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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 Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka) in 1874/75 (AH 1291). At about 29, in 1903/04, Mehmet Emin began work in Kriva Palanka, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. Every annual entry from 1903/04 to 1907/08 places Mehmet Emin in the same post, Maarif sandık eminliği, in Kriva Palanka, the birthplace.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to 250 in 1907/08, the peak, in Kriva Palanka, when 22 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 10,800 kuruş, 41 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325250 kuruşMaarif sandık eminliği
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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
1903/041504054009%
1904/0515040040010%
1905/0615043050011%
1906/0720045040015%
1907/0825046050022%

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)
1903/04AH 1321First workKriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)150first-salary field
1903 to 1908AH 1321 to 1325Maarif sandık eminliği
7 entries
YearSalary
1903/04150
1904/05150
1905/06150
1906/07150
1906/07200
1907/08200
1907/08250
Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)150 to 250

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)

First work

Year
1903/04 (AH 1321)

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 Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka) in the same years, 4 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 21 officials with entries in Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)

Same birthplace

Of the 6 officials born in Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka), Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

The page of Kriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka), with the 6 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), 123 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 75th highest salary of them.

All 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1903/04AH 1321Maarif sandık eminliğiKriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 162/243
1904/05AH 1322Maarif sandık eminliğiKriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 162/243
1905/06AH 1323Maarif sandık eminliğiKriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 162/243
1906/07AH 1324Maarif sandık eminliğiKriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 162/243
1906/07AH 1324Maarif sandık eminliğiKriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 162/243
1907/08AH 1325Maarif sandık eminliğiKriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 162/243
1907/08AH 1325Nüfus dairesi memurluğuKriva Palanka (Eğri Palanka)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. 162/243
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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