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Muharrem Sıdkı 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

Muharrem Sıdkı Efendi was born in Drama in 1871/72 (AH 1288); the father was a tanner (debbağ). Work began in Drama in 1892/93, at about 21, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1892/93, names Muharrem Sıdkı as muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibi, with no place.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to a peak of 300 in 1896/97, when 26 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 12,600 kuruş, 63 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1896/97.

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. Drama

    Born 1871/72 (AH 1288); First work 1892/93 (AH 1310)

  2. Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi as worded, no place record

    1892 to 1897 (AH 1310 to 1314)

    muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibi 1892 to 1895 (AH 1310 to 1312); Mulazemet 1893/94 (AH 1311); mülazemet (Görevin sona ermesi) 1896/97 (AH 1314)

    250 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

    No annual entry for 1895/96 (AH 1313).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314300 kuruşmuvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibiMulazemetmülazemet (Görevin sona ermesi)
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314This 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 Muharrem Sıdkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/9325040021%
1893/9425040021%
1894/9525040021%
1896/9730045026%

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 Muharrem Sıdkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892/93AH 1310First workDrama250first-salary field
1892 to 1895AH 1310 to 1312muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibi
7 entries
YearSalary
1892/93250
1893/94250
1893/94
1893/94
1893/94250
1894/95
1894/95250
250
1893/94AH 1311Mulazemet
No annual entry: 1895/96 (AH 1313)
1896/97AH 1314mülazemet (Görevin sona ermesi)
2 entries
YearSalary
1896/97
1896/97300
300

Record

Personal

Born
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Birthplace
Drama
Father's occupation
debbağ

First work

Year
1892/93 (AH 1310)
Place
Drama

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 job title, same years

Of the 5 officials with the title Mulazemet in the same years, Muharrem Sıdkı Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 52 officials with the title Mulazemet

Same birthplace

Of the 56 officials born in Drama, 53 have a recorded salary; Muharrem Sıdkı Efendi had the 30th highest salary of them.

The page of Drama, with the 56 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310), 149 have a recorded salary; Muharrem Sıdkı Efendi had the 80th highest salary of them.

All 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Muharrem Sıdkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibiDrama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217; 176 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217.
1893/94AH 1311muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibiDrama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217; 176 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217.
1893/94AH 1311muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217; 176 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217.
1893/94AH 1311MulazemetDrama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217; 176 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217.
1893/94AH 1311mülazemet (Görevin sona ermesi)Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217; 176 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217.
1893/94AH 1311muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibiDrama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217; 176 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217.
1894/95AH 1312muvakkat tütün öşrü kantar kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217; 176 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217.
1894/95AH 1312tütün öşrü hisse-i iane kâtibiDrama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217; 176 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217.
1896/97AH 1314mülazemet (Görevin sona ermesi)Drama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217; 176 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217.
1896/97AH 1314hububat aşar kâtibiDrama Duyûn-ı Umumiye idaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217; 176 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 108-217.
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 Muharrem Sıdkı 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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