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Mehmed Şükrü 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

Born in Niğde in 1867/68 (AH 1284), Mehmed Şükrü Efendi was the child of a medrese teacher (müderris). Work began in 1883/84, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1883/84, with Mehmed Şükrü as Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi mülazımı and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1886 to 1889.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to a peak of 800 in 1905/06, when three in four paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 700 kuruş. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.

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.

  1. Niğde

    Born 1867/68 (AH 1284)

  2. Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)

    Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi mülazımı

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Çiftlikât-ı Askerî as worded, no place record

    1889 to 1909 (AH 1307 to 1326)

    No annual entry for 1886 to 1889 (AH 1304 to 1306) before it.

    Çiftlikât-ı Askerî depo muharriri

    100 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 20 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326800 kuruşÇiftlikât-ı Askerî depo muharriri
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326This officialMedian, all officials

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 Şükrü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/861004004%
1889/901004005%
1890/911004005%
1891/921004004%
1892/931004004%
1893/9425040021%
1894/9525040021%
1895/9640040044%
1896/9740045042%
1897/9840040045%
1898/991004004%
1899/190050040055%
1900/0155040066%
1901/0261040069%
1905/0680043074%
1908/0970040066%

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 Şükrü Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1883/84AH 1301First work
1883 to 1886AH 1301 to 1303Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi mülazımı
4 entries
YearSalary
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1885/86100
100
No annual entry: 1886 to 1889 (AH 1304 to 1306)
1889 to 1909AH 1307 to 1326Çiftlikât-ı Askerî depo muharriri
30 entries
YearSalary
1889/90100
1889/90100
1890/91100
1891/92100
1891/92100
1892/93100
1893/94100
1893/94250
1894/95250
1895/96250
1895/96400
1896/97400
1897/98400
1897/98100
1898/99100
1899/1900100
1899/1900500
1900/01500
1900/01550
1901/02550
1901/02610
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1905/06800
1906/07
1907/08
1908/09700
1908/09
100

Record

Personal

Born
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Birthplace
Niğde
Father's occupation
Müderris

First work

Year
1883/84 (AH 1301)

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 birthplace

Of the 12 officials born in Niğde, 9 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şükrü Efendi had the 5th highest salary of them.

The page of Niğde, with the 12 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301), 195 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şükrü Efendi had the 45th highest salary of them.

All 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Şükrü Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1883/84AH 1301Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi mülazımıMatbah-ı Amire İdare KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1884/85AH 1302Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi mülazımıMatbah-ı Amire İdare KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1885/86AH 1303Matbah-ı Amire İdare Kalemi mülazımıMatbah-ı Amire İdare KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1885/86AH 1303Maaş kaydı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1889/90AH 1307Çiftlikât-ı Askerî depo muharririÇiftlikât-ı Askerî100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1889/90AH 1307Matbah-ı Amire depo memuruMatbah-ı Amire Deposu100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1890/91AH 1308Matbah-ı Amire depo memuruMatbah-ı Amire Deposu100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1891/92AH 1309Matbah-ı Amire depo memuruMatbah-ı Amire Deposu100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1891/92AH 1309Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1892/93AH 1310Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1893/94AH 1311Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1893/94AH 1311Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1894/95AH 1312Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1895/96AH 1313Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1895/96AH 1313Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1896/97AH 1314Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1897/98AH 1315Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1897/98AH 1315Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1898/99AH 1316Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1899/1900AH 1317Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1899/1900AH 1317Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1900/01AH 1318Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1900/01AH 1318Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1901/02AH 1319Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1901/02AH 1319Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu610Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1902/03AH 1320Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire DeposuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1903/04AH 1321Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire DeposuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1904/05AH 1322Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire DeposuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1905/06AH 1323Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire DeposuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1905/06AH 1323Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1906/07AH 1324Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire DeposuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1907/08AH 1325Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire DeposuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1908/09AH 1326Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire Deposu700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
1908/09AH 1326Matbah-ı Amire depo kâtibiMatbah-ı Amire DeposuAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.927
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 Şükrü 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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