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Mehmed Said 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 Said Efendi was born in Malatya in 1887/88 (AH 1305); the father was a merchant (tüccar). At about 20, in 1908/09, Mehmed Said began work, on a first salary of 500 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1908/09, names Mehmed Said as Umur-ı Nafia Kondoktörü, with no place.

The salary went from 500 kuruş a month in 1908/09 to 600 in 1909/10, the peak, when half the paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

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. Malatya

    Born 1887/88 (AH 1305)

  2. Haleb Vilayeti as worded, no place record

    1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327)

    Umur-ı Nafia Kondoktörü

    500 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327600 kuruşUmur-ı Nafia Kondoktörü
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Said Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1908/0950040052%
1909/1060060049%

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 Said Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1908/09AH 1326First work500first-salary field
1908 to 1910AH 1326 to 1327Umur-ı Nafia Kondoktörü
3 entries
YearSalary
1908/09500
1909/10500
1909/10600
500 to 600

Record

Personal

Born
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Birthplace
Malatya
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1908/09 (AH 1326)

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 140 officials born in Malatya, 132 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Said Efendi had the 43rd highest salary of them.

The page of Malatya, with the 140 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 158 officials whose first annual entry is for 1908/09 (AH 1326), 139 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Said Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

All 158 officials whose first annual entry is for 1908/09 (AH 1326)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Said Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1908/09AH 1326Umur-ı Nafia KondoktörüHaleb Vilayeti500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00176.00138, s. 73
1909/10AH 1327Umur-ı Nafia KondoktörüHaleb Vilayeti500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00176.00138, s. 73
1909/10AH 1327Umur-ı Nafia KondoktörüHaleb Vilayeti600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00176.00138, s. 73
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 Said 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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