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Seyyid Mehmed Cüneyd 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 Seyyid Mehmed Cüneyd Efendi began in Medina (Medine) in 1858/59 (AH 1275). Mehmed Cüneyd studied at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

At about 16, in 1875/76, Mehmed Cüneyd began work in Medina. The annual lists begin in 1875/76, with Mehmed Cüneyd as Hazine-i Celîle-i Divaniye Muhasebe Kalemi hizmeti in Medina, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1880/81. The last posts were in Medina again from 1883 to 1885. The lists give İstifa (resignation) for 1881/82 instead of a title.

The salary went from 36 kuruş a month in 1879/80 to 500 in 1882/83, the peak, when 59 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 12,120 kuruş, 63 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1884/85.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1883/8413Medina

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Ebu Ariş, Hudeyde Sancağı).

  1. Medina (Medine)

    Born 1858/59 (AH 1275); First work 1875/76 (AH 1292); 1875 to 1882 (AH 1292 to 1299)

    Hazine-i Celîle-i Divaniye Muhasebe Kalemi hizmeti 1875 to 1881 (AH 1292 to 1298); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1881/82 (AH 1299)

    36 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  2. Ebu Ariş, Hudeyde Sancağı as worded, no place record not on the map

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Tahrirat kâtipliği

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Medina (Medine)

    1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)

    Hazine-i Celîle Muhasebe Kalemi maaş mukayyitliği

    67.5 to 374 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 1302500 kuruşHazine-i Celîle-i Divaniye Muhasebe Kalemi hizmeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 1302This 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 Seyyid Mehmed Cüneyd Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1879/80364002050%
1882/8350040059%
1883/841004002734%
1884/85374400335.543%

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 Seyyid Mehmed Cüneyd Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1875/76AH 1292First workMedina (Medine)
1875 to 1881AH 1292 to 1298Hazine-i Celîle-i Divaniye Muhasebe Kalemi hizmeti
8 entries
YearSalary
1875/76
1876/77
1877/78
1878
1878/79
1879/80
1879/8036
1880/81
Medina (Medine)
1881/82AH 1299İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
1882/83AH 1300Tahrirat kâtipliği
2 entries
YearSalary
1882/83500
1882/83
500
1883 to 1885AH 1301 to 1302Hazine-i Celîle Muhasebe Kalemi maaş mukayyitliği
4 entries
YearSalary
1883/8467.5
1883/84100
1884/8567.5
1884/85374
Medina (Medine)67.5 to 374

Record

Personal

Born
1858/59 (AH 1275)
Birthplace
Medina (Medine)

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1875/76 (AH 1292)

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 29 officials with entries in Medina (Medine) in the same years, Seyyid Mehmed Cüneyd Efendi had the 14th highest salary.

All 59 officials with entries in Medina (Medine)

Same school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Seyyid Mehmed Cüneyd Efendi had the 210th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 64 officials born in Medina (Medine), 58 have a recorded salary; Seyyid Mehmed Cüneyd Efendi had the 27th highest salary of them.

The page of Medina (Medine), with the 64 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1875/76 (AH 1292), 143 have a recorded salary; Seyyid Mehmed Cüneyd Efendi had the 72nd highest salary of them.

All 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1875/76 (AH 1292)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Seyyid Mehmed Cüneyd Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1875/76AH 1292Hazine-i Celîle-i Divaniye Muhasebe Kalemi hizmetiMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1876/77AH 1293Hazine-i Celîle-i Divaniye Muhasebe Kalemi hizmetiMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1877/78AH 1294Hazine-i Celîle-i Divaniye Muhasebe Kalemi hizmetiMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1878AH 1295Hazine-i Celîle-i Divaniye Muhasebe Kalemi hizmetiMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1878/79AH 1296Hazine-i Celîle-i Divaniye Muhasebe Kalemi hizmetiMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1879/80AH 1297Hazine-i Celîle-i Divaniye Muhasebe Kalemi hizmetiMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1879/80AH 1297Hazine-i Celîle-i Divaniye Muhasebe Kalemi hizmetiMedina (Medine)36Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1880/81AH 1298Kışla-i Hümâyun tamirat kâtipliğiMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1881/82AH 1299İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1882/83AH 1300Tahrirat kâtipliğiEbu Ariş, Hudeyde Sancağı500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1882/83AH 1300Tahrirat kâtipliği (İstifa)Ebu Ariş, Hudeyde SancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1883/84AH 1301Hazine-i Celîle Muhasebe Kalemi maaş mukayyitliğiMedina (Medine)67.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1883/84AH 1301Tahriciye kâtipliğiMedina (Medine)100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1884/85AH 1302Hazine-i Celîle Muhasebe Kalemi maaş mukayyitliğiMedina (Medine)67.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
1884/85AH 1302Şevne eminliğiMedina (Medine)374Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records321 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 40/141, s.141.
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 Seyyid Mehmed Cüneyd 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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