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Mehmet 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 Efendi began in Silifke in 1876/77 (AH 1293); the father's occupation was "İç-İl Sancağı Ticaret Mahkemesi kâtibi". At about 16, in 1891/92, Mehmet began work. The annual lists begin in 1891/92, with Mehmet as Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı and no place named.

Pay rose from 70 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to a peak of 100 in 1894/95, when 5 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1894/95.

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. Silifke

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)

  2. İç-İl as worded, no place record

    1891 to 1895 (AH 1309 to 1312)

    Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

    70 to 100 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 1312100 kuruşTahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 1312This 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/94704003%
1894/951004005%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First work
1891 to 1895AH 1309 to 1312Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
6 entries
YearSalary
1891/92
1892/93
1892/93
1893/9470
1894/9570
1894/95100
100

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Birthplace
Silifke
Father's occupation
İç-İl Sancağı Ticaret Mahkemesi kâtibi

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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 34 officials born in Silifke, 30 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Efendi had the 27th highest salary of them.

The page of Silifke, with the 34 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Efendi had the 146th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıİç-İlAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Ağnam ta’dat kolcusuSilifke, Cebel koluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Ağnam ta’dat kolcusu (Görevin sona ermesi)Silifke, Cebel koluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1893/94AH 1311Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıİç-İl70Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıİç-İl70Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Tahrir ve Vergi İdaresi deftercisiİç-İl100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 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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