Mehmed Salim 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
Mehmed Salim Efendi was born in Adana. Work began in Adana in 1883/84 (AH 1301). Every annual entry from 1883/84 to 1891/92 places Mehmed Salim in Adana, the birthplace, first as Mektubi Kalemi stajyeri, from 1883/84 in the office of the corresponding secretary (Mektubi Kalemi), from 1886/87 in the Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Kalemi and from 1888/89 in the Mektubi Kalemi.
Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to a peak of 125 in 1887/88, in Adana, when 8 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 50 kuruş. In all, six years of salary come to 6,000 kuruş, 20 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1891/92.
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883/84 | 50 | 400 | 500 | 1% | |
| 1885/86 | 70 | 400 | 500 | 3% | |
| 1886/87 | 100 | 400 | 500 | 4% | |
| 1887/88 | 125 | 400 | 500 | 8% | |
| 1888/89 | 50 | 400 | 425 | 2% | |
| 1891/92 | 105 | 400 | 700 | 6% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1883/84AH 1301 | First work | Adana | |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Mektubi Kalemi stajyeri | Adana | |
| 1883 to 1887AH 1301 to 1304 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | 50 to 70 |
| 1886 to 1888AH 1304 to 1305 | Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Kalemi | Adana | 100 |
| 1888 to 1892AH 1306 to 1309 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | 50 to 105 |
Record#
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 38 officials with entries in Adana in the same years, 36 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salim Efendi had the lowest salary of them.
- Avadis Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Karabet Haki Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmed Nuri Bey5 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Osman Saib Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 4,000 kuruş
- Alyanakyan Ermanak Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 3 officials with the title Mektubi Kalemi in the same years, 2 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salim Efendi had the lowest salary of them.
- Mehmed Said Efendi8 shared years; highest salary 525 kuruş
- Mehmed Tevfik Efendi2 shared years; no salary recorded
Same birthplace
Of the 2 officials born in Adana, only Mehmed Salim Efendi has a recorded salary.
- Hayret Efendibirth year not recorded; no salary recorded
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301), 195 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salim Efendi had the 190th highest salary of them.
- Hüseyin Efendifirst entry in Adana; highest salary 225 kuruş
- Murtaza Beyfirst entry in Adana; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Beyfirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 680 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst entry in Ilgaz (Koçhisar); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Yasefaki Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 300 kuruş
All 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Mektubi Kalemi stajyeri | Adana | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | 70 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | 70 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Kalemi | Adana | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Kalemi | Adana | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Kalemi | Adana | 125 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Kalemi (İnfisal) | Adana | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Mektubi Kalemi | Adana | 105 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected 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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)