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MEHMED SADIK EFENDİ (B)

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 SADIK EFENDİ (B) was born in Varna in 1872/73 (AH 1289); the father's occupation was "Aydın Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi başkâtibi (sabık)". The first annual entry, for 1895/96, places MEHMED SADIK (B) in Aydın as Muhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refiki, where the entries run to 1901/02. At the same time, from 1901/02, the lists also place MEHMED SADIK (B) in a post with no place named as Nakil.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1895/96 to 345 in 1901/02, the peak, in Aydın, when 38 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 23,580 kuruş, 68 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. 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.

All 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
12VarnaAydın

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded).

  1. Varna

    Born 1872/73 (AH 1289)

  2. Aydın

    First work here; 1895 to 1902 (AH 1313 to 1319)

    Muhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refiki

    250 to 345 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Nakil

    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
01002003004001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319345 kuruşMuhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refikiNakil
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319This 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 SADIK EFENDİ (B) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1895/9625040040020%
1896/9725045040018%
1897/9828040040027%
1898/9928040040027%
1899/190028040040028%
1900/0128040036028%
1901/0234540038038%

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 SADIK EFENDİ (B), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workAydın
1895 to 1902AH 1313 to 1319Muhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refiki
10 entries
YearSalary
1895/96250
1896/97250
1897/98250
1897/98280
1898/99280
1899/1900280
1900/01280
1901/02280
1901/02330
1901/02345
Aydın250 to 345
1901/02AH 1319Nakil

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Birthplace
Varna
Father's occupation
Aydın Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi başkâtibi (sabık)

First work

Place
Aydın

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 25 officials with entries in Aydın in the same years, 24 have a recorded salary; MEHMED SADIK EFENDİ (B) had the 22nd highest salary of them.

All 101 officials with entries in Aydın

Same birthplace

Of the 91 officials born in Varna, 89 have a recorded salary; MEHMED SADIK EFENDİ (B) had the 68th highest salary of them.

The page of Varna, with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; MEHMED SADIK EFENDİ (B) had the 96th highest salary of them.

All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MEHMED SADIK EFENDİ (B)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313Muhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refikiAydın250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records296 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/301.
1896/97AH 1314Muhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refikiAydın250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records296 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/301.
1897/98AH 1315Muhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refikiAydın250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records296 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/301.
1897/98AH 1315Muhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refikiAydın280Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records296 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/301.
1898/99AH 1316Muhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refikiAydın280Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records296 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/301.
1899/1900AH 1317Muhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refikiAydın280Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records296 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/301.
1900/01AH 1318Muhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refikiAydın280Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records296 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/301.
1901/02AH 1319Muhasebe Kalemi Varidat Kitabeti refikiAydın280Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records296 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/301.
1901/02AH 1319NakilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records296 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/301.
1901/02AH 1319Muhasebe Kalemi Yevmiye kâtibiAydın330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records296 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/301.
1901/02AH 1319Muhasebe Kalemi Yevmiye kâtibiAydın345Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records296 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 109/301.
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 SADIK EFENDİ (B) 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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