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Mehmet İrfan 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 Mehmet İrfan Efendi began in Kütahya in 1882/83 (AH 1300); the father's occupation was "Emekli bahriye binbaşısı". Work began in Kütahya in 1901/02, at about 18. The annual lists begin in 1901/02, with Mehmet İrfan as Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı in Kütahya, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1907/08. At the same time, from 1906 to 1908, the lists also place Mehmet İrfan in Uşak as Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakati.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 250 kuruş a month in 1906/07, in Uşak, when 22 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

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 2 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1906/0712KütahyaUşak
  1. Kütahya

    Born 1882/83 (AH 1300); First work 1901/02 (AH 1319); 1901 to 1908 (AH 1319 to 1325)

    Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

    80 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  2. Uşak

    1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)

    Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakati

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325250 kuruşTahrirat kalemi mülazımıZiraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakati
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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 İrfan Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1906/0725045037522%
1907/0825046030022%

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 İrfan Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1901/02AH 1319First workKütahya
1901 to 1908AH 1319 to 1325Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
8 entries
YearSalary
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1906/07
1907/0880
Kütahya80
1906 to 1908AH 1324 to 1325Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakati
3 entries
YearSalary
1906/07250
1907/08250
1907/08
Uşak250

Record

Personal

Born
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Birthplace
Kütahya
Father's occupation
Emekli bahriye binbaşısı

First work

Year
1901/02 (AH 1319)

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 37 officials with entries in Kütahya in the same years, 34 have a recorded salary; Mehmet İrfan Efendi had the 25th highest salary of them.

All 133 officials with entries in Kütahya

Same birthplace

Of the 150 officials born in Kütahya, 140 have a recorded salary; Mehmet İrfan Efendi had the 113th highest salary of them.

The page of Kütahya, with the 150 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), 110 have a recorded salary; Mehmet İrfan Efendi had the 75th highest salary of them.

All 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet İrfan Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1901/02AH 1319Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119.
1902/03AH 1320Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119.
1903/04AH 1321Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119.
1904/05AH 1322Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119.
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119.
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119.
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bankası şubesi göreviKütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119.
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakatiUşak250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119.
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakatiUşak250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119.
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kitabeti refakati (İstifa)UşakAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119.
1907/08AH 1325Tahrirat kalemi memuruKütahya80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.119; 145 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:146, s.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 Mehmet İrfan 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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