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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.

All 2 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1906/0712AmasyaGümüşhane
  1. Amasya

    Born 1861/62 (AH 1278); First work here; 1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Memur

    240 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Gümüşhane

    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

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001,0001880/81AH 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 1324900 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001880/81AH 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 Mehmet Mikdat Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/8024040040017%
1906/0790045050074%

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 Mehmet Mikdat Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workAmasya
1879/80AH 1297MemurAmasya240
No annual entry: 1880 to 1906 (AH 1298 to 1323)
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat MüdürüGümüşhane900

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Amasya
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Gümüşhacıköy Aşar ve Ambar Memuru

First work

Place
Amasya

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.

All 77 officials with entries in Amasya

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.

All 54 officials with the title Memur

Same birthplace

Of the 113 officials born in Amasya, 25 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Mikdat Efendi had the 4th highest salary of them.

The page of Amasya, with the 113 officials born there

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.

All 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Mikdat Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297MemurAmasya240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat MüdürüGümüşhane900Affiliation 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 Mehmet Mikdat 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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