Skip to content
Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

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

The life of Mehmed Emin Efendi began in Mecca (Mekke) in 1903/04 (AH 1321); the father's occupation was "Cidde şevne memuru". From the first annual entry, for 1904/05, to 1910/11, every annual entry places Mehmed Emin in the same post, Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi, in Jeddah.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1904/05 to a peak of 300 in 1910/11, in Jeddah, when one in five paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 14,400 kuruş, 37 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

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.

All 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
12MeccaJeddah
  1. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1903/04 (AH 1321)

  2. Jeddah (Cidde)

    First work here; 1904 to 1911 (AH 1322 to 1328)

    Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi

    150 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328300 kuruşSancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This 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 Emin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1904/0515040030010%
1905/0615043040011%
1906/0715045032210%
1907/0815046034410%
1908/09150400415.057%
1909/101506002354%
1910/1130050040020%

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 Emin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workJeddah (Cidde)
1904 to 1911AH 1322 to 1328Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi
9 entries
YearSalary
1904/05150
1905/06150
1906/07150
1907/08150
1908/09150
1909/10150
1910/11150
1910/11
1910/11300
Jeddah (Cidde)150 to 300

Record

Personal

Born
1903/04 (AH 1321)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)
Father's occupation
Cidde şevne memuru

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 17 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde) in the same years, Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 12th highest salary.

All 52 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde)

Same birthplace

Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 80th highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322), 99 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 45th highest salary of them.

All 110 officials whose first annual entry is for 1904/05 (AH 1322)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1904/05AH 1322Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidiJeddah (Cidde)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records247 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.176/317, s.317.
1905/06AH 1323Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidiJeddah (Cidde)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records247 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.176/317, s.317.
1906/07AH 1324Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidiJeddah (Cidde)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records247 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.176/317, s.317.
1907/08AH 1325Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidiJeddah (Cidde)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records247 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.176/317, s.317.
1908/09AH 1326Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidiJeddah (Cidde)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records247 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.176/317, s.317.
1909/10AH 1327Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidiJeddah (Cidde)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records247 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.176/317, s.317.
1910/11AH 1328Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidiJeddah (Cidde)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records247 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.176/317, s.317.
1910/11AH 1328Sancak muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyidi (Nakil)Jeddah (Cidde)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records247 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.176/317, s.317.
1910/11AH 1328Sancak muhasebesi kaza kâtibiJeddah (Cidde)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records247 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr.176/317, s.317.
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 Emin 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.

Subjects