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Mehmed Eşref 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 Eşref Efendi was born in Taşköprü in 1870/71 (AH 1287); the father's occupation was "Emekli vergi kâtibi". Work began in Taşköprü in 1889/90, at about 19. The first annual entry, for 1889/90, places Mehmed Eşref in Taşköprü, the birthplace, as Nüfus Kalemi mülazımı, where the entries run to 1898/99. For 1895 to 1898 and 1899 to 1910 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Tosya in 1910/11.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to 500 in 1910/11, the peak, in Tosya, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1910/11.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1910/1112TaşköprüTosya
  1. Taşköprü

    Born 1870/71 (AH 1287); First work 1889/90 (AH 1307); 1889 to 1899 (AH 1307 to 1316)

    Nüfus Kalemi mülazımı 1889 to 1895 (AH 1307 to 1312); Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati 1898/99 (AH 1316)

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

    No annual entry for 1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315).

  2. Tosya

    1910/11 (AH 1328)

    No annual entry for 1899 to 1910 (AH 1317 to 1327) before it.

    Ziraat Bankası Sandık müdürü

    500 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 entryno entry02004006001890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328500 kuruşNüfus Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328This 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 Eşref Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1898/9925040036020%
1910/1150050050044%

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 Eşref Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1889/90AH 1307First workTaşköprü
1889 to 1895AH 1307 to 1312Nüfus Kalemi mülazımı
7 entries
YearSalary
1889/90
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1894/95
Taşköprü
No annual entry: 1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315)
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiTaşköprü250
No annual entry: 1899 to 1910 (AH 1317 to 1327)
1910/11AH 1328Ziraat Bankası Sandık müdürüTosya500

Record

Personal

Born
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Birthplace
Taşköprü
Father's occupation
Emekli vergi kâtibi

First work

Year
1889/90 (AH 1307)

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 16 officials with entries in Taşköprü in the same years, 15 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Eşref Efendi had the 5th highest salary of them.

All 36 officials with entries in Taşköprü

Same birthplace

Of the 62 officials born in Taşköprü, 61 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Eşref Efendi had the 26th highest salary of them.

The page of Taşköprü, with the 62 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), 180 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Eşref Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

All 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Eşref Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307Nüfus Kalemi mülazımıTaşköprüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1890/91AH 1308Nüfus Kalemi mülazımıTaşköprüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309Nüfus Kalemi mülazımıTaşköprüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1892/93AH 1310Nüfus Kalemi mülazımıTaşköprüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1893/94AH 1311Nüfus Kalemi mülazımıTaşköprüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Nüfus Kalemi mülazımıTaşköprüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1894/95AH 1312Ziraat Bankası Sandığı mülazımıTaşköprüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiTaşköprü250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328Ziraat Bankası Sandık müdürüTosya500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Eşref 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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