Mehmet Mikdat 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
Mehmet Mikdat Efendi was born in Amasya in 1861/62 (AH 1278) into the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Gümüşhacıköy Aşar ve Ambar Memuru". The first annual entry, for 1879/80, places Mehmet Mikdat in Amasya, the birthplace, as an official (Memur). The lists have no entry for 1880 to 1906. In 1906/07 the lists place Mehmet Mikdat in Gümüşhane, with a rise to Tahrirat Müdürü.
The salary went from 240 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to 900 in 1906/07, the peak, in Gümüşhane, when three in four paid officials earned less. The last 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.
1906/07 (AH 1324)
No annual entry for 1880 to 1906 (AH 1298 to 1323) before it.
Tahrirat Müdürü
900 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80 | 240 | 400 | 400 | 17% | |
| 1906/07 | 900 | 450 | 500 | 74% |
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.
Record#
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 6 officials with entries in Amasya in the same years, Mehmet Mikdat Efendi had the 4th highest salary.
- Abdullah Bahri Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 2,550 kuruş
- Hafız Abdurrahman Şükrü Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 2,300 kuruş
- Hüseyin Rüştü Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Osman Remzi Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Mehmet Hamza Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 250 kuruş
Same job title, same years
Of the 5 officials with the title Memur in the same years, Mehmet Mikdat Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.
- Hasan Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,100 kuruş
- Numan Sabit Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Mehmed Tevfik Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 350 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 113 officials born in Amasya, 25 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Mikdat Efendi had the 4th highest salary of them.
- Abdülhalim Hami Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); no salary recorded
- İsmail Hakkı Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); no salary recorded
- İsmail Hakkı Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); no salary recorded
- Kirikor Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); no salary recorded
- Mehmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1861/62 (AH 1278); no salary recorded
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297), 191 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Mikdat Efendi had the 42nd highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Hamza Efendifirst entry in Amasya; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Abdullah Bahri Efendifirst entry in Amasya; highest salary 2,550 kuruş
- ABULVAHİT EFENDİfirst annual entry 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmed Rıfad Efendifirst entry in Tokat; highest salary 280 kuruş
- Ali Azmi Efendifirst entry in Taşköprü; highest salary 250 kuruş
All 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Memur | Amasya | 240 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Tahrirat Müdürü | Gümüşhane | 900 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected 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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)