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MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ 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

MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ was born in Erzincan in 1864/65 (AH 1281), into the İslam community. Work began in Erzincan in 1881/82, at about 17. The first annual entry, for 1881/82, places MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ in Erzincan, the birthplace, as tahrir ve vergi kalemi mülazımı, where the entries run to 1883/84. The lists have no entry for 1884 to 1895. The last entry, for 1895/96, names MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ as vergi kâtibi, with no place.

The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to 300 in 1895/96, the peak, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1895/96.

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. Erzincan

    Born 1864/65 (AH 1281); First work 1881/82 (AH 1299); 1881 to 1884 (AH 1299 to 1301)

    tahrir ve vergi kalemi mülazımı

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  2. Tutak (Ayıntab) kazası as worded, no place record

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    No annual entry for 1884 to 1895 (AH 1302 to 1312) before it.

    vergi kâtibi

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001881/82AH 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 1313300 kuruştahrir ve vergi kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001881/82AH 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 1313This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1883/841004003314%
1895/9630040027%

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 MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workErzincan
1881 to 1884AH 1299 to 1301tahrir ve vergi kalemi mülazımı
5 entries
YearSalary
1881/82
1882/83
1883/84
1883/84
1883/84100
Erzincan100
No annual entry: 1884 to 1895 (AH 1302 to 1312)
1895/96AH 1313vergi kâtibi300

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

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 14 officials with entries in Erzincan in the same years, MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ had the lowest salary.

All 88 officials with entries in Erzincan

Same birthplace

Of the 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ had the 131st highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ had the 123rd highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299tahrir ve vergi kalemi mülazımıErzincanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH. SAİD, 307/39
1882/83AH 1300tahrir ve vergi kalemi mülazımıErzincanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH. SAİD, 307/39
1883/84AH 1301tahrir ve vergi kalemi mülazımıErzincanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH. SAİD, 307/39
1883/84AH 1301tahrir ve vergi kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)ErzincanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH. SAİD, 307/39
1883/84AH 1301tahrir ve vergi kalemi defterciliğiErzincan100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH. SAİD, 307/39
1895/96AH 1313vergi kâtibiTutak (Ayıntab) kazası300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 307/39
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 ŞÜKRÜ 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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