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Mehmed Arif 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

Mehmed Arif Efendi was born in Ayntab in 1870/71 (AH 1287), into the İslam community, and the father's occupation was "Âlim". Work began in 1899/1900, at about 29, on a first salary of 0 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1899/1900, with Mehmed Arif as İlim ve fen öğreticisi and no place named. For 1907 to 1919 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 0 kuruş a month in 1899/1900 to 60 in 1906/07, the peak, when 2 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, eight years of salary come to 720 kuruş, 1 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1919/20.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02040601900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 13301913/14AH 13321915/16AH 13341917/18AH 13361919/20AH 133860 kuruşİlim ve fen öğreticisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 13301913/14AH 13321915/16AH 13341917/18AH 13361919/20AH 1338This 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 Arif Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1899/190004000%
1900/0104000%
1901/0204000%
1902/0304000%
1903/0404050%
1904/0504000%
1905/0604300%
1906/07604502%

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 Arif Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1899/1900AH 1317First work0first-salary field
1899 to 1907AH 1317 to 1324İlim ve fen öğreticisi
8 entries
YearSalary
1899/19000
1900/010
1901/020
1902/030
1903/040
1904/050
1905/060
1906/0760
0 to 60
No annual entry: 1907 to 1919 (AH 1325 to 1337)
1919/20AH 1338Ayntab Eytam müdürü

Record

Personal

Born
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Birthplace
Ayntab
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Âlim

First work

Year
1899/1900 (AH 1317)

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317), 126 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Arif Efendi had the 121st highest salary of them.

  • Ali Efendifirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 800 kuruş
  • Bodosaki Efendifirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 540 kuruş
  • Mehmed Şükrü Efendifirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 400 kuruş
  • Alkiyodis Efendifirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 1,250 kuruş
  • Bekir Efendifirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 250 kuruş

All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Arif Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1899/1900AH 1317İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA.MŞH.ŞSC.d.SAİD, 157-7-1; 157-7-2; 157-7-4; 157-7-5; 157-7-6; 157-7-7; 157-8-11.
1900/01AH 1318İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA.MŞH.ŞSC.d.SAİD, 157-7-1; 157-7-2; 157-7-4; 157-7-5; 157-7-6; 157-7-7; 157-8-11.
1901/02AH 1319İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA.MŞH.ŞSC.d.SAİD, 157-7-1; 157-7-2; 157-7-4; 157-7-5; 157-7-6; 157-7-7; 157-8-11.
1902/03AH 1320İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA.MŞH.ŞSC.d.SAİD, 157-7-1; 157-7-2; 157-7-4; 157-7-5; 157-7-6; 157-7-7; 157-8-11.
1903/04AH 1321İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA.MŞH.ŞSC.d.SAİD, 157-7-1; 157-7-2; 157-7-4; 157-7-5; 157-7-6; 157-7-7; 157-8-11.
1904/05AH 1322İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA.MŞH.ŞSC.d.SAİD, 157-7-1; 157-7-2; 157-7-4; 157-7-5; 157-7-6; 157-7-7; 157-8-11.
1905/06AH 1323İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA.MŞH.ŞSC.d.SAİD, 157-7-1; 157-7-2; 157-7-4; 157-7-5; 157-7-6; 157-7-7; 157-8-11.
1906/07AH 1324İlim ve fen öğreticisiAyntab60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA.MŞH.ŞSC.d.SAİD, 157-7-1; 157-7-2; 157-7-4; 157-7-5; 157-7-6; 157-7-7; 157-8-11.
1919/20AH 1338Ayntab Eytam müdürüAyntabAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records133 BOA.MŞH.ŞSC.d.SAİD, 157-7-1; 157-7-2; 157-7-4; 157-7-5; 157-7-6; 157-7-7; 157-8-11.
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 Arif 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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