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Mehmed Esad 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 Esad Efendi was born in Antalya in 1872/73 (AH 1289); the father's occupation was "Antalya tüccar ve ziraat reisi; belediye azası; İdare-i Mahsusa Vapurları acenteliği görevlisi". Work began in Antalya in 1887/88, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1887/88, with Mehmed Esad as Antalya Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı in Antalya, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1898/99. For 1888 to 1892 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1898/99 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Kalkan Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memur vekili.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 200 kuruş a month in 1892/93, in Antalya, when 15 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 16,800 kuruş, 49 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.

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. Antalya

    Born 1872/73 (AH 1289); First work 1887/88 (AH 1305); 1887 to 1899 (AH 1305 to 1316)

    Antalya Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı 1887/88 (AH 1305); Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidi 1892 to 1899 (AH 1310 to 1316)

    80 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

    No annual entry for 1888 to 1892 (AH 1306 to 1309).

  2. Kalkan as worded, no place record

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Kalkan Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memur vekili

    66.66 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 entry0501001502001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316200 kuruşAntalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This 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 Esad Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/9320040040015%
1893/9420040030014%
1894/9520040030515%
1895/9620040030014%
1896/9720045035012%
1897/9820040030514%
1898/9920040039014%

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 Esad Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First workAntalya
1887/88AH 1305Antalya Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıAntalya
No annual entry: 1888 to 1892 (AH 1306 to 1309)
1892 to 1899AH 1310 to 1316Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidi
11 entries
YearSalary
1892/93200
1893/94200
1894/95200
1895/96200
1896/97200
1896/97100
1896/97200
1897/98200
1897/9880
1897/98
1898/99200
Antalya200
1898/99AH 1316Kalkan Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memur vekili
2 entries
YearSalary
1898/9966.66
1898/99
66.66

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Birthplace
Antalya
Father's occupation
Antalya tüccar ve ziraat reisi; belediye azası; İdare-i Mahsusa Vapurları acenteliği görevlisi

First work

Year
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Place
Antalya

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 54 officials with entries in Antalya in the same years, Mehmed Esad Efendi had the 49th highest salary.

All 127 officials with entries in Antalya

Same birthplace

Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Esad Efendi had the 204th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Esad Efendi had the 144th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Esad Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305Antalya Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıAntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1892/93AH 1310Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidiAntalya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1893/94AH 1311Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidiAntalya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1894/95AH 1312Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidiAntalya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1895/96AH 1313Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidiAntalya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1896/97AH 1314Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidiAntalya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1896/97AH 1314Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidi (İnfisal)Antalya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1896/97AH 1314Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidiAntalya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1897/98AH 1315Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidiAntalya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1897/98AH 1315Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü Tuz Ambarı memur vekiliAntalya80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1897/98AH 1315Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü Tuz Ambarı memur vekili (İnfisal)AntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1898/99AH 1316Antalya Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü mukayyidiAntalya200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1898/99AH 1316Kalkan Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memur vekiliKalkan66.66Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
1898/99AH 1316Kalkan Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memur vekili (İnfisal)KalkanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records911 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 110/109.
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 Esad 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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