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Mahmut Hamdi 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 Mahmut Hamdi Efendi began in Bilaga; the father's occupation was "3. Ordu 18. Süvari Alayı alay emini". Mahmut Hamdi began work in Mitrovica (Mitroviça) in 1885/86 (AH 1303), on a first salary of 400 kuruş. Both annual entries, for 1885/86 and 1886/87, place Mahmut Hamdi in Mitrovica as 3. Ordu Mitroviçe Hastanesi kâtib-i sânisi.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to a peak of 500 in 1886/87, in Mitrovica, when 57 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1886/87.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304500 kuruş3. Ordu Mitroviçe Hastanesi kâtib-i sânisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304This 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 Mahmut Hamdi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/8640040025044%
1886/8750040030057%

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 Mahmut Hamdi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First workMitrovica (Mitroviça)400first-salary field
1885 to 1887AH 1303 to 13043. Ordu Mitroviçe Hastanesi kâtib-i sânisi
3 entries
YearSalary
1885/86400
1886/87400
1886/87500
Mitrovica (Mitroviça)400 to 500

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Bilaga
Father's occupation
3. Ordu 18. Süvari Alayı alay emini

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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 7 officials with entries in Mitrovica (Mitroviça) in the same years, Mahmut Hamdi Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

All 28 officials with entries in Mitrovica (Mitroviça)

Same birthplace

Of the 2 officials born in Bilaga, Mahmut Hamdi Efendi had the highest salary.

The page of Bilaga, with the 2 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; Mahmut Hamdi Efendi had the 80th highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmut Hamdi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 13033. Ordu Mitroviçe Hastanesi kâtib-i sânisiMitrovica (Mitroviça)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 13043. Ordu Mitroviçe Hastanesi kâtib-i sânisiMitrovica (Mitroviça)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 13043. Ordu Mitroviçe Hastanesi kâtib-i evveliMitrovica (Mitroviça)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Mahmut Hamdi 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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