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Mehmed Salim 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 Salim Efendi was born in Harput in 1863/64 (AH 1280); the father's occupation was "Mamuratülaziz Vilayeti nazırı". Work began in 1878, at about 15. The annual lists begin in 1878, with Mehmed Salim as Nüfus dairesi mülazımı and no place named. For 1888 to 1891 and 1893 to 1896 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 110 kuruş a month in 1878/79 to 230 in 1896/97, the peak, when 17 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 13 years the salaries add up to 17,832 kuruş, 28 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1896/97.

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. Harput

    Born 1863/64 (AH 1280)

  2. Mamuratülaziz as worded, no place record

    1878 to 1897 (AH 1295 to 1314)

    Nüfus dairesi mülazımı 1878 to 1888 (AH 1295 to 1305); Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuru 1891 to 1897 (AH 1309 to 1314)

    88 to 230 kuruş a month; entries in 14 years

    No annual entry for 1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308) or 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314230 kuruşNüfus dairesi mülazımıVilayet muhasebe kalemi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314This 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 Salim Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1878/791104005%
1879/801104005%
1880/81884004%
1881/82884004%
1882/83884004%
1883/84884004%
1884/85884004%
1885/86884004%
1886/87884004%
1887/881104006%
1891/9215040010%
1892/9316040012%
1896/9723045017%

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 Salim Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878AH 1295First work
1878 to 1888AH 1295 to 1305Nüfus dairesi mülazımı
15 entries
YearSalary
1878
1878/79
1878/79110
1879/80110
1879/8088
1880/8188
1881/8288
1882/8388
1883/8488
1884/8588
1885/8688
1886/8788
1887/8888
1887/88100
1887/88110
110
No annual entry: 1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)
1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1891/92140
1891/92150
1892/93150
1892/93160
140 to 160
No annual entry: 1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuru230

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Birthplace
Harput
Father's occupation
Mamuratülaziz Vilayeti nazırı

First work

Year
1878 (AH 1295)

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 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salim Efendi had the 148th highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295), 129 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salim Efendi had the 124th highest salary of them.

All 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Salim Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878AH 1295Nüfus dairesi mülazımıMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1878/79AH 1296Nüfus dairesi mülazımıMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1878/79AH 1296Vilayet tahrirat kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1879/80AH 1297Vilayet tahrirat kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1879/80AH 1297Vilayet tahrirat kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz88Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1880/81AH 1298Vilayet tahrirat kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz88Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1881/82AH 1299Vilayet tahrirat kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz88Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1882/83AH 1300Vilayet tahrirat kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz88Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1883/84AH 1301Vilayet tahrirat kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz88Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1884/85AH 1302Vilayet tahrirat kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz88Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1885/86AH 1303Vilayet tahrirat kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz88Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1886/87AH 1304Vilayet tahrirat kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz88Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1887/88AH 1305Vilayet tahrirat kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz88Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1887/88AH 1305Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1887/88AH 1305Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1891/92AH 1309Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1891/92AH 1309Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1892/93AH 1310Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1892/93AH 1310Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
1896/97AH 1314Vilayet muhasebe kalemi memuruMamuratülaziz230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 30-10
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 Salim 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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