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Mehmed Erşed 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 Erşed Efendi was born in Gaziantep (Antep) in 1874/75 (AH 1291); the father's occupation was "Cami-i Asri imamı". The annual lists begin in 1896/97, with Mehmed Erşed as Tahrirat müdürü in Kirkuk. The lists have no entry for 1897 to 1899. The annual lists then follow Mehmed Erşed to Gaziantep and Idlib (İdlib) from 1899 to 1903. Alongside, the lists for 1902 to 1906 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1905/06 give a second post, in Idlib as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi.

Pay rose from 350 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to a peak of 500 in 1902/03, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1905/06.

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 6 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1899/19001901/021905/0612346GaziantepKirkukIdlib

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 5 (Suruç).

  1. Gaziantep (Antep)

    Born 1874/75 (AH 1291)

  2. Kirkuk (Kerkük)

    First work here; 1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Tahrirat müdürü

    350 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Gaziantep (Antep)

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    No annual entry for 1897 to 1899 (AH 1315 to 1316) before it.

    Tahrirat kâtibi (İnfisal)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Idlib (İdlib)

    1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320)

    No annual entry for 1900/01 (AH 1318) before it.

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Suruç as worded, no place record not on the map

    1902 to 1906 (AH 1320 to 1323)

    Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  6. Idlib (İdlib)

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

    entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323500 kuruşTahrirat müdürüZiraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This 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 Mehmed Erşed Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/9735045040036%
1901/0225040040021%
1902/0350040055%
1903/0450040553%
1904/0550040055%
1905/0650043052%

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 Erşed Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workKirkuk (Kerkük)
1896/97AH 1314Tahrirat müdürü
2 entries
YearSalary
1896/97350
1896/97
Kirkuk (Kerkük)350
No annual entry: 1897 to 1899 (AH 1315 to 1316)
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat kâtibi (İnfisal)Gaziantep (Antep)
No annual entry: 1900/01 (AH 1318)
1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 1320Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati
2 entries
YearSalary
1901/02250
1902/03250
Idlib (İdlib)250
1902 to 1906AH 1320 to 1323Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi
5 entries
YearSalary
1902/03500
1903/04500
1904/05500
1905/06500
1905/06
500
1905/06AH 1323Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiIdlib (İdlib)

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Father's occupation
Cami-i Asri imamı

First work

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 4 officials with entries in Idlib (İdlib) in the same years, 3 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Erşed Efendi had the 2nd highest salary of them.

All 18 officials with entries in Idlib (İdlib)

Same birthplace

Of the 59 officials born in Gaziantep (Antep), 55 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Erşed Efendi had the 32nd highest salary of them.

The page of Gaziantep (Antep), with the 59 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Erşed Efendi had the 49th highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Erşed Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Tahrirat müdürüKirkuk (Kerkük)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.; 239 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.
1896/97AH 1314Tahrirat müdürü (İnfisal)Kirkuk (Kerkük)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.; 239 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat kâtibi (İnfisal)Gaziantep (Antep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.; 239 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.
1901/02AH 1319Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiIdlib (İdlib)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.; 239 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.
1902/03AH 1320Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiIdlib (İdlib)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.; 239 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.
1902/03AH 1320Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibiSuruç500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.; 239 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.
1903/04AH 1321Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibiSuruç500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.; 239 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.
1904/05AH 1322Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibiSuruç500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.; 239 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.
1905/06AH 1323Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibiSuruç500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.; 239 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.
1905/06AH 1323Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kâtibi (İnfisal)SuruçAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.; 239 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.
1905/06AH 1323Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiIdlib (İdlib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.; 239 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 131/55.
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 Erşed 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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