Mehmed Emin 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 Emin Efendi was born in Çemişgezek in 1844/45 (AH 1260); the father was a farmer (çiftçi). Work began in Istanbul in 1878, at about 34, on a first salary of 380 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1878 to 1884/85 places Mehmed Emin in Istanbul, first as Zabıta alayı üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru, from 1879/80 as Polis Cavusu and from 1884/85 as Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri.
The salary went from 380 kuruş a month in 1878 to 500 in 1884/85, the peak, in Istanbul, when 59 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1884/85.
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.
Born 1844/45 (AH 1260)
First work 1878 (AH 1295); 1878 to 1885 (AH 1295 to 1302)
Zabıta alayı üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru 1878 to 1880 (AH 1295 to 1297); Polis Cavusu 1879 to 1885 (AH 1297 to 1302); Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri 1884/85 (AH 1302)
350 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878 | 380 | 450 | 575 | 40% | |
| 1878/79 | 380 | 400 | 500 | 42% | |
| 1879/80 | 380 | 400 | 500 | 42% | |
| 1880/81 | 350 | 400 | 470 | 40% | |
| 1881/82 | 350 | 400 | 450 | 41% | |
| 1882/83 | 350 | 400 | 435 | 41% | |
| 1883/84 | 350 | 400 | 400 | 41% | |
| 1884/85 | 500 | 400 | 470 | 59% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1878AH 1295 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 380first-salary field |
| 1878 to 1880AH 1295 to 1297 | Zabıta alayı üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 380 |
| 1879 to 1885AH 1297 to 1302 | Polis Cavusu | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1844/45 (AH 1260)
- Birthplace
- Çemişgezek
- Father's occupation
- Çiftçi
First work
- Year
- 1878 (AH 1295)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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 post (job title and place), same years
Of the 2 officials who held Polis Cavusu in Istanbul in the same years, Mehmed Emin Efendi had the highest salary.
- Numan Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 380 kuruş
Same place, same years
Of the 345 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 310 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 256th highest salary of them.
- Edvar Blak Bey8 shared years; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
- Yusuf Ziyâ Bey8 shared years; highest salary 25,000 kuruş
- Sâlih Münir Paşa8 shared years; highest salary 21,500 kuruş
- Mehmed Murad Bey8 shared years; highest salary 12,000 kuruş
- Emrullah Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 4 officials with the title Polis Cavusu in the same years, Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.
- Numan Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 380 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendi③4 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mevlüt Ali Rıza Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 540 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 105 officials born in Çemişgezek, 102 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 48th highest salary of them.
- Hacı Süleyman Efendiborn 1844/45 (AH 1260); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Hasan Vehbi Efendiborn 1844/45 (AH 1260); highest salary 725 kuruş
- İbrahim Efendiborn 1844/45 (AH 1260); highest salary 520 kuruş
- Halil Hulusi Efendiborn 1843/44 (AH 1259); highest salary 760 kuruş
- İbrahim Halil Efendiborn 1843/44 (AH 1259); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295), 129 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 63rd highest salary of them.
- İsmail Hakkı Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Aleksan Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Mehmed Emin Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Şemseddin Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
- Hafize Fatma Hanımfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 480 kuruş
All 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878AH 1295 | Zabıta alayı üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH_SAİDd_____00055_00155 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Zabıta alayı üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH_SAİDd_____00055_00155 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Zabıta alayı üçüncü sınıf teftiş memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH_SAİDd_____00055_00155 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Polis Cavusu | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 338 DH_SAİDd_____00055_00155 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Polis Cavusu | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 338 DH_SAİDd_____00055_00155 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Polis Cavusu | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 338 DH_SAİDd_____00055_00155 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Polis Cavusu | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 338 DH_SAİDd_____00055_00155 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Polis Cavusu | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 338 DH_SAİDd_____00055_00155 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Polis Cavusu | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 338 DH_SAİDd_____00055_00155 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Üçüncü sınıf polis komiseri | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 338 DH_SAİDd_____00055_00155 |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)