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MEHMED NURĠ EFENDĠ

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 NURĠ EFENDĠ was born in Sis in 1855/56 (AH 1272). Work began in 1870/71, at about 15, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1870/71, with MEHMED NURĠ EFENDĠ as Aşar kol muharriri and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1871 to 1875 and 1876 to 1879.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1870/71 to 500 in 1879/80, the peak, when 57 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1880/81.

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. Sis as worded, no place record

    1870 to 1876 (AH 1287 to 1292)

    Aşar kol muharriri

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1871 to 1875 (AH 1288 to 1291).

  2. Sis ve Kars-ı Zülkadriye as worded, no place record

    1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298)

    No annual entry for 1876 to 1879 (AH 1293 to 1296) before it.

    Kozan Rüsûm-ı Sitte İdaresi tütün yoklama memuru

    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 entryno entry02004006001870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 1298500 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 1298This 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 MEHMED NURĠ EFENDĠ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1870/7130040030%
1875/7630045028%
1879/8050040057%

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 NURĠ EFENDĠ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1870/71AH 1287First work300first-salary field
1870/71AH 1287Aşar kol muharriri
2 entries
YearSalary
1870/71300
1870/71
300
No annual entry: 1871 to 1875 (AH 1288 to 1291)
1875/76AH 1292Aşar kol muharriri300
No annual entry: 1876 to 1879 (AH 1293 to 1296)
1879 to 1881AH 1297 to 1298Kozan Rüsûm-ı Sitte İdaresi tütün yoklama memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1879/80500
1880/81
500

Record

Personal

Born
1855/56 (AH 1272)
Birthplace
Sis

First work

Year
1870/71 (AH 1287)

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 104 officials whose first annual entry is for 1870/71 (AH 1287), 84 have a recorded salary; MEHMED NURĠ EFENDĠ had the 54th highest salary of them.

All 104 officials whose first annual entry is for 1870/71 (AH 1287)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MEHMED NURĠ EFENDĠ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1870/71AH 1287Aşar kol muharririSis300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65; 199 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65.
1870/71AH 1287Aşar kol muharriri (İnfisal)SisAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65; 199 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65.
1875/76AH 1292Aşar kol muharririSis300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65; 199 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65.
1879/80AH 1297Kozan Rüsûm-ı Sitte İdaresi tütün yoklama memuruSis ve Kars-ı Zülkadriye500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65; 199 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65.
1880/81AH 1298Bidâyet Mahkemesi kalem memuruKozanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65; 199 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 11/65.
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 NURĠ EFENDĠ 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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