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Mehmed Arif 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 Arif Efendi began in Gelibolu. Mehmed Arif began work in Gelibolu in 1891/92 (AH 1309). From the first annual entry, for 1891/92, to 1908/09, every annual entry places Mehmed Arif in the same post, mülazım (Ziraat Bankası şubesi), in Gelibolu, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to a peak of 550 in 1907/08, in Gelibolu, when 59 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 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 1326550 kuruşmülazım (Ziraat Bankası şubesi)
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 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 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 Mehmed Arif Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/9325040040021%
1893/9430040040027%
1894/9530040045028%
1895/9630040040027%
1896/9730045040026%
1897/9830040040028%
1898/9930040040027%
1907/0855046050059%
1908/0955040052060%

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 Arif Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309First workGelibolu
1891 to 1899AH 1309 to 1316mülazım (Ziraat Bankası şubesi)
17 entries
YearSalary
1891/92
1892/93
1892/93
1892/93250
1893/94250
1893/94
1893/94300
1894/95300
1895/96300
1896/97300
1897/98300
1897/98
1897/98
1898/99300
1898/99
1898/99
1898/99
Gelibolu
No annual entry: 1899 to 1906 (AH 1317 to 1323)
1906 to 1909AH 1324 to 1326Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur vekili
8 entries
YearSalary
1906/07
1906/07
1906/07
1906/07
1906/07
1907/08550
1908/09550
1908/09
Gelibolu

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Gelibolu

First work

Year
1891/92 (AH 1309)

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 34 officials with entries in Gelibolu in the same years, Mehmed Arif Efendi had the 16th highest salary.

All 84 officials with entries in Gelibolu

Same birthplace

Of the 127 officials born in Gelibolu, 118 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Arif Efendi had the 48th highest salary of them.

The page of Gelibolu, with the 127 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Arif Efendi had the 53rd highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Arif Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309mülazım (Ziraat Bankası şubesi)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1892/93AH 1310mülazım (Ziraat Bankası şubesi)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1892/93AH 1310mülazım (Ziraat Bankası şubesi) (Nakil)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1892/93AH 1310Tarik Komisyonu kâtibiGelibolu250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1893/94AH 1311Tarik Komisyonu kâtibiGelibolu250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1893/94AH 1311Tarik Komisyonu kâtibi (Nakil)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1893/94AH 1311Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1894/95AH 1312Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1896/97AH 1314Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muavini vekiliGeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muavini vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası şubesi kâtibi (Nakil)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muavini vekiliGeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muavini vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur vekiliGeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur vekiliGeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur vekiliGeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniGelibolu550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniGelibolu550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muavini (Görevin sona ermesi)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 98/119
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 Arif 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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