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Mehmed Sıdkı 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

Mehmed Sıdkı Efendi was born in Kırşehir in 1873/74 (AH 1290); the father was a mufti (müftü). The first annual entry, for 1891/92, names Mehmed Sıdkı as bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini, with no place. At the same time, from 1892 to 1897, the lists also place Mehmed Sıdkı in Avanos as bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini. The last post was in Develi in 1898/99. The lists give Azil (dismissal) for 1896/97 instead of a title.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1891/92 to a peak of 400 in 1894/95, in Avanos, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.

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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1892/931898/99134KırşehirAvanosDeveli

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Mecidiye).

  1. Kırşehir

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290); First work here

  2. Mecidiye as worded, no place record not on the map

    1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)

    bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Avanos

    1892 to 1897 (AH 1310 to 1314)

    bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini 1892/93 (AH 1310); bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi 1894 to 1897 (AH 1312 to 1314); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1896/97 (AH 1314)

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

    No annual entry for 1893/94 (AH 1311).

  4. Develi

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    No annual entry for 1897/98 (AH 1315) before it.

    bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003004001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316400 kuruşbidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavinibidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This 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 Mehmed Sıdkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1891/9230040028%
1892/9330040027%
1894/9540040038044%
1895/9640040040044%
1896/9740045040042%
1898/9940040044044%

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 Mehmed Sıdkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workKırşehir
1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini
4 entries
YearSalary
1891/92300
1891/92
1891/92
1892/93300
300
1892/93AH 1310bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muaviniAvanos300
No annual entry: 1893/94 (AH 1311)
1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1894/95400
1895/96400
1896/97400
Avanos400
1896/97AH 1314Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1897/98 (AH 1315)
1898/99AH 1316bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibiDeveli400

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Kırşehir
Father's occupation
müftü

First work

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 9 officials with entries in Avanos in the same years, Mehmed Sıdkı Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 23 officials with entries in Avanos

Same birthplace

Of the 72 officials born in Kırşehir, 65 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sıdkı Efendi had the 28th highest salary of them.

The page of Kırşehir, with the 72 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sıdkı Efendi had the 74th highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Sıdkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muaviniMecidiye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235.
1891/92AH 1309bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtip vekiliMecidiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235.
1891/92AH 1309bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtip vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)MecidiyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235.
1892/93AH 1310bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muaviniMecidiye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235.
1892/93AH 1310bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muaviniAvanos300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235.
1894/95AH 1312bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibiAvanos400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235.
1895/96AH 1313bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibiAvanos400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235.
1896/97AH 1314bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibiAvanos400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235.
1896/97AH 1314AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235.
1898/99AH 1316bidayet mahkemesi birinci kâtibiDeveli400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 134/235, s.235.
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 Sıdkı 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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