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Mehmet Ali 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

Born in Erdet köyü, Karahisar-ı Şarki, Mehmet Ali Efendi was the child of a tradesman (esnaf). Mehmet Ali had a first salary of 100 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1905/06 (AH 1323), to 1905/06, every annual entry places Mehmet Ali in the same post, Telgraf Merkezi Tahsilat Odası memuru, in Istanbul.

The one salary in the lists is 160 kuruş a month, for 1905/06, when 14 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1905/06.

Career and salary

Career of Mehmet Ali Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)100first-salary field
1905/06AH 1323Telgraf Merkezi Tahsilat Odası memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/06120
1905/06160
Istanbul (Dersaadet)120 to 160

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Erdet köyü, Karahisar-ı Şarki
Father's occupation
Esnaf

First work

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 place, same years

Of the 173 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 170 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ali Efendi had the 158th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), 114 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ali Efendi had the 98th highest salary of them.

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Ali Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1905/06AH 1323Telgraf Merkezi Tahsilat Odası memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 114/247
1905/06AH 1323Telgraf Merkezi Tahsilat Odası memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 114/247
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 Ali 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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