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Mehmet Emin 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 Emin Efendi began in Sivas in 1880/81 (AH 1298); the father's occupation was "Sivas Vilayeti merkez tapu kâtibi". At about 16, in 1897/98, Mehmet Emin began work. The first annual entry, for 1897/98, names Mehmet Emin as Mektubi kalemi stajyeri, with no place.

The salary went from 40 kuruş a month in 1899/1900 to 80 in 1901/02, the peak, when 3 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1901/02.

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. Sivas

    Born 1880/81 (AH 1298)

  2. Sivas Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1897 to 1902 (AH 1315 to 1319)

    Mektubi kalemi stajyeri 1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317); Mektubi kalemi kâtibi 1901/02 (AH 1319)

    40 to 80 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

    No annual entry for 1900/01 (AH 1318).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0204060801897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 131980 kuruşMektubi kalemi stajyeriMektubi kalemi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319This 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 Emin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1899/1900404001%
1901/02804003%

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 Emin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First work
1897 to 1900AH 1315 to 1317Mektubi kalemi stajyeri
3 entries
YearSalary
1897/98
1898/99
1899/190040
40
No annual entry: 1900/01 (AH 1318)
1901/02AH 1319Mektubi kalemi kâtibi80

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Birthplace
Sivas
Father's occupation
Sivas Vilayeti merkez tapu kâtibi

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)

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 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 278th highest salary of them.

The page of Sivas, with the 399 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 145th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Mektubi kalemi stajyeriSivas Vilayeti Mektubi KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records424 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00143, s.459
1898/99AH 1316Mektubi kalemi stajyeriSivas Vilayeti Mektubi KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records424 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00143, s.459
1899/1900AH 1317Mektubi kalemi kâtibiSivas Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records424 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00143, s.459
1901/02AH 1319Mektubi kalemi kâtibiSivas Vilayeti Mektubi Kalemi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records424 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00143, s.459
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 Emin 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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