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Mehmet Sabit 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 Erzincan, Mehmet Sabit Efendi came from the İslam community; the father was a medrese teacher (müderris). The annual lists begin in 1876/77 (AH 1293), with Mehmet Sabit as Tabur imamı in Erzincan, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1878/79. The last posts were in Kemah from 1879 to 1881 and Erzincan again in 1883/84.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1876/77 to a peak of 600 in 1879/80, as a tithe official (Aşar Memuru) in Kemah, when two in three paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1883/84.

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
place of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1879/801883/84124ErzincanKemah

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded).

  1. Erzincan

    1876 to 1879 (AH 1293 to 1296)

    Tabur imamı

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  2. Kemah

    1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298)

    Aşar Memuru 1879 to 1881 (AH 1297 to 1298); Aşar memuru (İnfisal) 1880/81 (AH 1298)

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1881/82 (AH 1299)

    Asakir-i Şahane hınta ve şair memuru

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Erzincan

    1883/84 (AH 1301)

    No annual entry for 1882/83 (AH 1300) before it.

    Aşar anbarı memuru

    400 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 entry02004006001876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301600 kuruşTabur imamıAşar MemuruAşar anbarı memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 Mehmet Sabit Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1876/77250420337.523%
1877/7825045050023%
187825045055023%
1878/7925040037021%
1879/8060040060040065%
1880/8160040060036568%
1881/8225040019%
1883/8440040033146%

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 Mehmet Sabit Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876 to 1879AH 1293 to 1296Tabur imamı
5 entries
YearSalary
1876/77250
1877/78250
1878250
1878/79250
1878/79
Erzincan250
1879 to 1881AH 1297 to 1298Aşar Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1879/80600
1880/81600
Kemah600
1880/81AH 1298Aşar memuru (İnfisal)Kemah
1881/82AH 1299Asakir-i Şahane hınta ve şair memuru250
No annual entry: 1882/83 (AH 1300)
1883/84AH 1301Aşar anbarı memuruErzincan400

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Müderris

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 23 officials with entries in Erzincan in the same years, Mehmet Sabit Efendi had the 13th highest salary.

All 88 officials with entries in Erzincan

Same job title, same years

Of the 16 officials with the title Aşar Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Sabit Efendi had the 12th highest salary.

All 73 officials with the title Aşar Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sabit Efendi had the 61st highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293), 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sabit Efendi had the 77th highest salary of them.

All 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Sabit Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Tabur imamıErzincan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records75 BOA, DH. SAİD, 337/19
1877/78AH 1294Tabur imamıErzincan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records75 BOA, DH. SAİD, 337/19
1878AH 1295Tabur imamıErzincan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records75 BOA, DH. SAİD, 337/19
1878/79AH 1296Tabur imamıErzincan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records75 BOA, DH. SAİD, 337/19
1878/79AH 1296Tabur imamı (İnfisal)ErzincanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records75 BOA, DH. SAİD, 337/19
1879/80AH 1297Aşar MemuruKemah600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records75 BOA, DH. SAİD, 337/19
1880/81AH 1298Aşar MemuruKemah600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records75 BOA, DH. SAİD, 337/19
1880/81AH 1298Aşar memuru (İnfisal)KemahAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records75 BOA, DH. SAİD, 337/19
1881/82AH 1299Asakir-i Şahane hınta ve şair memuru250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records75 BOA, DH. SAİD, 337/19
1883/84AH 1301Aşar anbarı memuruErzincan400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records75 BOA, DH. SAİD, 337/19
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 Mehmet Sabit 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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