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Mehmet Tevfik Efendi (H. 1288)

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 Tevfik Efendi (H. 1288) was born in Elbistan in 1871/72 (AH 1288). At about 36, in 1907/08, Mehmet Tevfik (H. began work in Xanthi (İskeçe), on a first salary of 1,200 kuruş. Few began so late; fewer than 5 per cent of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known started at 36 or older. The first annual entry, for 1907/08, places Mehmet Tevfik (H. in Xanthi as Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi Başkanı. The lists have no entry for 1908 to 1910. The last post was in Konya in 1910/11, with a rise to Polis Muduru.

Pay rose from 1,200 kuruş a month in 1907/08 to a peak of 2,000 in 1910/11, as Polis Muduru in Konya, when 87 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1910/11.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1907/081910/11123ElbistanXanthiKonya

  1. Elbistan

    Born 1871/72 (AH 1288)

  2. Xanthi (İskeçe)

    First work 1907/08 (AH 1325); 1907/08 (AH 1325)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi Başkanı

    1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Konya

    1910/11 (AH 1328)

    No annual entry for 1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327) before it.

    Polis Muduru

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001,5002,0001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13282,000 kuruşBidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi BaşkanıPolis Muduru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This 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 Tevfik Efendi (H. 1288) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1907/081,20046050083%
1910/112,00050030087%

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 Tevfik Efendi (H. 1288), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1907/08AH 1325First workXanthi (İskeçe)1,200first-salary field
1907/08AH 1325Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi BaşkanıXanthi (İskeçe)1,200
No annual entry: 1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327)
1910/11AH 1328Polis MuduruKonya2,000

Record

Personal

Born
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Birthplace
Elbistan

First work

Year
1907/08 (AH 1325)

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 Xanthi (İskeçe) in the same years, Mehmet Tevfik Efendi (H. 1288) had the highest salary.

All 21 officials with entries in Xanthi (İskeçe)

Same job title, same years

Of the 2 officials with the title Polis Muduru in the same years, Mehmet Tevfik Efendi (H. 1288) had the highest salary.

All 6 officials with the title Polis Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 51 officials born in Elbistan, 46 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi (H. 1288) had the 9th highest salary of them.

The page of Elbistan, with the 51 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325), 117 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi (H. 1288) had the 5th highest salary of them.

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Tevfik Efendi (H. 1288)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1907/08AH 1325Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza Dairesi BaşkanıXanthi (İskeçe)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d. 146/267
1910/11AH 1328Polis MuduruKonya2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d. 146/267
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 Tevfik Efendi (H. 1288) 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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