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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

Mehmed Vehbi Efendi was born in Erzincan in 1875/76 (AH 1292), into the İslam community, and the father's occupation was "Nakşibendî tarikatı halifesi". At about 19, in 1894/95, Mehmed Vehbi began work, on a first salary of 80 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1894/95, names Mehmed Vehbi as mülazım (kâtip), with no place.

Pay rose from 80 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 576 in 1906/07, when 62 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 9,312 kuruş, 62 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.

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. Erzincan

    Born 1875/76 (AH 1292)

  2. Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi 1. şube as worded, no place record

    1894 to 1907 (AH 1312 to 1324)

    mülazım (kâtip)

    80 to 576 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
02004006001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324576 kuruşmülazım (kâtip)
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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
1894/95804003%
1898/991204006%
1906/0757645062%

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)
1894/95AH 1312First work80first-salary field
1894 to 1907AH 1312 to 1324mülazım (kâtip)
15 entries
YearSalary
1894/9580
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1898/99120
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1906/07576
80 to 576

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Nakşibendî tarikatı halifesi

First work

Year
1894/95 (AH 1312)

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 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Vehbi Efendi had the 72nd highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Vehbi Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.

All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Vehbi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312mülazım (kâtip)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi 1. şube80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1895/96AH 1313mülazım (kâtip)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi 1. şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1896/97AH 1314mülazım (kâtip)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi 1. şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1897/98AH 1315mülazım (kâtip)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi 1. şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1898/99AH 1316mülazım (kâtip)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi 1. şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1898/99AH 1316dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1899/1900AH 1317dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1900/01AH 1318dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1901/02AH 1319dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1902/03AH 1320dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1903/04AH 1321dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1904/05AH 1322dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1905/06AH 1323dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1906/07AH 1324dördüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records171 BOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
1906/07AH 1324üçüncü sınıf kâtipDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Levazım Dairesi 3. şube576Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 39/121
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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