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Mehmed Tahir 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

The life of Mehmed Tahir Efendi began in Mecca (Mekke) in 1882/83 (AH 1300). Work began in Jeddah (Cidde) in 1910/11, at about 27, on a first salary of 400 kuruş. The one annual entry, for 1910/11, places Mehmed Tahir in Jeddah as Evkaf tahsildarı, on 400 kuruş a month.

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 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1910/1112MeccaJeddah

  1. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1882/83 (AH 1300)

  2. Jeddah (Cidde)

    First work 1910/11 (AH 1328); 1910/11 (AH 1328)

    Evkaf tahsildarı

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

One annual entry, for 1910/11 (AH 1328): Evkaf tahsildarı in Jeddah (Cidde), with 400 kuruş a month. Institution: Affiliation not recorded.

Record

Personal

Born
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)

First work

Year
1910/11 (AH 1328)

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 6 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde) in the same years, Mehmed Tahir Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 52 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde)

Same birthplace

Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tahir Efendi had the 69th highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 98 officials whose first annual entry is for 1910/11 (AH 1328), 82 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tahir Efendi had the 23rd highest salary of them.

All 98 officials whose first annual entry is for 1910/11 (AH 1328)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Tahir Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1910/11AH 1328Evkaf tahsildarıJeddah (Cidde)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records287 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 181/315, s.315.
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 Tahir 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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