Mehmed 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
Born in Tokat in 1857/58 (AH 1274), Mehmed Tevfik Efendi came from the İslam community. Mehmed Tevfik began work in 1873/74, at about 16. The first annual entry, for 1873/74, names Mehmed Tevfik as Stajyer, with no place. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1879/80.
The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1875/76 to 350 in 1879/80, the peak, as an official (Memur), when 39 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 19,200 kuruş, 62 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1879/80.
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 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Tokat Gümrük İdaresi as worded, no place record
1873 to 1876 (AH 1290 to 1292)
Stajyer
entries in 3 years
Tokat Gümrük İdaresi İkinci Dairesi as worded, no place record
1875 to 1880 (AH 1292 to 1297)
Memur 1875 to 1880 (AH 1292 to 1297); Memur (İstifa) 1879/80 (AH 1297); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1879/80 (AH 1297)
250 to 350 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76 | 250 | 450 | 250 | 21% | |
| 1876/77 | 250 | 420 | 250 | 23% | |
| 1877/78 | 250 | 450 | 23% | ||
| 1878 | 250 | 450 | 23% | ||
| 1878/79 | 250 | 400 | 21% | ||
| 1879/80 | 350 | 400 | 39% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1873/74AH 1290 | First work | ||
| 1873 to 1876AH 1290 to 1292 | Stajyer | ||
| 1875 to 1880AH 1292 to 1297 | Memur | 250 to 350 | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Memur (İstifa) | ||
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Infisala note on status, not a job |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1857/58 (AH 1274)
- Birthplace
- Tokat
- Community
- İslam
First work
- Year
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
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 job title, same years
Of the 9 officials with the title Memur in the same years, Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Ali Rıza Efendi6 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Yusuf Kemal Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- İbrahim Hakkı Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- İbrahim Behcet Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 450 kuruş
- Hasan Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,100 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 123 officials born in Tokat, 117 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 70th highest salary of them.
- Abdullah Asım Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Mahmud Necip Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 1,400 kuruş
- Manuel Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 540 kuruş
- Mehmed Safvet Beyborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmed Lütfi Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1873/74 (AH 1290), 113 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 92nd highest salary of them.
- Abdülkadir Efendifirst annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 650 kuruş
- ALEKO ARİSTARKİ BEYfirst annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); no salary recorded
- Hasan Tahsin Efendifirst annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 1,420 kuruş
- İbrahim Ethem Efendifirst annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 400 kuruş
- İsmail Hakkı Efendifirst annual entry 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 300 kuruş
All 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Stajyer | Tokat Gümrük İdaresi | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Stajyer | Tokat Gümrük İdaresi | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Stajyer | Tokat Gümrük İdaresi | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Stajyer (Görevin sona ermesi) | Tokat Gümrük İdaresi | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Memur | Tokat Gümrük İdaresi İkinci Dairesi | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Memur | Tokat Gümrük İdaresi İkinci Dairesi | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Memur | Tokat Gümrük İdaresi İkinci Dairesi | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1878AH 1295 | Memur | Tokat Gümrük İdaresi İkinci Dairesi | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Memur | Tokat Gümrük İdaresi İkinci Dairesi | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Memur | Tokat Gümrük İdaresi İkinci Dairesi | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Memur (İstifa) | Tokat Gümrük İdaresi İkinci Dairesi | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Infisal | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Memur | Tokat Öşür ve Ağnam İdaresi İkinci Dairesi | 350 | 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)