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Mehmed Şem’i 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 Şem’i Efendi was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). From the first annual entry, for 1892/93, to 1892/93, every annual entry places Mehmed Şem’i in the same post, Sandık emini, in Didymoteicho, the birthplace. The lists give İstifa (resignation) for 1889/90 instead of a title.

The one salary in the lists is 300 kuruş a month, for 1892/93, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1892/93.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310300 kuruşSandık emini

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 Şem’i Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)
1889/90AH 1307İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1890 to 1892 (AH 1308 to 1309)
1892/93AH 1310Sandık eminiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)300

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)

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 9 officials with entries in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in the same years, Mehmed Şem’i Efendi had the 7th highest salary.

All 72 officials with entries in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)

Same birthplace

Of the 81 officials born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), 78 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şem’i Efendi had the 58th highest salary of them.

The page of Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), with the 81 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), 180 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şem’i Efendi had the 121st highest salary of them.

All 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Şem’i Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 97-91
1892/93AH 1310Sandık eminiDidymoteicho (Dimetoka)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd. 97-91
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 Şem’i 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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