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Mehmet Hamza 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

Mehmet Hamza Efendi was born in Amasya in 1861/62 (AH 1278), into the İslam community. From the first annual entry, for 1879/80, to 1883/84, every annual entry places Mehmet Hamza in the same post, Emlak Kalemi memuru, in Amasya, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to a peak of 250 in 1883/84, in Amasya, when one in five paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1883/84.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301250 kuruşEmlak Kalemi memuruEmlak Kalemi vergi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 1301This 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 Mehmet Hamza Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/801004004003%
1883/8425040040019%

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 Hamza Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workAmasya
1879/80AH 1297Emlak Kalemi memuruAmasya100
No annual entry: 1880 to 1883 (AH 1298 to 1300)
1883/84AH 1301Emlak Kalemi vergi kâtibiAmasya250

Record

Personal

Born
1861/62 (AH 1278)
Birthplace
Amasya
Community
İslam

First work

Place
Amasya

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 9 officials with entries in Amasya in the same years, Mehmet Hamza Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 77 officials with entries in Amasya

Same birthplace

Of the 113 officials born in Amasya, 25 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Hamza Efendi had the 20th highest salary of them.

The page of Amasya, with the 113 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297), 191 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Hamza Efendi had the 165th highest salary of them.

All 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Hamza Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297Emlak Kalemi memuruAmasya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1883/84AH 1301Emlak Kalemi vergi kâtibiAmasya250Affiliation 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 Mehmet Hamza 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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