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Mehmed Eşref 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 Eşref Efendi was born in Pristina (Priştine) in 1876/77 (AH 1293); the father's occupation was "Jandarma yüzbaşısı". At about 17, in 1893/94, Mehmed Eşref began work in Pristina. The annual lists begin in 1893/94, with Mehmed Eşref as Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi stajyeri and no place named. For 1894 to 1898 the lists have no entry.

The one salary in the lists is 225 kuruş a month, for 1898/99, when one in five paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.

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. Pristina (Priştine)

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293); First work 1893/94 (AH 1311)

  2. Priştine Sancağı as worded, no place record

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi stajyeri

    entries in 1 year

  3. Mitroviçe Kazası as worded, no place record

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    No annual entry for 1894 to 1898 (AH 1312 to 1315) before it.

    Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

    225 kuruş a month; 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 entry01002003001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316225 kuruş

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 Eşref Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First workPristina (Priştine)
1893/94AH 1311Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi stajyeri
No annual entry: 1894 to 1898 (AH 1312 to 1315)
1898/99AH 1316Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi225

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Father's occupation
Jandarma yüzbaşısı

First work

Year
1893/94 (AH 1311)

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 91 officials born in Pristina (Priştine), 84 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Eşref Efendi had the 73rd highest salary of them.

The page of Pristina (Priştine), with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Eşref Efendi had the 149th highest salary of them.

All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Eşref Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Bidayet Mahkemesi Kalemi stajyeriPriştine SancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 124-73
1898/99AH 1316Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiMitroviçe Kazası225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 124-73
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 Eşref 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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