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Mehmed Raşit Bey

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 Raşit Bey began in Biga. Work began in Biga in 1894/95 (AH 1312). The annual lists begin in 1894/95, with Mehmed Raşit as Emanet aşar kabul kâtipliği in Biga, the birthplace. Alongside, the lists for 1899 to 1908 give a second post, in Biga as Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliği.

The salary went from 135 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to 250 in 1907/08, the peak, in Biga, when 22 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 7,860 kuruş, 39 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.

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 3 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1899/190013Biga

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Yahoka, Biga kazası).

  1. Biga

    First work 1894/95 (AH 1312); 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)

    Emanet aşar kabul kâtipliği

    entries in 2 years

  2. Yahoka, Biga kazası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317)

    No annual entry for 1896/97 (AH 1314) before it.

    Nahiye tahrirat kâtipliği

    135 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Biga

    1899 to 1908 (AH 1317 to 1325)

    Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliği 1899 to 1906 (AH 1317 to 1323); Nüfus memurluğu 1907/08 (AH 1325)

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

    No annual entry for 1906/07 (AH 1324).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry01002003001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325250 kuruşNahiye tahrirat kâtipliğiBidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliği
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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 Raşit Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/981354009%
1898/991354009%
1899/19001354009%
1907/0825046025022%

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 Raşit Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1894/95AH 1312First workBiga
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313Emanet aşar kabul kâtipliği
6 entries
YearSalary
1894/95
1894/95
1894/95
1895/96
1895/96
1895/96
Biga
No annual entry: 1896/97 (AH 1314)
1897 to 1900AH 1315 to 1317Nahiye tahrirat kâtipliği
3 entries
YearSalary
1897/98135
1898/99135
1899/1900135
135
1899 to 1906AH 1317 to 1323Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliği
8 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1905/06
Biga
No annual entry: 1906/07 (AH 1324)
1907/08AH 1325Nüfus memurluğuBiga250

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Biga

First work

Year
1894/95 (AH 1312)
Place
Biga

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 21 officials with entries in Biga in the same years, Mehmed Raşit Bey had the 14th highest salary.

All 48 officials with entries in Biga

Same birthplace

Of the 17 officials born in Biga, 16 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Raşit Bey had the 13th highest salary of them.

The page of Biga, with the 17 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312), 198 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Raşit Bey had the 140th highest salary of them.

All 225 officials whose first annual entry is for 1894/95 (AH 1312)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Raşit Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1894/95AH 1312Emanet aşar kabul kâtipliğiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1894/95AH 1312Emanet aşar kabul kâtipliği (İnfisal)BigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1894/95AH 1312Ağnam merkez kâtipliğiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1895/96AH 1313Ağnam merkez kâtipliğiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1895/96AH 1313Ağnam merkez kâtipliği (İnfisal)BigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1895/96AH 1313Ağnam kabul kâtipliğiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1897/98AH 1315Nahiye tahrirat kâtipliğiYahoka, Biga kazası135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1898/99AH 1316Nahiye tahrirat kâtipliğiYahoka, Biga kazası135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1899/1900AH 1317Nahiye tahrirat kâtipliğiYahoka, Biga kazası135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1899/1900AH 1317Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliğiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1900/01AH 1318Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliğiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1901/02AH 1319Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliğiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1902/03AH 1320Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliğiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1903/04AH 1321Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliğiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1904/05AH 1322Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliğiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1905/06AH 1323Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliğiBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1905/06AH 1323Bidayet mahkemesi mukavelat muharrirliği (İnfisal)BigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
1907/08AH 1325Nüfus memurluğuBiga250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.; 79 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00127/00181.
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 Raşit Bey 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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