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Mehmed Ali 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 Ali Efendi began in Tokat in 1871/72 (AH 1288). The annual lists begin in 1896/97, with Mehmed Ali as stajyer (Görevin sona ermesi) and no place named. At the same time, from 1896/97, the lists also place Mehmed Ali in Tokat as Piyade Tahsildari. The last entry, for 1897/98, names Mehmed Ali as Suvari Tahsildari, with no place.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to 250 in 1897/98, the peak, as Suvari Tahsildari, when one in five paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1897/98.

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
1896/9713Tokat

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Tokat Sancağı Vergi Dairesi), stop 4 (Tokat Birinci Daire).

  1. Tokat

    Born 1871/72 (AH 1288); First work here

  2. Tokat Sancağı Vergi Dairesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    stajyer (Görevin sona ermesi)

    entries in 1 year

  3. Tokat

    1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Piyade Tahsildari

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Tokat Birinci Daire as worded, no place record not on the map

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Suvari Tahsildari

    250 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
01002003001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315250 kuruşstajyer (Görevin sona ermesi)Piyade TahsildariSuvari Tahsildari
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 Ali Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/97150450332.58%
1897/9825040025020%

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 Ali Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workTokat
1896/97AH 1314stajyer (Görevin sona ermesi)
1896/97AH 1314Piyade TahsildariTokat150
1897/98AH 1315Suvari Tahsildari250

Record

Personal

Born
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Birthplace
Tokat

First work

Place
Tokat

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 16 officials with entries in Tokat in the same years, 15 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ali Efendi had the 10th highest salary of them.

All 84 officials with entries in Tokat

Same job title, same years

Of the 3 officials with the title Piyade Tahsildari in the same years, Mehmed Ali Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 16 officials with the title Piyade Tahsildari

Same birthplace

Of the 123 officials born in Tokat, 117 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ali Efendi had the 88th highest salary of them.

The page of Tokat, with the 123 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ali Efendi had the 120th highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Ali Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314stajyer (Görevin sona ermesi)Tokat Sancağı Vergi DairesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 168, s. 65
1896/97AH 1314Piyade TahsildariTokat150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 168, s. 65
1897/98AH 1315Suvari TahsildariTokat Birinci Daire250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 168, s. 65
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 Ali 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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