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Mehmet Emin 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

Mehmet Emin Efendi was born in Dagistan in 1846/47 (AH 1263); the father's occupation was "Zabtiye meclis azası". At about 14, in 1860/61, Mehmet Emin began work. The annual lists begin in 1860/61, with Mehmet Emin as Zabtiye mektubi kalemi mülazımı and no place named. Next came Bursa from 1872 to 1876. Alongside, the lists for 1875/76 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Görevin sona ermesi. The annual lists then follow Mehmet Emin to Malkara from 1876 to 1878. Alongside, the lists for 1877/78 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Görevin sona ermesi. Alongside, the lists for 1877 to 1878 give a second post, in Malkara as a tithe official (Aşar Memuru). Alongside, the lists for 1878 to 1879 give a second post, in Sinop as Geçici aşar memuru, with a rise to Geçici aşar memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1878/79 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Görevin sona ermesi. Alongside, the lists for 1878 to 1881 give a second post, in Gümüşhane as Asar Muduru. Alongside, the lists for 1880/81 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Nakil.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1862/63 to 3,000 in 1878/79, the peak, as Asar Muduru in Gümüşhane, when 93 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final 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 13 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1872/731876/771877/7818781878/791880/811884/8513578101213DagistanBursaMalkaraSinopGümüşhane, TrabzonDenizli

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Place not recorded), stop 6 (Place not recorded), stop 9 (Place not recorded), stop 11 (Place not recorded).

  1. Dagistan

    Born 1846/47 (AH 1263)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1860 to 1866 (AH 1277 to 1282)

    Zabtiye mektubi kalemi mülazımı 1860 to 1866 (AH 1277 to 1282); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1865/66 (AH 1282)

    50 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Bursa

    1872 to 1876 (AH 1289 to 1292)

    No annual entry for 1866 to 1872 (AH 1283 to 1288) before it.

    Bursa şimendifer hattı ambar ve travers memuru

    900 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  4. Place not recorded not on the map

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    Görevin sona ermesi

    entries in 1 year

  5. Malkara

    1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1294)

    Geçici aşar ve ağnam memuru

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  6. Place not recorded not on the map

    1877/78 (AH 1294)

    Görevin sona ermesi

    entries in 1 year

  7. Malkara

    1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295)

    Aşar Memuru 1877 to 1878 (AH 1294 to 1295); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1878 (AH 1295)

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  8. Sinop

    1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)

    Geçici aşar memuru

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  9. Place not recorded not on the map

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Görevin sona ermesi

    entries in 1 year

  10. Gümüşhane

    1878 to 1881 (AH 1296 to 1298)

    Asar Muduru

    1,500 to 3,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  11. Place not recorded not on the map

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Nakil

    entries in 1 year

  12. Trabzon

    1880 to 1886 (AH 1298 to 1303)

    Merkez aşar ve ağnam müdürü 1880 to 1885 (AH 1298 to 1302); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  13. Denizli

    1884 to 1886 (AH 1302 to 1303)

    Asar Muduru

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01,0002,0003,0001861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13023,000 kuruşZabtiye mektubi kalemi mülazımıAşar MemuruAsar MuduruNakilMerkez aşar ve ağnam müdürüAsar Muduru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0005,0001861/62AH 12781863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 1302This 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 Mehmet Emin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1862/6315040010%
1863/6415047511%
1864/6530040036%
1865/6630040032%
1872/7390045038074%
1873/7490040539074%
1874/7590045038075%
1875/7690045035074%
1876/771,00042040077%
1877/781,00045040077%
18782,00045030089%
1878/793,00040036193%
1879/803,00040040094%
1880/811,50040038089%
1881/821,50040035089%
1882/831,50040035090%
1883/841,50040039090%
1884/851,50040042589%
1885/861,50040045090%

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 Emin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1860/61AH 1277First work
1860 to 1866AH 1277 to 1282Zabtiye mektubi kalemi mülazımı
11 entries
YearSalary
1860/61
1861/62
1862/63
1862/63
1862/63
1862/6350
1862/63150
1863/64150
1864/65150
1864/65300
1865/66300
300
1865/66AH 1282Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1866 to 1872 (AH 1283 to 1288)
1872 to 1876AH 1289 to 1292Bursa şimendifer hattı ambar ve travers memuru
4 entries
YearSalary
1872/73900
1873/74900
1874/75900
1875/76900
Bursa900
1875/76AH 1292Görevin sona ermesi
1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1294Geçici aşar ve ağnam memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1876/771,000
1877/781,000
Malkara1,000
1877/78AH 1294Görevin sona ermesi
1877 to 1878AH 1294 to 1295Aşar Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1877/781,000
18781,000
Malkara1,000
1878AH 1295Infisala note on status, not a job
1878 to 1879AH 1295 to 1296Geçici aşar memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
18782,000
1878/792,000
Sinop2,000
1878/79AH 1296Görevin sona ermesi
1878 to 1881AH 1296 to 1298Asar Muduru
4 entries
YearSalary
1878/793,000
1879/803,000
1879/801,500
1880/811,500
Gümüşhane3,000 to 1,500
1880/81AH 1298Nakil
1880 to 1885AH 1298 to 1302Merkez aşar ve ağnam müdürü
5 entries
YearSalary
1880/811,500
1881/821,500
1882/831,500
1883/841,500
1884/851,500
Trabzon1,500
1884 to 1886AH 1302 to 1303Infisala note on status, not a job
2 entries
YearSalary
1884/85
1885/86
1884 to 1886AH 1302 to 1303Asar Muduru
2 entries
YearSalary
1884/851,500
1885/861,500
Denizli1,500

Record

Personal

Born
1846/47 (AH 1263)
Birthplace
Dagistan
Father's occupation
Zabtiye meclis azası

First work

Year
1860/61 (AH 1277)

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 23 officials with entries in Trabzon in the same years, 21 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 4th highest salary of them.

All 113 officials with entries in Trabzon

Same job title, same years

Of the 10 officials with the title Asar Muduru in the same years, 8 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 2nd highest salary of them.

All 16 officials with the title Asar Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 79 officials born in Dagistan, 75 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 7th highest salary of them.

The page of Dagistan, with the 79 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 38 officials whose first annual entry is for 1860/61 (AH 1277), 32 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 6th highest salary of them.

All 38 officials whose first annual entry is for 1860/61 (AH 1277)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1860/61AH 1277Zabtiye mektubi kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1861/62AH 1278Zabtiye mektubi kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1862/63AH 1279Zabtiye mektubi kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1862/63AH 1279Zabtiye mektubi kalemi mülazımı (Nakil)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1862/63AH 1279Hassa Ordu-yı Hümayun meclis kalemi görevlisiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1862/63AH 1279Hassa Ordu-yı Hümayun meclis kalemi görevlisi50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1862/63AH 1279Hassa Ordu-yı Hümayun meclis kalemi görevlisi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1863/64AH 1280Hassa Ordu-yı Hümayun meclis kalemi görevlisi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1864/65AH 1281Hassa Ordu-yı Hümayun meclis kalemi görevlisi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1864/65AH 1281Hassa Ordu-yı Hümayun meclis kalemi görevlisi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1865/66AH 1282Hassa Ordu-yı Hümayun meclis kalemi görevlisi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1865/66AH 1282InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1872/73AH 1289Bursa şimendifer hattı ambar ve travers memuruBursa900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1873/74AH 1290Bursa şimendifer hattı ambar ve travers memuruBursa900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1874/75AH 1291Bursa şimendifer hattı ambar ve travers memuruBursa900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1875/76AH 1292Bursa şimendifer hattı ambar ve travers memuruBursa900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1875/76AH 1292Görevin sona ermesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1876/77AH 1293Geçici aşar ve ağnam memuruMalkara1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1877/78AH 1294Geçici aşar ve ağnam memuruMalkara1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1877/78AH 1294Görevin sona ermesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1877/78AH 1294Aşar MemuruMalkara1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1878AH 1295Aşar MemuruMalkara1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1878AH 1295InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1878AH 1295Geçici aşar memuruSinop2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1878/79AH 1296Geçici aşar memuruSinop2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1878/79AH 1296Görevin sona ermesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1878/79AH 1296Asar MuduruGümüşhane3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1879/80AH 1297Asar MuduruGümüşhane3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1879/80AH 1297Asar MuduruGümüşhane1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1880/81AH 1298Asar MuduruGümüşhane1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1880/81AH 1298NakilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1880/81AH 1298Merkez aşar ve ağnam müdürüTrabzon1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1881/82AH 1299Merkez aşar ve ağnam müdürüTrabzon1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1882/83AH 1300Merkez aşar ve ağnam müdürüTrabzon1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1883/84AH 1301Merkez aşar ve ağnam müdürüTrabzon1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1884/85AH 1302Merkez aşar ve ağnam müdürüTrabzon1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1884/85AH 1302InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1884/85AH 1302Asar MuduruDenizli1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1885/86AH 1303Asar MuduruDenizli1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
1885/86AH 1303InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 13/443
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 Emin 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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