Mehmet Tahir 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 Tahir Efendi began in Silifke in 1878 (AH 1295); the father's occupation was "Jandarma onbaşısı". The annual lists begin in 1895/96, with Mehmet Tahir as Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi and no place named. For 1898 to 1900 the lists have no entry.
Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1895/96 to a peak of 250 in 1903/04, when 22 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 9,480 kuruş, 27 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1903/04.
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.
Born 1878 (AH 1295)
İçel as worded, no place record
1895 to 1904 (AH 1313 to 1321)
Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi 1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315); Liva merkez muhasebesi kitabet muavini 1900 to 1904 (AH 1318 to 1321)
50 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years
No annual entry for 1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317).
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96 | 50 | 400 | 1% | ||
| 1896/97 | 50 | 450 | 1% | ||
| 1897/98 | 80 | 400 | 3% | ||
| 1900/01 | 100 | 400 | 4% | ||
| 1901/02 | 100 | 400 | 4% | ||
| 1902/03 | 160 | 400 | 12% | ||
| 1903/04 | 250 | 405 | 22% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 to 1898AH 1313 to 1315 | Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi | 50 to 80 | |
| No annual entry: 1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317) | |||
| 1900 to 1904AH 1318 to 1321 | Liva merkez muhasebesi kitabet muavini | 100 to 250 | |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1878 (AH 1295)
- Birthplace
- Silifke
- Father's occupation
- Jandarma onbaşısı
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 Tahir Efendi had the 16th highest salary of them.
- Mahmud Halis Efendiborn 1878 (AH 1295); no salary recorded
- Ahmed Ali Efendiborn 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 180 kuruş
- Mehmet Efendiborn 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 100 kuruş
- Abdulkadir Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 108 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tahir Efendi had the 122nd highest salary of them.
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313); highest salary 550 kuruş
- Hacı İdris Efendifirst annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Hamid Hüsrev Efendifirst annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hüsnü Efendifirst annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Abdullah Kasım Efendifirst annual entry 1895/96 (AH 1313); highest salary 470 kuruş
All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi | İçel | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi | İçel | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi | İçel | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi | İçel | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Liva merkez muhasebesi kitabet muavini | İçel | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Liva merkez muhasebesi kitabet muavini | İçel | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Liva merkez muhasebesi kitabet muavini | İçel | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhasebe kalemi masarifat mukayyidi | İçel | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Muhasebe kalemi masarifat mukayyidi | İçel | 160 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhasebe kalemi masarifat mukayyidi | İçel | 160 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Muhasebe kalemi masarifat mukayyidi | İçel | 170 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Mesalih-i cariye kâtibi | İçel | 225 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Mesalih-i cariye kâtibi | İçel | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected 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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)