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Mehmed Şerif 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

Mehmed Şerif Efendi was born in Kemaliye (Eğin) in 1852/53 (AH 1269). The annual lists begin in 1870/71, with Mehmed Şerif as Meclis-i Temyiz Kitabeti Refakati memuru in Batumi. Mehmed Şerif then moved to Istanbul in 1871/72. The last entries, from 1872 to 1887, name Mehmed Şerif as Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1874 to 1878. For 1882 to 1886 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1870/71 to 2,000 in 1886/87, the peak, when 92 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over eight years the salaries add up to 125,400 kuruş, 3.2 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1886/87.

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
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1871/72123KemaliyeBatumiIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 4 (Yemen).

  1. Kemaliye (Eğin)

    Born 1852/53 (AH 1269)

  2. Batumi (Batum)

    First work here; 1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Meclis-i Temyiz Kitabeti Refakati memuru

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1871/72 (AH 1288)

    Nafia Ruznamçe Kalemi kâtibi

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Yemen as worded, no place record not on the map

    1872 to 1887 (AH 1289 to 1304)

    Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi 1872 to 1874 (AH 1289 to 1290); Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Müdürü 1878 to 1882 (AH 1296 to 1299); Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi Mümeyyizi 1886/87 (AH 1304)

    1,250 to 2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

    No annual entry for 1874 to 1878 (AH 1291 to 1295) or 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry05001,0001,5002,0001870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13042,000 kuruşMeclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Müdürü
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0001870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 1304This 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 Mehmed Şerif Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1870/711004002755%
1871/72100420.55006%
1872/731,50045084%
1873/741,75040587%
1878/791,75040086%
1879/801,50040086%
1881/821,75040091%
1886/872,00040092%

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 Şerif Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workBatumi (Batum)
1870/71AH 1287Meclis-i Temyiz Kitabeti Refakati memuruBatumi (Batum)100
1871/72AH 1288Nafia Ruznamçe Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100
1872 to 1874AH 1289 to 1290Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1872/731,500
1873/741,500
1873/741,750
1873/741,750
1,500 to 1,750
No annual entry: 1874 to 1878 (AH 1291 to 1295)
1878 to 1882AH 1296 to 1299Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet Müdürü
7 entries
YearSalary
1878/791,750
1879/80
1879/801,250
1879/801,500
1880/81
1881/82
1881/821,750
1,750
No annual entry: 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)
1886/87AH 1304Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi Mümeyyizi2,000

Record

Personal

Born
1852/53 (AH 1269)

First work

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 86 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 79 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şerif Efendi had the 43rd highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 74 officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin), 62 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şerif Efendi had the 6th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemaliye (Eğin), with the 74 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 104 officials whose first annual entry is for 1870/71 (AH 1287), 84 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şerif Efendi had the 14th highest salary of them.

All 104 officials whose first annual entry is for 1870/71 (AH 1287)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Şerif Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1870/71AH 1287Meclis-i Temyiz Kitabeti Refakati memuruBatumi (Batum)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1871/72AH 1288Nafia Ruznamçe Kalemi kâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1872/73AH 1289Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibiYemen1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1873/74AH 1290Sinhan Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi MüdürüSinhan1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1873/74AH 1290Sinhan Sancağı Tahrirat Kalemi MüdürüSinhan1,750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1873/74AH 1290Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibiYemen1,750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1878/79AH 1296Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet MüdürüYemen1,750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1879/80AH 1297Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet MüdürüYemenAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1879/80AH 1297Meclis-i İdare-i Vilayet MüdürüYemen1,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1879/80AH 1297Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibiYemen1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1880/81AH 1298Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibiYemenAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1881/82AH 1299Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibiYemenAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1881/82AH 1299Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi kâtibiYemen1,750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
1886/87AH 1304Yemen Vilayeti Mektupçu Kalemi MümeyyiziYemen2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records170 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 22/129.
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 Şerif 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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