Mehmed Tevfik 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
Mehmed Tevfik Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin). Work began in Aleppo (Halep) in 1872/73 (AH 1289), on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1872/73, with Mehmed Tevfik as Merkez Muhasebecisi in Aleppo. The lists have no entry for 1873 to 1877. Mehmed Tevfik then moved to Mersin in 1877/78. The last posts were in Diyarbakır from 1878 to 1882.
Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1872/73 to a peak of 450 in 1881/82, in Diyarbakır, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1881/82.
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.
First work 1872/73 (AH 1289); 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Merkez Muhasebecisi
150 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
1877/78 (AH 1294)
No annual entry for 1873 to 1877 (AH 1290 to 1293) before it.
Merkez Muhaberat Memuru
400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
1878 to 1882 (AH 1296 to 1299)
No annual entry for 1878 (AH 1295) before it.
Merkez Muhaberat Memuru
380 to 450 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73 | 150 | 450 | 500 | 10% | |
| 1877/78 | 400 | 450 | 445 | 43% | |
| 1879/80 | 380 | 400 | 487.5 | 42% | |
| 1880/81 | 380 | 400 | 475 | 44% | |
| 1881/82 | 450 | 400 | 500 | 55% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73AH 1289 | First work | Aleppo (Halep) | 150first-salary field |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Merkez Muhasebecisi | Aleppo (Halep) | 150 |
| No annual entry: 1873 to 1877 (AH 1290 to 1293) | |||
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Merkez Muhaberat Memuru | Mersin | 400 |
| No annual entry: 1878 (AH 1295) | |||
| 1878 to 1882AH 1296 to 1299 | Merkez Muhaberat Memuru | Diyarbakır | 450 |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Kemaliye (Eğin)
First work
- Year
- 1872/73 (AH 1289)
- Place
- Aleppo (Halep)
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 29 officials with entries in Diyarbakır in the same years, Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 28th highest salary.
- Mustafa Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 4,500 kuruş
- Mehmed Said Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 1,400 kuruş
- Pirinçizade Arif Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Cemal Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Osman Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 74 officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin), 62 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 51st highest salary of them.
- Mahmud Hamdi Efendiborn 1832/33 (AH 1248); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmed Sadık Efendiborn 1834/35 (AH 1250); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ahmed Hâzım Efendiborn 1840/41 (AH 1256); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Mustafa Sabri Efendiborn 1845 (AH 1261); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Aleksan Fehmi Efendiborn 1845/46 (AH 1262); highest salary 1,250 kuruş
The page of Kemaliye (Eğin), with the 74 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 136 officials whose first annual entry is for 1872/73 (AH 1289), 115 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 88th highest salary of them.
- Karaca Manuk Efendifirst entry in Aleppo (Halep); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Hasan Vehbi Efendifirst entry in Aleppo (Halep); highest salary 725 kuruş
- Sırrı Efendifirst entry in Aleppo (Halep); highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- Hasan Fikri Efendifirst annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289); highest salary 2,700 kuruş
- Esad Paşafirst annual entry 1872/73 (AH 1289); no salary recorded
All 136 officials whose first annual entry is for 1872/73 (AH 1289)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Merkez Muhasebecisi | Aleppo (Halep) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 139 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 58/155. |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Merkez Muhaberat Memuru | Mersin | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 139 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 58/155. |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Merkez Muhaberat Memuru | Diyarbakır | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 139 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 58/155. | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Merkez Muhaberat Memuru | Diyarbakır | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 139 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 58/155. |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Merkez Muhaberat Memuru | Diyarbakır | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 139 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 58/155. |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Merkez Muhaberat Memuru | Diyarbakır | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 139 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 58/155. |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Merkez Muhaberat Memuru | Diyarbakır | 450 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 139 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 58/155. |
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 |
|---|
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)