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Mehmet Hulusi 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

Mehmet Hulusi Efendi was born in Elbistan. Work began in Prijepolje (Prepol) in 1894/95 (AH 1312), on a first salary of 1,500 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1894/95, with Mehmet Hulusi as Prepol naipliği in Prijepolje, where the entries run to 1896/97. Next came a post with no place named from 1898 to 1907, then Tarsus, Prizren and Sidon (Sayda) from 1908 to 1914. In 1915/16 the lists place Mehmet Hulusi in Kirkuk (Kerkük).

Pay rose from 1,500 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 2,000 in 1901/02, when 92 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 15 years of salary come to 321,000 kuruş, 3.2 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. On average the pay stood in the top 13.3 per cent of each year's paid officials; fewer than 6 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more stood as high. The final annual entry is for 1915/16.

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 6 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1908/091911/121913/141915/1613456PrijepoljeTarsusPrizrenSidonKirkuk

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Vodin).

  1. Prijepolje (Prepol)

    First work 1894/95 (AH 1312); 1894 to 1897 (AH 1312 to 1314)

    Prepol naipliği

    1,350 to 1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  2. Vodin as worded, no place record not on the map

    1898 to 1907 (AH 1316 to 1324)

    No annual entry for 1897/98 (AH 1315) before it.

    Vodin naipliği

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

  3. Tarsus

    1908 to 1911 (AH 1326 to 1328)

    No annual entry for 1907/08 (AH 1325) before it.

    Tarsus naipliği

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. Prizren

    1911/12 (AH 1330)

    No annual entry for 1911 (AH 1329) before it.

    Prizren kadılığı

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  5. Sidon (Sayda)

    1913/14 (AH 1332)

    No annual entry for 1912/13 (AH 1331) before it.

    Sayda kadılığı

    1,750 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    1915/16 (AH 1334)

    No annual entry for 1914/15 (AH 1333) before it.

    Kerkük kadılığı

    2,000 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 entry05001,0001,5002,0001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 13301913/14AH 13321915/16AH 13342,000 kuruşPrepol naipliğiVodin naipliğiTarsus naipliği
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 13301913/14AH 13321915/16AH 1334This 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 Mehmet Hulusi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1894/951,50040032589%
1895/961,50040038089%
1896/971,50045039088%
1901/022,00040092%
1902/032,00040093%
1903/042,00040593%
1904/052,00040092%
1905/062,00043092%
1906/072,00045092%
1908/091,50040027085%
1909/101,5006001,00079%
1910/111,5005001,25080%
1911/122,0001,0002,00071%
1913/141,7501,25070%
1915/162,00090087%

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 Hulusi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1894/95AH 1312First workPrijepolje (Prepol)1,500first-salary field
1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314Prepol naipliği
4 entries
YearSalary
1894/951,500
1895/961,500
1896/971,500
1896/971,350
Prijepolje (Prepol)1,500 to 1,350
No annual entry: 1897/98 (AH 1315)
1898 to 1907AH 1316 to 1324Vodin naipliği
11 entries
YearSalary
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1900/01
1901/022,000
1902/032,000
1903/042,000
1904/052,000
1905/062,000
1906/072,000
1906/07
No annual entry: 1907/08 (AH 1325)
1908 to 1911AH 1326 to 1328Tarsus naipliği
4 entries
YearSalary
1908/091,500
1909/101,500
1910/111,500
1910/11
Tarsus1,500
No annual entry: 1911 (AH 1329)
1911/12AH 1330Prizren kadılığıPrizren2,000
No annual entry: 1912/13 (AH 1331)
1913/14AH 1332Sayda kadılığıSidon (Sayda)1,750
No annual entry: 1914/15 (AH 1333)
1915/16AH 1334Kerkük kadılığıKirkuk (Kerkük)2,000

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Elbistan

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 place, same years

Of the 2 officials with entries in Prijepolje (Prepol) in the same years, Mehmet Hulusi Efendi had the highest salary.

All 5 officials with entries in Prijepolje (Prepol)

Same birthplace

Of the 51 officials born in Elbistan, 46 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Hulusi Efendi had the 9th highest salary of them.

The page of Elbistan, with the 51 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; Mehmet Hulusi Efendi had the 7th 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 Mehmet Hulusi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Prepol naipliğiPrijepolje (Prepol)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Prepol naipliğiPrijepolje (Prepol)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Prepol naipliğiPrijepolje (Prepol)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Prepol naipliğiPrijepolje (Prepol)1,350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Vodin naipliğiVodinAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Vodin naipliğiVodinAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Vodin naipliğiVodinAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Vodin naipliği (İnfisal)VodinAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Cebel-i Haraz naipliğiCebel-i Haraz2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Cebel-i Haraz naipliğiCebel-i Haraz2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321Cebel-i Haraz naipliğiCebel-i Haraz2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Cebel-i Haraz naipliğiCebel-i Haraz2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Cebel-i Haraz naipliğiCebel-i Haraz2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Cebel-i Haraz naipliğiCebel-i Haraz2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Cebel-i Haraz naipliği (İnfisal)Cebel-i HarazAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Tarsus naipliğiTarsus1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327Tarsus naipliğiTarsus1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328Tarsus naipliğiTarsus1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328Tarsus naipliği (İnfisal)TarsusAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1911/12AH 1330Prizren kadılığıPrizren2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1913/14AH 1332Sayda kadılığıSidon (Sayda)1,750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1915/16AH 1334Kerkük kadılığıKirkuk (Kerkük)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsIST.MFT.MSH.SAID, No: 0323.
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 Hulusi 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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