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Mehmed Fehmi 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 Fehmi Efendi was born in Kilis in 1865/66 (AH 1282); the father's occupation was "Tabip". The first salary was 500 kuruş a month. The annual lists begin in 1893/94, with Mehmed Fehmi as Polis memuru in Talas, where the entries run to 1895/96. For 1896 to 1899 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Belen in 1899/1900.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 300 kuruş a month in 1893/94, in Talas, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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 4 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1893/941899/19001234KilisAleppoTalasBelen
  1. Kilis

    Born 1865/66 (AH 1282)

  2. Aleppo (Halep)

    First work here

  3. Talas

    1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)

    Polis memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. Belen

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    No annual entry for 1896 to 1899 (AH 1314 to 1316) before it.

    Emlâk-ı Hümayun İdaresi otlakiye memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317300 kuruşPolis memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This 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 Fehmi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/9430040038027%
1894/9530040038028%
1895/9630040040027%
1899/190030040050029%

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 Fehmi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workAleppo (Halep)500first-salary field
1893 to 1896AH 1311 to 1313Polis memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1893/94300
1894/95300
1895/96300
1895/96
Talas300
No annual entry: 1896 to 1899 (AH 1314 to 1316)
1899/1900AH 1317Emlâk-ı Hümayun İdaresi otlakiye memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900300
1899/1900
Belen300

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Birthplace
Kilis
Father's occupation
Tabip

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 2 officials with entries in Belen in the same years, Mehmed Fehmi Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 11 officials with entries in Belen

Same birthplace

Of the 72 officials born in Kilis, 62 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Fehmi Efendi had the 42nd highest salary of them.

The page of Kilis, with the 72 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Fehmi Efendi had the 120th highest salary of them.

All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Fehmi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Polis memuruTalas300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Polis memuruTalas300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Polis memuruTalas300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Polis memuru (İnfisal)TalasAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Emlâk-ı Hümayun İdaresi otlakiye memuruBelen300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Emlâk-ı Hümayun İdaresi otlakiye memuru (İstifa)BelenAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Fehmi 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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