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Mehmed Fuad 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 Fuad Efendi was born in Bursa in 1861/62 (AH 1278) into the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâkeme-i istinaf âzâsı". The first annual entry, for 1878, names neither a title nor a place for Mehmed Fuad. For 1881 to 1883 and 1887 to 1890 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1897 to 1900 give a second post, in Tire as aşar me’murluğu. At the same time, from 1899 to 1903, the lists also place Mehmed Fuad in Bergama as aşar me’murluğu. The last entries, from 1903 to 1907, name Mehmed Fuad as aşar me’murluğu, with no place. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1885/86.

Pay rose from 70 kuruş a month in 1878 to a peak of 1,350 in 1885/86, when 88 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 17 years the salaries add up to 191,220 kuruş, 2.3 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.

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 8 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1897/981899/1900167BursaTireBergama

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Hüdâvendigâr), stop 3 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Bozdoğan kazası), stop 5 ((Okunamadı) kazası), stop 8 (Garbi Karaağaç kazası).

  1. Bursa

    Born 1861/62 (AH 1278)

  2. Hüdâvendigâr as worded, no place record not on the map

    1878 to 1879 (AH 1295 to 1296)

    40 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    No annual entry for 1879/80 (AH 1297) before it.

    225 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Bozdoğan kazası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304)

    No annual entry for 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300) before it.

    aşar ve izam me’murluğu 1883 to 1887 (AH 1301 to 1304); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1885/86 (AH 1303)

    800 to 1,350 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  5. (Okunamadı) kazası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1890 to 1898 (AH 1308 to 1315)

    No annual entry for 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307) before it.

    mukavelat muharrerliği

    entries in 8 years

  6. Tire

    1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317)

    aşar me’murluğu

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  7. Bergama

    1899 to 1903 (AH 1317 to 1320)

    aşar me’murluğu

    1,300 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  8. Garbi Karaağaç kazası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1903 to 1907 (AH 1321 to 1324)

    aşar me’murluğu

    540 to 1,100 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entry05001,0001,5001878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241,350 kuruşmukavelat muharrerliğiaşar me’murluğu
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0001878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This 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 Fuad Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1878704502%
1878/7920040012%
1880/8122540016%
1883/8480040078%
1884/851,00040080%
1885/861,35040088%
1886/871,35040087%
1897/981,00040040083%
1898/991,00040040083%
1899/19001,30040040089%
1900/011,30040036088%
1901/021,30040038087%
1902/031,30040040088%
1903/041,00040581%
1904/051,10040084%
1905/061,10043084%
1906/0754045060%

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 Fuad Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878 to 1879AH 1295 to 1296
6 entries
YearSalary
187840
187870
1878/79100
1878/79120
1878/79150
1878/79200
40 to 200
No annual entry: 1879/80 (AH 1297)
1880/81AH 1298225
No annual entry: 1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)
1883 to 1887AH 1301 to 1304aşar ve izam me’murluğu
6 entries
YearSalary
1883/84800
1884/85800
1884/851,000
1885/861,000
1885/861,350
1886/871,350
800 to 1,350
1885/86AH 1303Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)
1890 to 1898AH 1308 to 1315mukavelat muharrerliği
8 entries
YearSalary
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1897 to 1900AH 1315 to 1317aşar me’murluğu
4 entries
YearSalary
1897/981,000
1898/991,000
1898/991,000
1899/19001,000
Tire1,000
1899 to 1903AH 1317 to 1320aşar me’murluğu
5 entries
YearSalary
1899/19001,300
1900/011,300
1901/021,300
1902/031,300
1902/031,300
Bergama1,300
1903 to 1907AH 1321 to 1324aşar me’murluğu
6 entries
YearSalary
1903/041,000
1903/04800
1904/051,100
1904/05800
1905/061,100
1906/07540
1,000 to 540

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâkeme-i istinaf âzâsı

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 10 officials with entries in Bergama in the same years, Mehmed Fuad Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 35 officials with entries in Bergama

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Fuad Efendi had the 71st highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

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; Mehmed Fuad Efendi had the 17th highest salary of them.

All 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Fuad Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878AH 1295Hüdâvendigâr40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1878AH 1295Hüdâvendigâr70Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1878/79AH 1296Hüdâvendigâr100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1878/79AH 1296Hüdâvendigâr120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1878/79AH 1296Hüdâvendigâr150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1878/79AH 1296Hüdâvendigâr200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1880/81AH 1298225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1883/84AH 1301aşar ve izam me’murluğuBozdoğan kazası800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1884/85AH 1302aşar ve izam me’murluğuBozdoğan kazası800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1884/85AH 1302emanet aşar me’murluğuAydın sancağı merkez kaza1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1885/86AH 1303emanet aşar me’murluğuAydın sancağı merkez kaza1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1885/86AH 1303InfisalAydın sancağı merkez kazaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1885/86AH 1303reji idaresi hükümet me’murluğuliva-ı mezbur1,350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1886/87AH 1304reji idaresi hükümet me’murluğuliva-ı mezbur1,350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1890/91AH 1308mukavelat muharrerliği(Okunamadı) kazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1891/92AH 1309mukavelat muharrerliği(Okunamadı) kazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1892/93AH 1310mukavelat muharrerliği(Okunamadı) kazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1893/94AH 1311mukavelat muharrerliği(Okunamadı) kazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1894/95AH 1312mukavelat muharrerliği(Okunamadı) kazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1895/96AH 1313mukavelat muharrerliği(Okunamadı) kazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1896/97AH 1314mukavelat muharrerliği(Okunamadı) kazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1897/98AH 1315mukavelat muharrerliği(Okunamadı) kazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1897/98AH 1315aşar me’murluğuTire1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1898/99AH 1316aşar me’murluğuTire1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1898/99AH 1316aşar me’murluğuTire1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1899/1900AH 1317aşar me’murluğuTire1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1899/1900AH 1317aşar me’murluğuBergama1,300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1900/01AH 1318aşar me’murluğuBergama1,300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1901/02AH 1319aşar me’murluğuBergama1,300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1902/03AH 1320aşar me’murluğuBergama1,300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1902/03AH 1320aşar me’murluğuBergama1,300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1903/04AH 1321aşar me’murluğu1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1903/04AH 1321aşar me’murluğu800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1904/05AH 1322aşar me’murluğu1,100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1904/05AH 1322aşar me’murluğu800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1905/06AH 1323aşar me’murluğu1,100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
1906/07AH 1324mal müdürlüğüGarbi Karaağaç kazası540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records166/42; 810
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 Fuad 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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