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Mehmed Şerif 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 Şerif Efendi was born in Gaziantep (Antep) in 1873/74 (AH 1290); the father's occupation was "Ma‘ara kazası hapishane gardiyanı". The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

Work began in Gaziantep in 1886/87, at about 14. The annual lists begin in 1886/87, with Mehmed Şerif as Vergi Kalemi mülazımı in Gaziantep, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1893/94. Alongside, the lists for 1893/94 give a second post, in Jisr al-Shughur as Vergi kâtibi refakati.

The one salary in the lists is 200 kuruş a month, for 1893/94, when 14 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1893/94.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1893/9412GaziantepJisr al-Shughur
  1. Gaziantep (Antep)

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290); First work 1886/87 (AH 1304); 1886 to 1894 (AH 1304 to 1311)

    Vergi Kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 8 years

  2. Jisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur)

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Vergi kâtibi refakati

    200 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
0501001502001886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311200 kuruşVergi Kalemi mülazımı

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 Şerif Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1886/87AH 1304First workGaziantep (Antep)
1886 to 1894AH 1304 to 1311Vergi Kalemi mülazımı
9 entries
YearSalary
1886/87
1887/88
1888/89
1889/90
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1893/94
Gaziantep (Antep)
1893/94AH 1311Vergi kâtibi refakatiJisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur)200

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Father's occupation
Ma‘ara kazası hapishane gardiyanı

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1886/87 (AH 1304)

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 10 officials with entries in Gaziantep (Antep) in the same years, Mehmed Şerif Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 39 officials with entries in Gaziantep (Antep)

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şerif Efendi had the 449th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 59 officials born in Gaziantep (Antep), 55 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şerif Efendi had the 53rd highest salary of them.

The page of Gaziantep (Antep), with the 59 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304), 156 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şerif Efendi had the 142nd highest salary of them.

All 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Şerif Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1886/87AH 1304Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.; 250 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.
1887/88AH 1305Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.; 250 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.
1888/89AH 1306Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.; 250 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.
1889/90AH 1307Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.; 250 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.
1890/91AH 1308Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.; 250 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.
1891/92AH 1309Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.; 250 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.
1892/93AH 1310Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.; 250 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.
1893/94AH 1311Vergi Kalemi mülazımıGaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.; 250 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.
1893/94AH 1311Vergi Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)Gaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.; 250 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.
1893/94AH 1311Vergi kâtibi refakatiJisr al-Shughur (Cisr-i Şugur)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.; 250 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 75/237.
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 Şerif 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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