Mehmet Fehmi 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 Mehmet Fehmi Efendi began in Sivas in 1862/63 (AH 1279). Work began in Sivas in 1877/78, at about 15, on a first salary of 45 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1877/78, places Mehmet Fehmi in Sivas, the birthplace, as Evrak Kalemi Sancak Mukayyitliği refakati, where the entries run to 1887/88. For 1880 to 1887 and 1888 to 1893 the lists have no entry. The last posts were in Koyulhisar in 1893/94 and Darende in 1894/95 and Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) in 1897/98. The lists have no entry for 1895 to 1897.
The salary went from 45 kuruş a month in 1877/78 to 100 in 1878/79, the peak, in Sivas, when 3 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 2,940 kuruş, 19 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last 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.
Born 1862/63 (AH 1279); First work 1877/78 (AH 1294); 1877 to 1888 (AH 1294 to 1305)
Evrak Kalemi Sancak Mukayyitliği refakati 1877/78 (AH 1294); Evrak Kalemi kâtibi 1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297); Evrak Müdürü Muavini 1887/88 (AH 1305)
45 to 100 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
No annual entry for 1878 (AH 1295) or 1880 to 1887 (AH 1298 to 1304).
1893/94 (AH 1311)
No annual entry for 1888 to 1893 (AH 1306 to 1310) before it.
Aşar İhale Memuru
entries in 1 year
1897/98 (AH 1315)
No annual entry for 1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314) before it.
Aşar İhale Memuru
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 | 45 | 450 | 355 | 1% | |
| 1878/79 | 100 | 400 | 425 | 3% | |
| 1879/80 | 100 | 400 | 400 | 3% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | First work | Sivas | 45first-salary field |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Evrak Kalemi Sancak Mukayyitliği refakati | Sivas | 45 |
| No annual entry: 1878 (AH 1295) | |||
| 1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297 | Evrak Kalemi kâtibi | Sivas | 100 |
| No annual entry: 1880 to 1887 (AH 1298 to 1304) | |||
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Evrak Müdürü Muavini | Sivas | |
| No annual entry: 1888 to 1893 (AH 1306 to 1310) | |||
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Aşar İhale Memuru | Koyulhisar | |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Aşar İhale Memuru | Darende | |
| No annual entry: 1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314) | |||
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Aşar İhale Memuru | Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) | |
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 58 officials with entries in Sivas in the same years, 55 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Fehmi Efendi had the 53rd highest salary of them.
- Hüseyin Necmi Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ahmed Fethi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 4,000 kuruş
- Şefkat Bedros Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Hüseyin Mazhar Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,160 kuruş
- Halil Hilmi Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 850 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Fehmi Efendi had the 273rd highest salary of them.
- Abdi Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); no salary recorded
- Abdulkadir Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Emrullah Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 360 kuruş
- Hafız Mahmud Kâmil Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 540 kuruş
- İbrahim Ethem Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 500 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Fehmi Efendi had the lowest salary of them.
- İsmail Hakkı Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Yakup Namık Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 250 kuruş
- İbrahim Ethem Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- Artin Efendifirst entry in Sivas; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Ali Efendifirst annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 400 kuruş
All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Evrak Kalemi Sancak Mukayyitliği refakati | Sivas | 45 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 429 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00104,s.312 |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Evrak Kalemi kâtibi | Sivas | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 429 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00104,s.312 |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Telgraf Mukayyidi | Sivas | 100 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 429 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00104,s.312 |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Evrak Müdürü Muavini | Sivas | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 429 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00104,s.312 | |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Aşar İhale Memuru | Koyulhisar | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 429 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00104,s.312 | |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Aşar İhale Memuru | Darende | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 429 DH.SAİD.d.nr.00104,s.312 | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Aşar İhale Memuru | Pınarbaşı (Aziziye) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH.SAİD.d.nr.00104,s.312 |
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)