit Sancağı675Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
1899/1900AH 1317Baytar müfettişiAydın Vilayeti900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 110/317
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 Said 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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