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Mehmed Kasım 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 Mehmed Kasım Efendi began in Kilitbahir. Mehmed Kasım began work in Istanbul in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The first annual entry, for 1894/95, names Mehmed Kasım as mülazım (memuriyet), with no place. The lists have no entry for 1897 to 1904.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1907/08 to a peak of 500 in 1908/09, when 52 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.

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. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1894/95 (AH 1312)

  2. Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1894 to 1909 (AH 1312 to 1326)

    mülazım (memuriyet) 1894 to 1897 (AH 1312 to 1314); Mülazım 1904 to 1908 (AH 1322 to 1325); mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi) 1907 to 1909 (AH 1325 to 1326)

    200 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

    No annual entry for 1897 to 1904 (AH 1315 to 1321).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326500 kuruşmülazım (memuriyet)Mülazım
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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 Kasım Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1907/0820046016%
1908/0950040052%

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 Kasım Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1894/95AH 1312First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1894 to 1897AH 1312 to 1314mülazım (memuriyet)
5 entries
YearSalary
1894/95
1895/96
1896/97
1896/97
1896/97
No annual entry: 1897 to 1904 (AH 1315 to 1321)
1904 to 1908AH 1322 to 1325Mülazım
4 entries
YearSalary
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1907/08
1907 to 1909AH 1325 to 1326mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi)
5 entries
YearSalary
1907/08
1907/08200
1908/09200
1908/09
1908/09500
500

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kilitbahir

First work

Year
1894/95 (AH 1312)

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 job title, same years

Of the 8 officials with the title Mülazım in the same years, Mehmed Kasım Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 92 officials with the title Mülazım

Same birthplace

Of the 2 officials born in Kilitbahir, Mehmed Kasım Efendi had the highest salary.

The page of Kilitbahir, with the 2 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Kasım Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Kasım Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312mülazım (memuriyet)Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1895/96AH 1313mülazım (memuriyet)Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1896/97AH 1314mülazım (memuriyet)Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1896/97AH 1314mülazım (memuriyet) (İnfisal)Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1896/97AH 1314gönüllü topçu, cephane sorumlusu (askerlik)Bahr-ı Sefid Boğazı Topçu Sınıfı / Tophane-i Âmire Muhasebe KomisyonuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1904/05AH 1322MülazımRüsumat Nezareti, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1905/06AH 1323MülazımRüsumat Nezareti, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1906/07AH 1324MülazımRüsumat Nezareti, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1907/08AH 1325MülazımRüsumat Nezareti, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1907/08AH 1325mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi)Rüsumat Nezareti, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1907/08AH 1325tahrirat kalemi memuruRüsumat, İstanbul200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1908/09AH 1326tahrirat kalemi memuruRüsumat, İstanbul200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1908/09AH 1326tahrirat kalemi memuru (Nakil)Rüsumat, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
1908/09AH 1326merkez idaresi refik-i evveliRüsumat merkez idaresi, İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 168/379
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 Kasım 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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