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Mehmet Rıza 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 Rıza Efendi was born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki); the father's occupation was "Defter-i Hakani Memuru". The first annual entry, for 1878/79 (AH 1296), names Mehmet Rıza as Vergi Kâtibi Yardımcısı, with no place.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1878/79 to a peak of 250 in 1880/81, when one in five paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 6,600 kuruş, 45 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1880/81.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 1298250 kuruşVergi Kâtibi Yardımcısı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001878/79AH 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 Mehmet Rıza Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1878/791504007%
1879/801504007%
1880/8125040020%

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 Rıza Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878 to 1881AH 1296 to 1298Vergi Kâtibi Yardımcısı
4 entries
YearSalary
1878/79150
1879/80150
1880/81150
1880/81250
150 to 250

Record

Personal

Father's occupation
Defter-i Hakani Memuru

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 birthplace

Of the 67 officials born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), 66 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rıza Efendi had the 49th highest salary of them.

The page of Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), with the 67 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296), 157 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rıza Efendi had the 135th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Rıza Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878/79AH 1296Vergi Kâtibi YardımcısıMeadin-i Erbaa Nahiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 14/313
1879/80AH 1297Vergi Kâtibi YardımcısıMeadin-i Erbaa Nahiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 14/313
1880/81AH 1298Vergi Kâtibi YardımcısıMeadin-i Erbaa Nahiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 14/313
1880/81AH 1298Vergi Kâtibi YardımcısıMeadin-i Erbaa Nahiyesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 14/313
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 Rıza 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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