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Mehmed 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 Mehmed Efendi began in Varna in 1871/72 (AH 1288). Mehmed studied at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). Work began in Van in 1884/85, at about 14. From the first annual entry, for 1884/85, to 1888/89, every annual entry places Mehmed in the same post, Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı, in Van. The annual entries give no salary. The final annual entry is for 1888/89.

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 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1884/8512VarnaVan
  1. Varna

    Born 1871/72 (AH 1288)

  2. Van

    First work 1884/85 (AH 1302); 1884 to 1889 (AH 1302 to 1306)

    Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 5 years

Career and salary

Career of Mehmed Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1884/85AH 1302First workVan
1884 to 1889AH 1302 to 1306Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımı
6 entries
YearSalary
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88
1888/89
1888/89
Van

Record

Personal

Born
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Birthplace
Varna

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Place
Van

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

21 other officials are recorded with entries in Van in the same years. No salary of Mehmed Efendi is recorded.

All 56 officials with entries in Van

Same school

562 other officials are recorded with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools. No salary of Mehmed Efendi is recorded.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

90 other officials are recorded born in Varna. No salary of Mehmed Efendi is recorded.

The page of Varna, with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

173 other officials are recorded whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302). No salary of Mehmed Efendi is recorded.

All 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1884/85AH 1302Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıVanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145; 288 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145.
1885/86AH 1303Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıVanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145; 288 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145.
1886/87AH 1304Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıVanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145; 288 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145.
1887/88AH 1305Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıVanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145; 288 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145.
1888/89AH 1306Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi mülazımıVanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145; 288 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145.
1888/89AH 1306Van Vilayeti Mektupçu Kaleminde suret çıkarmaVanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145; 288 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 21/145.
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 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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