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Mehmed Emin 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 Mehmed Emin Efendi began in Kırşehir in 1867/68 (AH 1284); the father's occupation was "Kaymakam (emekli, Yanbolu)". At about 22, in 1889/90, Mehmed Emin began work, on a first salary of 240 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1889/90, with Mehmed Emin as Müskirat ve zahire gümrüğü kolcusu and no place named. For 1893 to 1895 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 240 kuruş a month in 1889/90 to 550 in 1910/11, the peak, when 52 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.

  1. Kırşehir

    Born 1867/68 (AH 1284)

  2. Zahire gümrüğü as worded, no place record

    1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)

    Müskirat ve zahire gümrüğü kolcusu

    240 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Rüsûmat Emaneti as worded, no place record

    1892 to 1911 (AH 1310 to 1328)

    No annual entry for 1891/92 (AH 1309) before it.

    Kapadokya şubesi kâtibi 1892/93 (AH 1310); Posta kitabeti muharriri 1895 to 1905 (AH 1313 to 1322); Royat kitabeti refakati 1906 to 1911 (AH 1324 to 1328)

    300 to 550 kuruş a month; entries in 15 years

    No annual entry for 1893 to 1895 (AH 1311 to 1312) or 1905/06 (AH 1323) or 1907/08 (AH 1325).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entry02004006001890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328550 kuruşPosta kitabeti muharririRoyat kitabeti refakati
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328This 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 Emin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1889/9024040020%
1890/9130040028%
1892/9330040027%
1895/9640040044%
1896/9740045042%
1897/9840040045%
1898/9940040044%
1899/190040040044%
1900/0140040045%
1901/0240040043%
1902/0340040044%
1903/0440040543%
1904/0540040042%
1906/0742045048%
1908/0944040050%
1909/1050060041%
1910/1155050052%

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 Emin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1889/90AH 1307First work240first-salary field
1889 to 1891AH 1307 to 1308Müskirat ve zahire gümrüğü kolcusu
2 entries
YearSalary
1889/90240
1890/91300
240 to 300
No annual entry: 1891/92 (AH 1309)
1892/93AH 1310Kapadokya şubesi kâtibi300
No annual entry: 1893 to 1895 (AH 1311 to 1312)
1895 to 1905AH 1313 to 1322Posta kitabeti muharriri
11 entries
YearSalary
1895/96400
1896/97400
1897/98400
1898/99400
1899/1900400
1900/01400
1901/02400
1902/03400
1903/04400
1904/05400
1904/05400
400
No annual entry: 1905/06 (AH 1323)
1906/07AH 1324Royat kitabeti refakati420
No annual entry: 1907/08 (AH 1325)
1908 to 1911AH 1326 to 1328Royat kitabeti refakati
3 entries
YearSalary
1908/09440
1909/10500
1910/11550
440 to 550

Record

Personal

Born
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Birthplace
Kırşehir
Father's occupation
Kaymakam (emekli, Yanbolu)

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 birthplace

Of the 72 officials born in Kırşehir, 65 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 16th highest salary of them.

The page of Kırşehir, with the 72 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 Emin Efendi had the 55th 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 Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307Müskirat ve zahire gümrüğü kolcusuZahire gümrüğü240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1890/91AH 1308Jurnal kâtibiZahire gümrüğü300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1892/93AH 1310Kapadokya şubesi kâtibiRüsûmat Emaneti300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1895/96AH 1313Posta kitabeti muharririRüsûmat Emaneti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1896/97AH 1314Posta kitabeti muharririRüsûmat Emaneti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1897/98AH 1315Posta kitabeti muharririRüsûmat Emaneti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1898/99AH 1316Posta kitabeti muharririRüsûmat Emaneti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1899/1900AH 1317Posta kitabeti muharririRüsûmat Emaneti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1900/01AH 1318Posta kitabeti muharririRüsûmat Emaneti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1901/02AH 1319Posta kitabeti muharririRüsûmat Emaneti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1902/03AH 1320Posta kitabeti muharririRüsûmat Emaneti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1903/04AH 1321Posta kitabeti muharririRüsûmat Emaneti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1904/05AH 1322Posta kitabeti muharririRüsûmat Emaneti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1904/05AH 1322Muhasebe kalemi emaneti matbu kitabeti refakatiRüsûmat Emaneti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1906/07AH 1324Royat kitabeti refakatiRüsûmat Emaneti420Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1908/09AH 1326Royat kitabeti refakatiRüsûmat Emaneti440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1909/10AH 1327Umur-ı hesap dairesi birinci şube üçüncü sınıf kâtibiRüsûmat Emaneti500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
1910/11AH 1328Umur-ı hesap dairesi birinci şube üçüncü sınıf kâtibiRüsûmat Emaneti550Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records119 BAO. DH. SAİD. d,nr. 63/373,s.373.; 122 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr.188/153,s.153.
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 Emin 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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