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Mehmet Tevfik 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 Tevfik Efendi was born in Kütahya in 1885/86 (AH 1303). At about 16, in 1902/03, Mehmet Tevfik began work in Kütahya. The annual lists begin in 1902/03, with Mehmet Tevfik as Düyun-u Umumiye İdaresi mülazımı in Kütahya, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1904/05. Alongside, the lists for 1904 to 1908 give a second post, in Eskişehir as Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati. The last posts were in Kütahya again from 1909 to 1911.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1904/05 to 500 in 1910/11, the peak, in Kütahya, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, six years of salary come to 23,400 kuruş, 68 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1910/11.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1904/051909/10123KütahyaEskişehir
  1. Kütahya

    Born 1885/86 (AH 1303); First work 1902/03 (AH 1320); 1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322)

    Düyun-u Umumiye İdaresi mülazımı

    entries in 3 years

  2. Eskişehir

    1904 to 1908 (AH 1322 to 1325)

    Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  3. Kütahya

    1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)

    No annual entry for 1908/09 (AH 1326) before it.

    Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi

    250 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328500 kuruşDüyun-u Umumiye İdaresi mülazımıZiraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiTahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This 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 Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1904/0530040035029%
1905/0630043040029%
1906/0730045037529%
1907/0830046030029%
1909/1025060040015%
1910/1150050030044%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1902/03AH 1320First workKütahya
1902 to 1905AH 1320 to 1322Düyun-u Umumiye İdaresi mülazımı
4 entries
YearSalary
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1904/05
Kütahya
1904 to 1908AH 1322 to 1325Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati
5 entries
YearSalary
1904/05300
1905/06300
1906/07300
1907/08300
1907/08
Eskişehir300
No annual entry: 1908/09 (AH 1326)
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi
4 entries
YearSalary
1909/10250
1910/11250
1910/11
1910/11500
Kütahya250 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Birthplace
Kütahya

First work

Year
1902/03 (AH 1320)

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 34 officials with entries in Kütahya in the same years, 31 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 7th highest salary of them.

All 133 officials with entries in Kütahya

Same birthplace

Of the 150 officials born in Kütahya, 140 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 44th highest salary of them.

The page of Kütahya, with the 150 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), 138 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 31st highest salary of them.

All 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Düyun-u Umumiye İdaresi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1903/04AH 1321Düyun-u Umumiye İdaresi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1904/05AH 1322Düyun-u Umumiye İdaresi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1904/05AH 1322Düyun-u Umumiye İdaresi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)KütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1904/05AH 1322Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiEskişehir300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1905/06AH 1323Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiEskişehir300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiEskişehir300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiEskişehir300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bank Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati (İnfisal)EskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1909/10AH 1327Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisiKütahya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1910/11AH 1328Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisiKütahya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1910/11AH 1328Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiz-i sanisi (Nakil)KütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
1910/11AH 1328Tahrirat Kalemi başmüsevvidiKütahya500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:167, s.201; BOA.DH.SAİD., No:20, s.337
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 Tevfik 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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