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Mahmud 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

Mahmud Efendi was born in Sarıkaya karyesi in 1871/72 (AH 1288), into the İslam community, and the father's occupation was "tuzcu esnafı". Work began in Sivas in 1905/06, at about 34. The annual lists begin in 1905/06, with Mahmud as eytam müdürü and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1909 to 1911 give a second post, in Yıldızeli as kaza eytam müdürü. In place of a title the lists give Infisal for 1910/11.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 300 kuruş a month in 1909/10, in Yıldızeli, when 22 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1910/11.

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 3 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1909/1013SivasYıldızeli

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Sivas merkez).

  1. Sivas

    First work 1905/06 (AH 1323)

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

    1905 to 1910 (AH 1323 to 1327)

    eytam müdürü

    entries in 5 years

  3. Yıldızeli (Yenihan)

    1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)

    kaza eytam müdürü 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1910/11 (AH 1328)

    300 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
01002003001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328300 kuruşeytam müdürükaza eytam müdürü
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This 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 Mahmud Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1909/1030060050022%
1910/1130050035020%

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 Mahmud Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1905/06AH 1323First workSivas
1905 to 1910AH 1323 to 1327eytam müdürü
6 entries
YearSalary
1905/06
1906/07
1907/08
1908/09
1909/10
1909/10
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328kaza eytam müdürü
3 entries
YearSalary
1909/10300
1910/11300
1910/11
Yıldızeli (Yenihan)300
1910/11AH 1328Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Born
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Birthplace
Sarıkaya karyesi
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
tuzcu esnafı

First work

Year
1905/06 (AH 1323)
Place
Sivas

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), 114 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Efendi had the 54th highest salary of them.

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmud Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1905/06AH 1323eytam müdürüSivas merkezAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324eytam müdürüSivas merkezAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325eytam müdürüSivas merkezAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326eytam müdürüSivas merkezAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327eytam müdürüSivas merkezAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327eytam müdürü (Nakil)Sivas merkezAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327kaza eytam müdürüYıldızeli (Yenihan)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328kaza eytam müdürüYıldızeli (Yenihan)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328kaza eytam müdürü (İstifa)Yıldızeli (Yenihan)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Mahmud 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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