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Mehmet Sadık 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 Sadık Efendi began in Dagistan in 1831/32 (AH 1247). Mehmet Sadık studied at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). Work began in 1867/68, at about 36, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. Of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known, fewer than 5 per cent started at 36 or older. The annual lists begin in 1867/68, with Mehmet Sadık as Maliye veznedarı and no place named. For 1878 to 1886 and 1889 to 1891 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1867/68 to a peak of 400 in 1895/96, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 20 years of salary come to 45,000 kuruş, 44 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1895/96.

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. Dagistan

    Born 1831/32 (AH 1247)

  2. Maliye veznedarlığı as worded, no place record

    1867 to 1878 (AH 1284 to 1295)

    Maliye veznedarı

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 12 years

  3. Hazine-i Celile veznedarlığı as worded, no place record

    1886 to 1889 (AH 1304 to 1306)

    No annual entry for 1878 to 1886 (AH 1296 to 1303) before it.

    Hazine-i Celile veznedarı

    100 to 150 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. Kupon İdaresi Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1891 to 1896 (AH 1309 to 1313)

    No annual entry for 1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308) before it.

    Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi muaddidi

    250 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003004001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 1312400 kuruşMaliye veznedarı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 1312This 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 Sadık Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1867/681504588%
1868/691504758%
1869/701504009%
1870/711504009%
1871/72150420.510%
1872/7315045010%
1873/7415040511%
1874/751504509%
1875/761504509%
1876/771504209%
1877/781504509%
18781504509%
1886/871504009%
1887/881004005%
1888/891004005%
1891/9225040021%
1892/9325040021%
1893/9435040038%
1894/9535040039%
1895/9640040044%

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 Sadık Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1867/68AH 1284First work150first-salary field
1867 to 1878AH 1284 to 1295Maliye veznedarı
13 entries
YearSalary
1867/68150
1868/69150
1869/70150
1870/71150
1871/72150
1872/73150
1873/74150
1874/75150
1875/76150
1876/77150
1877/78150
1878150
1878
150
No annual entry: 1878 to 1886 (AH 1296 to 1303)
1886 to 1889AH 1304 to 1306Hazine-i Celile veznedarı
7 entries
YearSalary
1886/87150
1886/87100
1887/88100
1888/89100
1888/89
1888/89100
1888/89100
150 to 100
No annual entry: 1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)
1891 to 1896AH 1309 to 1313Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi muaddidi
7 entries
YearSalary
1891/92250
1892/93250
1893/94250
1893/94350
1894/95350
1895/96350
1895/96400
250 to 400

Record

Personal

Born
1831/32 (AH 1247)
Birthplace
Dagistan

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1867/68 (AH 1284)

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 school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sadık Efendi had the 287th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 79 officials born in Dagistan, 75 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sadık Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.

The page of Dagistan, with the 79 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284), 83 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sadık Efendi had the 69th highest salary of them.

All 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Sadık Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1867/68AH 1284Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1868/69AH 1285Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1869/70AH 1286Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1870/71AH 1287Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1871/72AH 1288Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1872/73AH 1289Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1873/74AH 1290Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1874/75AH 1291Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1875/76AH 1292Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1876/77AH 1293Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1877/78AH 1294Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1878AH 1295Maliye veznedarıMaliye veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1878AH 1295Askerlik nedeniyle araAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1886/87AH 1304Hazine-i Celile veznedarıHazine-i Celile veznedarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1886/87AH 1304Hazine-i Celile veznedarıHazine-i Celile veznedarlığı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1887/88AH 1305Hazine-i Celile veznedarıHazine-i Celile veznedarlığı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1888/89AH 1306Hazine-i Celile veznedarıHazine-i Celile veznedarlığı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1888/89AH 1306Açığa çıkarılmaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1888/89AH 1306Maaş kaydı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1888/89AH 1306Kupon İdaresi memuruKupon İdaresi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1891/92AH 1309Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi muaddidiKupon İdaresi Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1892/93AH 1310Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi muaddidiKupon İdaresi Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1893/94AH 1311Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi muaddidiKupon İdaresi Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1893/94AH 1311Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi muaddidiKupon İdaresi Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1894/95AH 1312Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi muaddidiKupon İdaresi Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1895/96AH 1313Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi muaddidiKupon İdaresi Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
1895/96AH 1313Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi muaddidiKupon İdaresi Tadad ve Muayene Kalemi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 35/99
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 Sadık 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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