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Mehmed Ali Efendi (B)

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 Ali Efendi (B) began in Varna in 1878 (AH 1295). The annual lists begin in 1900/01, with Mehmed Ali (B) as Duyûn-ı Umûmiye piyade kolcusu and no place named.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to a peak of 400 in 1906/07, when 41 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over nine years the salaries add up to 27,900 kuruş, 62 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
12Varnaİzmit

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Ereğli).

  1. Varna

    Born 1878 (AH 1295)

  2. İzmit

    First work here

  3. Ereğli as worded, no place record not on the map

    1900 to 1909 (AH 1318 to 1326)

    Duyûn-ı Umûmiye piyade kolcusu

    150 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326400 kuruşDuyûn-ı Umûmiye piyade kolcusu
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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 Ali Efendi (B) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/0115040010%
1901/021504009%
1902/0317540013%
1903/0417540513%
1904/0517540014%
1905/0630043029%
1906/0740045041%
1907/0840046040%
1908/0940040042%

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 Ali Efendi (B), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workİzmit
1900 to 1909AH 1318 to 1326Duyûn-ı Umûmiye piyade kolcusu
15 entries
YearSalary
1900/01150
1901/02150
1902/03150
1902/03175
1902/03175
1903/04175
1904/05175
1905/06175
1905/06
1905/06300
1906/07300
1906/07400
1907/08400
1908/09400
1908/09400
150 to 400

Record

Personal

Born
1878 (AH 1295)
Birthplace
Varna

First work

Place
İzmit

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 Varna, 89 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ali Efendi (B) had the 59th highest salary of them.

The page of Varna, with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318), 106 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ali Efendi (B) had the 46th highest salary of them.

All 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Ali Efendi (B)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1900/01AH 1318Duyûn-ı Umûmiye piyade kolcusuEreğli150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1901/02AH 1319Duyûn-ı Umûmiye piyade kolcusuEreğli150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1902/03AH 1320Duyûn-ı Umûmiye piyade kolcusuEreğli150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1902/03AH 1320Duyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusuTuzla175Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1902/03AH 1320Duyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusuTuzla175Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1903/04AH 1321Duyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusuTuzla175Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1904/05AH 1322Duyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusuTuzla175Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1905/06AH 1323Duyûn-ı Umûmiye kolcusuTuzla175Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1905/06AH 1323Açığa çıkarılmaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1905/06AH 13233. Daire Piyade Tahsildarıİzmit Merkez Kazası300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1906/07AH 13243. Daire Piyade Tahsildarıİzmit Merkez Kazası300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1906/07AH 13248. Daire Süvari Tahsildarıİzmit Merkez Kazası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1907/08AH 13258. Daire Süvari Tahsildarıİzmit Merkez Kazası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1908/09AH 13268. Daire Süvari Tahsildarıİzmit Merkez Kazası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
1908/09AH 132621. Daire Süvari Tahsildarıİzmit Merkez Kazası400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277; 285 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 162/277.
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 Ali Efendi (B) 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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