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Mehmet Tevfik 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 Mehmet Tevfik Efendi began in Istanbul in 1867/68 (AH 1284). Work began in 1880/81, at about 14. The annual lists begin in 1880/81, with Mehmet Tevfik as a candidate official (Mülazım) and no place named, with a rise to Basmumeyyiz in 1911/12.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to 2,000 in 1911/12, the peak, as Basmumeyyiz, when 71 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 31 years the salaries add up to 297,108 kuruş, 1.8 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1911/12.

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.

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1867/68 (AH 1284)

  2. Bahriye Muhasebesi as worded, no place record

    1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300)

    Mülazım 1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300); mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi) 1882/83 (AH 1300)

    entries in 3 years

  3. Bahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı as worded, no place record

    1882 to 1910 (AH 1300 to 1327)

    Katip

    100 to 1,240 kuruş a month; entries in 28 years

  4. Bahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1909 to 1912 (AH 1327 to 1330)

    ikinci mümeyyiz 1909 to 1912 (AH 1327 to 1330); Basmumeyyiz 1911/12 (AH 1330)

    1,240 to 2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
05001,0001,5002,0001880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 13302,000 kuruşMülazımKatipikinci mümeyyiz
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0001880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 1330This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/8330040027%
1883/8430040028%
1884/8530040028%
1885/8630040027%
1886/8730040028%
1887/8830040028%
1888/8934040039%
1889/9038040044%
1890/9138040043%
1891/9252040030063%
1892/9355040030064%
1893/9459040065%
1894/9565040025071%
1895/9665040015571%
1896/9765045030069%
1897/9870040021076%
1898/9970040024074%
1899/190074040025076%
1900/0174040076%
1901/0279040030075%
1902/0384040078%
1903/0497040581%
1904/051,09040084%
1905/061,20043085%
1906/071,24045085%
1907/081,24046084%
1908/091,24040082%
1909/101,50060079%
1910/111,50050080%
19111,75960080%
1911/122,0001,00071%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First work
1880 to 1883AH 1298 to 1300Mülazım
3 entries
YearSalary
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1882/83AH 1300mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi)
1882 to 1910AH 1300 to 1327Katip
55 entries
YearSalary
1882/83100
1882/83250
1882/83300
1883/84300
1884/85300
1885/86300
1886/87300
1887/88300
1888/89300
1888/89300
1888/89340
1889/90340
1889/90380
1890/91380
1890/91380
1891/92380
1891/92410
1891/92460
1891/92520
1892/93520
1892/93550
1893/94550
1893/94570
1893/94590
1894/95590
1894/95600
1894/95650
1895/96650
1896/97650
1896/97585
1897/98585
1897/98700
1898/99700
1899/1900700
1899/1900740
1900/01740
1901/02740
1901/02790
1902/03790
1902/03840
1903/04840
1903/04900
1903/04970
1904/05970
1904/051,040
1904/051,090
1905/061,090
1905/061,120
1905/061,160
1905/061,200
1906/071,200
1906/071,240
1907/081,240
1908/091,240
1909/101,240
100 to 1,240
1909 to 1912AH 1327 to 1330ikinci mümeyyiz
6 entries
YearSalary
1909/101,240
1909/101,500
1910/111,500
19111,500
19111,759
1911/121,759
1,240 to 1,759
1911/12AH 1330Basmumeyyiz2,000

Record

Personal

Born
1867/68 (AH 1284)

First work

Year
1880/81 (AH 1298)

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 job title, same years

Of the 27 officials with the title Katip in the same years, Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 37 officials with the title Katip

Same birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 120th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 15th highest salary of them.

All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1880/81AH 1298MülazımBahriye MuhasebesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1881/82AH 1299MülazımBahriye MuhasebesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1882/83AH 1300MülazımBahriye MuhasebesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1882/83AH 1300mülazım (Görevin sona ermesi)Bahriye MuhasebesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1882/83AH 1300KatipBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1882/83AH 1300KatipBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1882/83AH 1300KatipBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1883/84AH 1301KatipBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1884/85AH 1302KatipBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1885/86AH 1303KatipBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1886/87AH 1304KatipBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1887/88AH 1305KatipBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1888/89AH 1306KatipBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1888/89AH 1306KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Hariciye Kısmı Kalemi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1888/89AH 1306KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Hariciye Kısmı Kalemi340Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1889/90AH 1307KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Hariciye Kısmı Kalemi340Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1889/90AH 1307KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Hariciye Kısmı Kalemi380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1890/91AH 1308KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Hariciye Kısmı Kalemi380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1890/91AH 1308KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1891/92AH 1309KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1891/92AH 1309KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı410Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1891/92AH 1309KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı460Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1891/92AH 1309KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı520Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1892/93AH 1310KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı520Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1892/93AH 1310KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1893/94AH 1311KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1893/94AH 1311KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı570Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1893/94AH 1311KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı590Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1894/95AH 1312KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı590Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1894/95AH 1312KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1894/95AH 1312KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1895/96AH 1313KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1896/97AH 1314KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1896/97AH 1314KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı585Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1897/98AH 1315KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı585Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1897/98AH 1315KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1898/99AH 1316KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1899/1900AH 1317KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1899/1900AH 1317KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı740Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1900/01AH 1318KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı740Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1901/02AH 1319KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı740Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1901/02AH 1319KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı790Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1902/03AH 1320KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı790Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1902/03AH 1320KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı840Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1903/04AH 1321KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı840Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1903/04AH 1321KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1903/04AH 1321KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı970Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1904/05AH 1322KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı970Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1904/05AH 1322KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı1,040Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1904/05AH 1322KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı1,090Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1905/06AH 1323KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı1,090Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1905/06AH 1323KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı1,120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1905/06AH 1323KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı1,160Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1905/06AH 1323KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1906/07AH 1324KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1906/07AH 1324KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı1,240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1907/08AH 1325KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı1,240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1908/09AH 1326KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı1,240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1909/10AH 1327KatipBahriye Muhasebe-i Merkeziye Kısmı1,240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1909/10AH 1327ikinci mümeyyizBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı Kalemi1,240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1909/10AH 1327ikinci mümeyyizBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı Kalemi1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1910/11AH 1328ikinci mümeyyizBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı Kalemi1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1911AH 1329ikinci mümeyyizBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı Kalemi1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1911AH 1329ikinci mümeyyizBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı Kalemi1,759Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1911/12AH 1330ikinci mümeyyizBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı Kalemi1,759Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229; 370 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229.
1911/12AH 1330BasmumeyyizBahriye Muhasebesi Merkez Kısmı Kalemi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 73/229
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 Tevfik 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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