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Mehmed Vehbi 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

The life of Mehmed Vehbi Efendi began in Pristina (Priştine) in 1855/56 (AH 1272). Mehmed Vehbi began work in Pristina in 1875/76, at about 19. The first annual entry, for 1875/76, names Mehmed Vehbi as Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri, with no place.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1877/78 to a peak of 400 in 1881/82, when 46 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1888/89.

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. Pristina (Priştine)

    Born 1855/56 (AH 1272); First work 1875/76 (AH 1292)

  2. Priştine Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri

    entries in 1 year

  3. Priştine Sancağı Emlak Tahriri Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1877 to 1889 (AH 1294 to 1306)

    No annual entry for 1876/77 (AH 1293) before it.

    Emlak Tahriri Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 1306400 kuruşEmlak Tahriri Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 1306This officialMedian, all officials

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 Vehbi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1877/7830045029%
187830045029%
1878/7930040027%
1879/8030040027%
1880/8130040028%
1881/8240040046%
1882/8340040046%
1883/8440040046%
1884/8540040045%
1885/8640040044%
1886/8740040045%
1887/8840040043%
1888/8940040045%

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 Vehbi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1875/76AH 1292First workPristina (Priştine)
1875/76AH 1292Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri
No annual entry: 1876/77 (AH 1293)
1877 to 1889AH 1294 to 1306Emlak Tahriri Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)
20 entries
YearSalary
1877/78
1877/78300
1878300
1878/79300
1878/79300
1879/80300
1880/81300
1881/82300
1881/82400
1882/83400
1883/84400
1884/85400
1885/86400
1885/86400
1886/87400
1887/88400
1888/89400
1888/89300
1888/89300
1888/89330
330

Record

Personal

Born
1855/56 (AH 1272)

First work

Year
1875/76 (AH 1292)

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 birthplace

Of the 91 officials born in Pristina (Priştine), 84 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Vehbi Efendi had the 35th highest salary of them.

The page of Pristina (Priştine), with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1875/76 (AH 1292), 143 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Vehbi Efendi had the 94th highest salary of them.

All 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1875/76 (AH 1292)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Vehbi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1875/76AH 1292Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriPriştine Sancağı Tahrirat KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1877/78AH 1294Emlak Tahriri Kalemi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)Priştine Sancağı Emlak Tahriri KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1877/78AH 1294Divan-ı Temyiz mübeyyiziKosova Vilayeti Divan-ı Temyizi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1878AH 1295Divan-ı Temyiz mübeyyiziKosova Vilayeti Divan-ı Temyizi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1878/79AH 1296Divan-ı Temyiz mübeyyiziKosova Vilayeti Divan-ı Temyizi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1878/79AH 1296İstinaf Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiKosova Vilayeti İstinaf Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1879/80AH 1297İstinaf Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiKosova Vilayeti İstinaf Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1880/81AH 1298İstinaf Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiKosova Vilayeti İstinaf Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1881/82AH 1299İstinaf Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi zabıt kâtibiKosova Vilayeti İstinaf Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1881/82AH 1299Muhasebe Kalemi Adliye Hesap kâtibiKosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1882/83AH 1300Muhasebe Kalemi Adliye Hesap kâtibiKosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1883/84AH 1301Muhasebe Kalemi Adliye Hesap kâtibiKosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1884/85AH 1302Muhasebe Kalemi Adliye Hesap kâtibiKosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1885/86AH 1303Muhasebe Kalemi Adliye Hesap kâtibiKosova Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1885/86AH 1303Evkaf kâtibiKosova Vilayeti Evkaf Kitabeti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1886/87AH 1304Evkaf kâtibiKosova Vilayeti Evkaf Kitabeti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1887/88AH 1305Evkaf kâtibiKosova Vilayeti Evkaf Kitabeti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1888/89AH 1306Evkaf kâtibiKosova Vilayeti Evkaf Kitabeti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1888/89AH 1306Maa-tahrir Vergi ikinci kâtibiPriştine Sancağı Maa-tahrir Vergi Kitabeti300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1888/89AH 1306Muhasebe Kalemi varidat mukayyidiPriştine Livası Muhasebe Kalemi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
1888/89AH 1306Muhasebe Kalemi varidat mukayyidiPriştine Livası Muhasebe Kalemi330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 87-83
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 Vehbi 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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