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Mahmud Hamdi 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 Mahmud Hamdi Efendi began in Bileke, Bosna in 1864/65 (AH 1281); the father's occupation was "Üçüncü Ordu 18. Süvari Alayı alay emini". Work began in Mitrovica (Mitroviça) in 1885/86, at about 21, on a first salary of 400 kuruş. Both annual entries, for 1885/86 and 1886/87, place Mahmud Hamdi in Mitrovica as Üçüncü Ordu Mitroviçe Hastahanesi kâtib-i sânîsi.

Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to a peak of 500 in 1886/87, in Mitrovica, when 57 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1886/87.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304500 kuruşÜçüncü Ordu Mitroviçe Hastahanesi kâtib-i sânîsi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304This 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 Hamdi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/8640040025044%
1886/8750040030057%

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 Hamdi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First workMitrovica (Mitroviça)400first-salary field
1885 to 1887AH 1303 to 1304Üçüncü Ordu Mitroviçe Hastahanesi kâtib-i sânîsi
4 entries
YearSalary
1885/86400
1886/87400
1886/87
1886/87500
Mitrovica (Mitroviça)400 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Birthplace
Bileke, Bosna
Father's occupation
Üçüncü Ordu 18. Süvari Alayı alay emini

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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 7 officials with entries in Mitrovica (Mitroviça) in the same years, Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

All 28 officials with entries in Mitrovica (Mitroviça)

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 80th highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmud Hamdi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Üçüncü Ordu Mitroviçe Hastahanesi kâtib-i sânîsiMitrovica (Mitroviça)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Üçüncü Ordu Mitroviçe Hastahanesi kâtib-i sânîsiMitrovica (Mitroviça)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Üçüncü Ordu Mitroviçe Hastahanesi kâtib-i sânîsi (Nakil)Mitrovica (Mitroviça)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Üçüncü Ordu Mitroviçe Hastahanesi kâtib-i evveliMitrovica (Mitroviça)500Affiliation 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 Hamdi 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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