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Mehmed İzzet 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

Born in Bursa in 1888/89 (AH 1306) into the İslam community, Mehmed İzzet Efendi was the child of a medrese teacher (müderris). The annual lists begin in 1905/06, with Mehmed İzzet as kalem-i mezkûr evrak mukayyidi refâkati and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1906 to 1909.

Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1905/06 to a peak of 300 in 1910/11, when one in five paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 5,400 kuruş, 29 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

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.

  1. Bursa

    Born 1888/89 (AH 1306)

  2. Hüdâvendigâr as worded, no place record

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    kalem-i mezkûr evrak mukayyidi refâkati

    50 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded

    1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)

    No annual entry for 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326) before it.

    vergi idaresi mülazımlığı

    100 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328300 kuruşvergi idaresi mülazımlığı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This officialMedian, all officials

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 İzzet Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1905/06504302%
1909/101006001%
1910/1130050020%

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 İzzet Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1905/06AH 1323kalem-i mezkûr evrak mukayyidi refâkati
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/0650
1905/06
50
No annual entry: 1906 to 1909 (AH 1324 to 1326)
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328vergi idaresi mülazımlığı
3 entries
YearSalary
1909/10100
1910/11250
1910/11300
100 to 300

Record

Personal

Born
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Müderris

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 birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed İzzet Efendi had the 217th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), 114 have a recorded salary; Mehmed İzzet Efendi had the 54th highest salary of them.

  • Ahmet Muhtar Efendifirst annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323); highest salary 250 kuruş
  • Hasan Efendifirst annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323); highest salary 100 kuruş
  • Ali Beyfirst annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323); highest salary 600 kuruş
  • Eyüb Sabri Efendifirst annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323); highest salary 300 kuruş
  • Ahmet Faik Efendifirst annual entry 1905/06 (AH 1323); highest salary 250 kuruş

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed İzzet Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1905/06AH 1323kalem-i mezkûr evrak mukayyidi refâkatiHüdâvendigâr50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records152/234; 465
1905/06AH 1323kalem-i mezkûr evrak mukayyidi refâkatiHüdâvendigârAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records152/234; 465
1909/10AH 1327vergi idaresi mülazımlığı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records152/234; 465
1910/11AH 1328mezkûre (Okunamadı) kitâbeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records152/234; 465
1910/11AH 1328evkaf idaresi sandık eminliği300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records152/234; 465
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 İzzet 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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