Mahmut Akif 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 Mahmut Akif Efendi began in Çorum in 1856/57 (AH 1273). Work began in Çorum in 1878, at about 21. Every annual entry from 1878 to 1889/90 places Mahmut Akif in the same post, Emlak Kalemi stajyeri, in Çorum, the birthplace.
The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1878/79 to 250 in 1881/82, the peak, in Çorum, when one in five paid officials earned less. Over 12 years the salaries add up to 34,200 kuruş, 59 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878/79 | 200 | 400 | 300 | 12% | |
| 1879/80 | 200 | 400 | 247.5 | 10% | |
| 1880/81 | 200 | 400 | 300 | 12% | |
| 1881/82 | 250 | 400 | 400 | 19% | |
| 1882/83 | 250 | 400 | 390 | 19% | |
| 1883/84 | 250 | 400 | 400 | 19% | |
| 1884/85 | 250 | 400 | 325 | 19% | |
| 1885/86 | 250 | 400 | 346 | 19% | |
| 1886/87 | 250 | 400 | 380 | 20% | |
| 1887/88 | 250 | 400 | 300 | 20% | |
| 1888/89 | 250 | 400 | 475 | 21% | |
| 1889/90 | 250 | 400 | 400 | 21% |
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.
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 18 officials with entries in Çorum in the same years, Mahmut Akif Efendi had the 15th highest salary.
- ÖMER FAZLI EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/108)13 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 56/233)13 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Hacı Ulvan Ali Efendi10 shared years; highest salary 800 kuruş
- Ebubekir Enver Efendi10 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Ebubekir Sıddık Bey7 shared years; highest salary 1,500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 54 officials born in Çorum, 45 have a recorded salary; Mahmut Akif Efendi had the 28th highest salary of them.
- MEHMET EFENDİ (DH. SAID 103/121)born 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Osman Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 110 kuruş
- OSMAN ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/3)born 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ebubekir Sıddık Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 400 kuruş
- HALİL ZARİF EFENDİ (DH. SAID 55/105)born 1859/60 (AH 1276); no salary recorded
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295), 129 have a recorded salary; Mahmut Akif Efendi had the 117th highest salary of them.
- ÖMER FAZLI EFENDİ (DH. SAID 157/108)first entry in Çorum; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Hüseyin Efendifirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 1,400 kuruş
- Muhammet Sait Efendifirst entry in Şanlıurfa (Urfa); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Osman Efendifirst annual entry 1878 (AH 1295); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Abdülhadi Efendifirst entry in Artvin (Livane); highest salary 800 kuruş
All 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878AH 1295 | Emlak Kalemi stajyeri | Çorum | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 | |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Vukuat kâtibi | Çorum | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Vukuat kâtibi | Çorum | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Vukuat kâtibi | Çorum | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Vergi yazıcısı | Çorum | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Vergi yazıcısı | Çorum | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Vergi yazıcısı | Çorum | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Vergi yazıcısı | Çorum | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Vergi yazıcısı | Çorum | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Vergi yazıcısı | Çorum | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Vergi yazıcısı | Çorum | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Vergi yazıcısı | Çorum | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Vergi yazıcısı | Çorum | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Vergi yazıcısı (Azil) | Çorum | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAID 23/204 |
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 |
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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)