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Mahmud Hilmi 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 Mahmud Hilmi Efendi began in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1857/58 (AH 1274); the father's occupation was "Asâkir-i Şahane binbaşısı". Mahmud Hilmi began work in 1877/78, at about 19. The annual lists begin in 1877/78, with Mahmud Hilmi as Gönüllü asker and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1881 to 1883 give a second post, in Urla as Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırı. Alongside, the lists for 1882 to 1886 give a second post, in Mytilene as Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi.

Pay rose from 160 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to a peak of 320 in 1882/83, in Mytilene, when 39 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 16,440 kuruş, 68 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1885/86.

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
1881/821882/83134ShkodërUrlaMytilene

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded).

  1. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1857/58 (AH 1274)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1877 to 1882 (AH 1294 to 1299)

    Gönüllü asker

    entries in 6 years

  3. Urla

    1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)

    Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırı

    160 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Mytilene (Midilli)

    1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)

    Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303); Piyade Tahsildari 1885/86 (AH 1303)

    250 to 320 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303320 kuruşGönüllü askerRüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırıRüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303This 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 Mahmud Hilmi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/8216040040010%
1882/8332040056039%
1883/8432040075039%
1884/8532040063038%
1885/8625040090019%

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 Mahmud Hilmi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1877/78AH 1294First work
1877 to 1882AH 1294 to 1299Gönüllü asker
7 entries
YearSalary
1877/78
1878
1878/79
1879/80
1880/81
1881/82
1881/82
1881 to 1883AH 1299 to 1300Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırı
3 entries
YearSalary
1881/82160
1882/83160
1882/83
Urla160
1882 to 1886AH 1300 to 1303Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi
7 entries
YearSalary
1882/83320
1883/84320
1884/85320
1884/85
1884/85250
1885/86
1885/86250
Mytilene (Midilli)320 to 250
1885/86AH 1303Piyade TahsildariMytilene (Midilli)

Record

Personal

Born
1857/58 (AH 1274)
Father's occupation
Asâkir-i Şahane binbaşısı

First work

Year
1877/78 (AH 1294)

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 5 officials with entries in Mytilene (Midilli) in the same years, 4 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hilmi Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 43 officials with entries in Mytilene (Midilli)

Same job title, same years

Of the 2 officials with the title Piyade Tahsildari in the same years, Mahmud Hilmi Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 16 officials with the title Piyade Tahsildari

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hilmi Efendi had the 106th highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hilmi Efendi had the 124th highest salary of them.

All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmud Hilmi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1877/78AH 1294Gönüllü askerAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878AH 1295Gönüllü askerAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1878/79AH 1296Gönüllü askerAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1879/80AH 1297Gönüllü askerAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1880/81AH 1298Gönüllü askerAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Gönüllü askerAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Başçavuş (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırıUrla160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırıUrla160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat müdüriyeti mübassırı (İnfisal)UrlaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibiMytilene (Midilli)320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibiMytilene (Midilli)320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibiMytilene (Midilli)320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Rüsûmat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi (İstifa)Mytilene (Midilli)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Nüfus kâtibiMytilene (Midilli)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Piyade TahsildariMytilene (Midilli)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Piyade tahsildarı (İnfisal)Mytilene (Midilli)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Nüfus kâtibiMytilene (Midilli)250Affiliation 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 Mahmud Hilmi 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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