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Mahmud Nedim 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

Mahmud Nedim Efendi was born in Malatya in 1873/74 (AH 1290); the father's occupation was "Belediye Dairesi Sandık Kâtibi". Work began in 1901/02, at about 28. The annual lists begin in 1901/02, with Mahmud Nedim as Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubu and no place named. The last posts were in Osmaniye in 1908/09 and Damascus (Şam) in 1909/10.

Pay rose from 270 kuruş a month in 1908/09 to a peak of 300 in 1909/10, in Damascus, when 22 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1908/091909/10134MalatyaOsmaniyeDamascus

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Dördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü).

  1. Malatya

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)

  2. Dördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü as worded, no place record not on the map

    1901 to 1908 (AH 1319 to 1325)

    Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubu

    entries in 7 years

  3. Osmaniye

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdür Vekili

    270 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Damascus (Şam)

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru

    300 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
01002003001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327300 kuruşAskeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubu
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Mahmud Nedim Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1908/0927040027031%
1909/1030060070022%

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 Mahmud Nedim Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1901/02AH 1319First work
1901 to 1908AH 1319 to 1325Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubu
9 entries
YearSalary
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1907/08
1907/08
1907/08
1908/09AH 1326Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdür Vekili
2 entries
YearSalary
1908/09270
1908/09
Osmaniye270
1909/10AH 1327Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere MemuruDamascus (Şam)300

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)
Birthplace
Malatya
Father's occupation
Belediye Dairesi Sandık Kâtibi

First work

Year
1901/02 (AH 1319)

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 3 officials with entries in Osmaniye in the same years, Mahmud Nedim Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 19 officials with entries in Osmaniye

Same birthplace

Of the 140 officials born in Malatya, 132 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Nedim Efendi had the 88th highest salary of them.

The page of Malatya, with the 140 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), 110 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Nedim Efendi had the 63rd highest salary of them.

All 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmud Nedim Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1901/02AH 1319Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubuDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Askeri Telgraf BölüğüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubuDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Askeri Telgraf BölüğüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubuDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Askeri Telgraf BölüğüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubuDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Askeri Telgraf BölüğüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubuDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Askeri Telgraf BölüğüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubuDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Askeri Telgraf BölüğüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubuDördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Askeri Telgraf BölüğüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Askeri Telgraf Bölüğü mensubu (Azil)Dördüncü Ordu-yı Hümayun Askeri Telgraf BölüğüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Telgraf ve Posta stajyeriKozan Telgraf ve Posta MerkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdür VekiliOsmaniye270Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdür Vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)OsmaniyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere MemuruDamascus (Şam)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00164.00006, s. 9
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 Mahmud Nedim 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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