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Mehmed Nihad Bey

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 Nihad Bey was born in Konitsa (Koniçe) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). At about 24, in 1893/94, Mehmed Nihad began work. The annual lists begin in 1893/94, with Mehmed Nihad as Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı and no place named.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 1,000 in 1895/96, when four in five paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1895/96.

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. Konitsa (Koniçe)

    Born 1869/70 (AH 1286)

  2. Trieste as worded, no place record

    1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)

    Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı

    100 to 1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
05001,0001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131,000 kuruşMatbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This 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 Nihad Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1894/951004005%
1895/961,00040080%

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 Nihad Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First work
1893 to 1896AH 1311 to 1313Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı
7 entries
YearSalary
1893/94
1894/95
1894/95100
1894/95
1895/96
1895/96150
1895/961,000
1,000

Record

Personal

Born
1869/70 (AH 1286)

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 3 officials born in Konitsa (Koniçe), 2 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nihad Bey had the highest salary of them.

The page of Konitsa (Koniçe), with the 3 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 Nihad Bey had the 22nd highest salary of them.

  • Abdullah Efendifirst annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); highest salary 300 kuruş
  • Ahmed Hamdi Beyfirst annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
  • Ahmet Hamdi Beyfirst annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); highest salary 2,150 kuruş
  • Murad Emri Efendifirst annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); highest salary 750 kuruş
  • Osman Efendifirst annual entry 1893/94 (AH 1311); highest salary 350 kuruş

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

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Nihad Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Maaş kaydı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Umur-ı Şehbenderî Kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Matbuat-ı Ecnebiye Kalemi mülazımı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Trieste Şehbenderhanesi kançılaryasıTrieste1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Nihad Bey 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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