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Mehmed Emin 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 Emin Efendi began in Gelibolu in 1875/76 (AH 1292); the father's occupation was "pabuççu esnafı". At about 16, in 1890/91, Mehmed Emin began work in Gelibolu. The annual lists begin in 1890/91, with Mehmed Emin as Bidayet Mahkemesi memuru (mülazım) in Gelibolu, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1897/98. Alongside, the lists for 1893/94 give a second post, in Şarköy as Bidayet Mahkemesi İkinci Kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1893/94 give a second post, in Keşan as Bidayet Mahkemesi İkinci Kâtibi. The last post was in Eceabat in 1897/98.

Pay rose from 225 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to a peak of 400 in 1897/98, in Eceabat, when 45 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 18,300 kuruş, 74 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1897/98.

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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1893/941893/941897/981234GeliboluŞarköyKeşanEceabat
  1. Gelibolu

    Born 1875/76 (AH 1292); First work 1890/91 (AH 1308); 1890 to 1898 (AH 1308 to 1315)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi memuru (mülazım)

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  2. Şarköy

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi İkinci Kâtibi

    225 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Keşan

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi İkinci Kâtibi

    entries in 1 year

  4. Eceabat

    1897/98 (AH 1315)

    Tahrirat Kâtibi

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315400 kuruşBidayet Mahkemesi memuru (mülazım)Tahrirat Kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 1315This 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 Emin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/9422540040019%
1894/9530040045028%
1895/9630040040027%
1896/9730045040026%
1897/9840040040045%

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 Emin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1890/91AH 1308First workGelibolu
1890 to 1898AH 1308 to 1315Bidayet Mahkemesi memuru (mülazım)
9 entries
YearSalary
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1893/94
1894/95300
1895/96300
1896/97300
1897/98300
Gelibolu300
1893/94AH 1311Bidayet Mahkemesi İkinci KâtibiŞarköy225
1893/94AH 1311Bidayet Mahkemesi İkinci KâtibiKeşan
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat KâtibiEceabat400

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Birthplace
Gelibolu
Father's occupation
pabuççu esnafı

First work

Year
1890/91 (AH 1308)

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 23 officials with entries in Gelibolu in the same years, Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 17th highest salary.

All 84 officials with entries in Gelibolu

Same birthplace

Of the 127 officials born in Gelibolu, 118 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 66th highest salary of them.

The page of Gelibolu, with the 127 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308), 161 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 74th highest salary of them.

All 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1890/91AH 1308Bidayet Mahkemesi memuru (mülazım)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
1891/92AH 1309Bidayet Mahkemesi memuru (mülazım)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
1892/93AH 1310Bidayet Mahkemesi memuru (mülazım)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
1893/94AH 1311Bidayet Mahkemesi memuru (mülazım)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
1893/94AH 1311Bidayet Mahkemesi memuru (mülazım) (Görevin sona ermesi)GeliboluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
1893/94AH 1311Bidayet Mahkemesi İkinci KâtibiŞarköy225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
1893/94AH 1311Bidayet Mahkemesi İkinci KâtibiKeşanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
1894/95AH 1312Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza İdaresi Zabıt KâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
1895/96AH 1313Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza İdaresi Zabıt KâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
1896/97AH 1314Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza İdaresi Zabıt KâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
1897/98AH 1315Bidayet Mahkemesi Ceza İdaresi Zabıt KâtibiGelibolu300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat KâtibiEceabat400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 189/51
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 Emin 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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