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Mehmed Muhsin Efendi②

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

The life of Mehmed Muhsin Efendi② began in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Work began in 1891/92, at about 18, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1891/92, with Mehmed Muhsin Efendi② as Zahire ambarı kâtibi and no place named. At the same time, from 1893/94, the lists also place Mehmed Muhsin Efendi② in Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene) as Merkez Aşar kâtibi. The last entries, from 1895 to 1906, name Mehmed Muhsin Efendi② as İkinci Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube mülazımı, with no place. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1893/94.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1891/92 to 576 in 1905/06, the peak, when 64 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 14 years of salary come to 44,112 kuruş, 64 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.

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. İkinci Ordu Merkezi Muayyenat-ı Askeriye Komisyonu as worded, no place record

    1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311)

    Zahire ambarı kâtibi 1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1893/94 (AH 1311)

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  2. Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Merkez Aşar kâtibi

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Vilayet merkezi as worded, no place record

    1895 to 1906 (AH 1313 to 1323)

    No annual entry for 1894/95 (AH 1312) before it.

    İkinci Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube mülazımı

    80 to 576 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323576 kuruşZahire ambarı kâtibiİkinci Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This 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 Mehmed Muhsin Efendi② against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1891/9230040028%
1892/9330040027%
1893/9450040040055%
1895/96804003%
1896/97804503%
1897/98804003%
1898/99804003%
1899/1900804004%
1900/0132040038%
1901/0232040037%
1902/0332040038%
1903/0432040536%
1904/0532040036%
1905/0657643064%

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 Muhsin Efendi②, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First work300first-salary field
1891 to 1894AH 1309 to 1311Zahire ambarı kâtibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1891/92300
1892/93300
1893/94300
300
1893/94AH 1311Infisala note on status, not a job
2 entries
YearSalary
1893/94
1893/94
1893/94AH 1311Merkez Aşar kâtibiUzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)500
No annual entry: 1894/95 (AH 1312)
1895 to 1906AH 1313 to 1323İkinci Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube mülazımı
14 entries
YearSalary
1895/9680
1896/9780
1897/9880
1898/9980
1898/9980
1899/190080
1900/0180
1900/01320
1901/02320
1902/03320
1903/04320
1904/05320
1905/06320
1905/06576
80 to 576

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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 2 officials with entries in Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene) in the same years, Mehmed Muhsin Efendi② had the lowest salary.

All 22 officials with entries in Uzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Muhsin Efendi② had the 51st highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Muhsin Efendi②
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309Zahire ambarı kâtibiİkinci Ordu Merkezi Muayyenat-ı Askeriye Komisyonu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1892/93AH 1310Zahire ambarı kâtibiİkinci Ordu Merkezi Muayyenat-ı Askeriye Komisyonu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1893/94AH 1311Zahire ambarı kâtibiİkinci Ordu Merkezi Muayyenat-ı Askeriye Komisyonu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1893/94AH 1311InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1893/94AH 1311Merkez Aşar kâtibiUzunköprü (Cisr-i Ergene)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1893/94AH 1311InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1895/96AH 1313İkinci Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube mülazımıVilayet merkezi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1896/97AH 1314İkinci Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube mülazımıVilayet merkezi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1897/98AH 1315İkinci Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube mülazımıVilayet merkezi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1898/99AH 1316İkinci Ordu Levazım Dairesi 3. Şube mülazımıVilayet merkezi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1898/99AH 1316İkinci Ordu Levazım Dairesi 1. Şube görevlisi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1899/1900AH 1317İkinci Ordu Levazım Dairesi 1. Şube görevlisi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1900/01AH 1318İkinci Ordu Levazım Dairesi 1. Şube görevlisi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1900/01AH 1318İkinci Ordu Erkan-ı Harp Dairesi 2. Şube Nizamiye Kısmı görevlisi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1901/02AH 1319İkinci Ordu Erkan-ı Harp Dairesi 2. Şube Nizamiye Kısmı görevlisi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1902/03AH 1320İkinci Ordu Erkan-ı Harp Dairesi 2. Şube Nizamiye Kısmı görevlisi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1903/04AH 1321İkinci Ordu Erkan-ı Harp Dairesi 2. Şube Nizamiye Kısmı görevlisi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1904/05AH 1322İkinci Ordu Erkan-ı Harp Dairesi 2. Şube Nizamiye Kısmı görevlisi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1905/06AH 1323İkinci Ordu Erkan-ı Harp Dairesi 2. Şube Nizamiye Kısmı görevlisi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
1905/06AH 1323İkinci Ordu Erkan-ı Harp Dairesi 2. Şube Nüfus Kısmı görevlisi576Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 116- 045
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 Muhsin Efendi② 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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