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Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Mehmet Esat 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 Mehmet Esat Efendi began in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). Mehmet Esat began work in 1859/60 (AH 1276), on a first salary of 40 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1859/60, names Mehmet Esat as İkbal arabacısı yardımcısı (Istabl-ı Amire hademesi), with no place. The lists have no entry for 1860 to 1864, 1867 to 1870, 1873 to 1876 and 1880 to 1889.

The salary went from 40 kuruş a month in 1859/60 to 600 in 1889/90, the peak, when two in three paid officials earned less. Over eight years the salaries add up to 23,670 kuruş, 58 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.

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. Istabl-ı Amire as worded, no place record

    1859/60 (AH 1276)

    İkbal arabacısı yardımcısı (Istabl-ı Amire hademesi)

    40 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Mediha Sultan sarayı as worded, no place record

    1864 to 1867 (AH 1281 to 1283)

    No annual entry for 1860 to 1864 (AH 1277 to 1280) before it.

    Mediha Sultan hademesi

    83 to 100 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Şehzade Vahideddin dairesi as worded, no place record

    1870 to 1873 (AH 1287 to 1289)

    No annual entry for 1867 to 1870 (AH 1284 to 1286) before it.

    Şehzade Vahideddin esb hademesi yardımcısı 1870/71 (AH 1287); Şehzade Vahideddin esb-i ser hademesi 1872/73 (AH 1289)

    83 to 166.5 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1871/72 (AH 1288).

  4. Mabeyn-i Hümayun as worded, no place record

    1876 to 1880 (AH 1293 to 1297)

    No annual entry for 1873 to 1876 (AH 1290 to 1292) before it.

    Şehzade Vahideddin mümeyyizi (Mabeyn-i Hümayun hademesi)

    400 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  5. Şehzade Vahideddin dairesi as worded, no place record

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1889 (AH 1298 to 1306) before it.

    Şehzade Vahideddin lâlâsı

    600 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 entryno entryno entryno entryno entry02004006001859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 1306600 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0001859/60AH 12761861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 1306This 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 Mehmet Esat Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1859/60405000%
1864/651004005%
1866/67834005%
1870/71834003%
1872/73166.545013%
1876/7750042055%
1879/8040040044%
1889/9060040066%

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 Mehmet Esat Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1859/60AH 1276First work40first-salary field
1859/60AH 1276İkbal arabacısı yardımcısı (Istabl-ı Amire hademesi)40
No annual entry: 1860 to 1864 (AH 1277 to 1280)
1864 to 1867AH 1281 to 1283Mediha Sultan hademesi
4 entries
YearSalary
1864/65100
1865/66
1866/67
1866/6783
100 to 83
No annual entry: 1867 to 1870 (AH 1284 to 1286)
1870/71AH 1287Şehzade Vahideddin esb hademesi yardımcısı83
No annual entry: 1871/72 (AH 1288)
1872/73AH 1289Şehzade Vahideddin esb-i ser hademesi166.5
No annual entry: 1873 to 1876 (AH 1290 to 1292)
1876 to 1880AH 1293 to 1297Şehzade Vahideddin mümeyyizi (Mabeyn-i Hümayun hademesi)
6 entries
YearSalary
1876/77500
1877/78
1878
1878/79
1879/80
1879/80400
500 to 400
No annual entry: 1880 to 1889 (AH 1298 to 1306)
1889/90AH 1307Şehzade Vahideddin lâlâsı600

Record

Personal

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1859/60 (AH 1276)

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 school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Esat Efendi had the 182nd highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 67 officials born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), 66 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Esat Efendi had the 17th highest salary of them.

The page of Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), with the 67 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 48 officials whose first annual entry is for 1859/60 (AH 1276), 34 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Esat Efendi had the 27th highest salary of them.

All 48 officials whose first annual entry is for 1859/60 (AH 1276)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Esat Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1859/60AH 1276İkbal arabacısı yardımcısı (Istabl-ı Amire hademesi)Istabl-ı Amire40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1864/65AH 1281Mediha Sultan hademesiMediha Sultan sarayı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1865/66AH 1282Mediha Sultan hademesiMediha Sultan sarayıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1866/67AH 1283Mediha Sultan hademesiMediha Sultan sarayıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1866/67AH 1283Mediha Sultan hademesiMediha Sultan sarayı83Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1870/71AH 1287Şehzade Vahideddin esb hademesi yardımcısıŞehzade Vahideddin dairesi83Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1872/73AH 1289Şehzade Vahideddin esb-i ser hademesiŞehzade Vahideddin dairesi166.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1876/77AH 1293Şehzade Vahideddin mümeyyizi (Mabeyn-i Hümayun hademesi)Mabeyn-i Hümayun500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1877/78AH 1294Şehzade Vahideddin mümeyyizi (Mabeyn-i Hümayun hademesi)Mabeyn-i HümayunAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1878AH 1295Şehzade Vahideddin mümeyyizi (Mabeyn-i Hümayun hademesi)Mabeyn-i HümayunAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1878/79AH 1296Şehzade Vahideddin mümeyyizi (Mabeyn-i Hümayun hademesi)Mabeyn-i HümayunAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1879/80AH 1297Şehzade Vahideddin mümeyyizi (Mabeyn-i Hümayun hademesi)Mabeyn-i HümayunAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1879/80AH 1297Şehzade Vahideddin mümeyyiziMabeyn-i Hümayun400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311; 357 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311.
1889/90AH 1307Şehzade Vahideddin lâlâsıŞehzade Vahideddin dairesi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 66/311
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 Mehmet Esat 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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