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Mehmed Murad 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 Murad Efendi was born in Antalya in 1865/66 (AH 1282). At about 14, in 1878/79, Mehmed Murad began work. The first annual entry, for 1878/79, names Mehmed Murad as Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı, with no place.

The salary went from 53.75 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to 240 in 1882/83, the peak, when 17 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 15,165 kuruş, 45 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1885/86.

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. Antalya

    Born 1865/66 (AH 1282)

  2. Teke as worded, no place record

    1878 to 1886 (AH 1296 to 1303)

    Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

    53.75 to 240 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303240 kuruşTahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303This officialMedian, all officials

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 Murad Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/8053.754001%
1880/811004004%
1881/821504008%
1882/8324040017%
1883/8424040017%
1884/8524040018%
1885/8624040018%

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 Murad Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878/79AH 1296First work
1878 to 1886AH 1296 to 1303Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
16 entries
YearSalary
1878/79
1879/80
1879/8053.75
1879/80
1880/81100
1880/81
1881/82150
1882/83150
1882/83
1882/83
1882/83
1882/83240
1883/84240
1884/85240
1885/86240
1885/86

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Birthplace
Antalya

First work

Year
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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 birthplace

Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Murad Efendi had the 201st highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296), 157 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Murad Efendi had the 142nd highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Murad Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878/79AH 1296Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıTekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1879/80AH 1297Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıTekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1879/80AH 1297Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıTeke53.75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1879/80AH 1297Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (İstifa)TekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1880/81AH 1298Aşar İdaresi odacısıTeke100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1880/81AH 1298Aşar İdaresi odacısı (İnfisal)TekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1881/82AH 1299Meyan, çöken ve saire memuruTeke150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1882/83AH 1300Meyan, çöken ve saire memuruTeke150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1882/83AH 1300Meyan, çöken ve saire memuru (İstifa)TekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1882/83AH 1300Ağnam kol muharririTekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1882/83AH 1300Ağnam kol muharriri (Görevin sona ermesi)TekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1882/83AH 1300Aşar İdaresi kâtib-i sânisiTeke240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1883/84AH 1301Aşar İdaresi kâtib-i sânisiTeke240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1884/85AH 1302Aşar İdaresi kâtib-i sânisiTeke240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1885/86AH 1303Aşar İdaresi kâtib-i sânisiTeke240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
1885/86AH 1303Aşar İdaresi kâtib-i sânisi (İnfisal)TekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records923 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 35/151.
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 Murad 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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