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Mehmed Tevfik 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 Safranbolu in 1865/66 (AH 1282), Mehmed Tevfik Efendi came from the İslam community; the father's occupation was "Rüşdiye muallimi (mütekaid)". At about 18, in 1883/84, Mehmed Tevfik began work, on a first salary of 550 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1883/84, with Mehmed Tevfik as Aşar muvakkat kol katibi and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1885 to 1888.

The salary went from 550 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to 800 in 1888/89, the peak, when 77 per cent of paid officials earned less. That salary was paid for a single year, and the next list gives 700 kuruş. After ten years the salary stood below the first, 135 kuruş against 550. The final annual entry is for 1896/97.

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. Safranbolu

    Born 1865/66 (AH 1282)

  2. Aktaş nahiyesi as worded, no place record

    1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)

    Aşar muvakkat kol katibi

    550 to 700 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Eflani nahiyesi as worded, no place record

    1888 to 1897 (AH 1306 to 1314)

    No annual entry for 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305) before it.

    Ağnam kol memuru

    135 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314800 kuruşAşar muvakkat kol katibiAğnam kol memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 1314This 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 Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1883/8455040066%
1884/8570040074%
1888/8980040077%
1889/9070040073%
1890/9160040065%
1892/93462.540055%
1893/9435040038%
1894/951354009%
1895/961354009%
1896/971354507%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1883/84AH 1301First work550first-salary field
1883 to 1885AH 1301 to 1302Aşar muvakkat kol katibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1883/84550
1884/85700
550 to 700
No annual entry: 1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)
1888 to 1897AH 1306 to 1314Ağnam kol memuru
11 entries
YearSalary
1888/89750
1888/89800
1889/90700
1890/91600
1891/92
1892/93462.5
1893/94350
1894/95135
1895/96135
1896/97135
1896/97135
750 to 135

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Birthplace
Safranbolu
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Rüşdiye muallimi (mütekaid)

First work

Year
1883/84 (AH 1301)

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 89 officials born in Safranbolu, 71 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 19th highest salary of them.

The page of Safranbolu, with the 89 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301), 195 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 45th highest salary of them.

All 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1883/84AH 1301Aşar muvakkat kol katibiAktaş nahiyesi550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1884/85AH 1302Aşar muvakkat kol katibiAktaş nahiyesi700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1888/89AH 1306Ağnam kol memuru750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1888/89AH 1306Aşar kol katibiEflani nahiyesi800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1889/90AH 1307Ağnam katibiZağfiranbolu merkez kazası700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1890/91AH 1308Ağnam kol memuruZağfiranbolu kazası600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1891/92AH 1309Ağnam tadad kol katibiZağfiranbolu kazasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1892/93AH 1310Ağnam tadad kol memuruZağfiranbolu kazası462.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1893/94AH 1311Ağnam tadad kol katibiZağfiranbolu kazası350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1894/95AH 1312Nahiye katibiEflani nahiyesi135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1895/96AH 1313Nahiye katibiEflani nahiyesi135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1896/97AH 1314Nahiye katibiEflani nahiyesi135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records77 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
1896/97AH 1314Nahiye katibiUlus nahiyesi135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH SA ĐD nr.85. s.22
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 Tevfik 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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