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Mehmed Reşad 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 Reşad Efendi was born in Bursa in 1866/67 (AH 1283) into the İslam community. At about 16, in 1882/83, Mehmed Reşad began work. The first annual entry, for 1882/83, names Mehmed Reşad as Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemeten, with no place.

The salary went from 50 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to 375 in 1895/96, the peak, in the Yevmiye Kitabeti, when 43 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 11 years of salary come to 33,120 kuruş, 62 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1895/96.

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. Bursa

    Born 1866/67 (AH 1283)

  2. Hüdâvendigâr as worded, no place record

    1882 to 1888 (AH 1300 to 1305)

    Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemeten

    50 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1889 to 1896 (AH 1307 to 1313)

    No annual entry for 1888/89 (AH 1306) before it.

    Yevmiye Kitabeti

    310 to 375 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313375 kuruşHüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemetenYevmiye Kitabeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This 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 Reşad Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1883/84504001%
1884/85754003%
1885/861004004%
1886/8720040013%
1889/9031040038%
1890/9133040039%
1891/9233040038%
1892/9333040038%
1893/9433040038%
1894/9533040039%
1895/9637540043%

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 Reşad Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First work
1882 to 1888AH 1300 to 1305Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemeten
11 entries
YearSalary
1882/83
1883/84
1883/8450
1884/8550
1884/8575
1885/8675
1885/86100
1886/87100
1886/87200
1887/88
1887/88
No annual entry: 1888/89 (AH 1306)
1889 to 1896AH 1307 to 1313Yevmiye Kitabeti
10 entries
YearSalary
1889/90310
1890/91310
1890/91330
1891/92330
1892/93330
1893/94330
1894/95330
1895/96330
1895/96350
1895/96375
310 to 375

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)

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 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Reşad Efendi had the 201st highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Reşad Efendi had the 130th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Reşad Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemetenHüdâvendigârAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1883/84AH 1301Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemetenHüdâvendigârAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1883/84AH 1301Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemetenHüdâvendigâr50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1884/85AH 1302Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemetenHüdâvendigâr50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1884/85AH 1302Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemetenHüdâvendigâr75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1885/86AH 1303Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemetenHüdâvendigâr75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1885/86AH 1303Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemetenHüdâvendigâr100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1886/87AH 1304Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemetenHüdâvendigâr100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1886/87AH 1304Hüdâvendigâr vilâyeti muhâsebe kalemi; mülâzemetenHüdâvendigâr200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1887/88AH 1305mesâlih-i cariye kitâbeti refikliği (maaş zammı: 30 guruş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1887/88AH 1305mesâlih-i cariye kitâbeti refikliği (maaş zammı: 20 guruş)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1889/90AH 1307Yevmiye Kitabeti310Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1890/91AH 1308Yevmiye Kitabeti310Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1890/91AH 1308Yevmiye Kitabeti330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1891/92AH 1309Yevmiye Kitabeti330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1892/93AH 1310Yevmiye Kitabeti330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1893/94AH 1311Yevmiye Kitabeti330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1894/95AH 1312Yevmiye Kitabeti330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1895/96AH 1313Yevmiye Kitabeti330Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1895/96AH 1313Yevmiye Kitabeti350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
1895/96AH 1313Yevmiye Kitabeti375Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records40/48; 91
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 Reşad 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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