Mehmed Esad 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 Esad Efendi began in Kırşehir in 1857/58 (AH 1274). At about 24, in 1881/82, Mehmed Esad began work, on a first salary of 270 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1881/82, with Mehmed Esad as sandık emini and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1885 to 1895.
The salary went from 270 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to 350 in 1884/85, the peak, when 40 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 250 kuruş. Over five years the salaries add up to 16,920 kuruş, 68 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. 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.
Born 1857/58 (AH 1274)
Mecidiye as worded, no place record
1881 to 1885 (AH 1299 to 1302)
sandık emini
270 to 350 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
Keskin as worded, no place record
1895 to 1911 (AH 1313 to 1328)
No annual entry for 1885 to 1895 (AH 1303 to 1312) before it.
tapu kâtibi
250 kuruş a month; entries in 16 years
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881/82 | 270 | 400 | 25% | ||
| 1882/83 | 270 | 400 | 25% | ||
| 1883/84 | 270 | 400 | 26% | ||
| 1884/85 | 350 | 400 | 40% | ||
| 1907/08 | 250 | 460 | 22% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1881/82AH 1299 | First work | 270first-salary field | |
| 1881 to 1885AH 1299 to 1302 | sandık emini | 270 to 350 | |
| No annual entry: 1885 to 1895 (AH 1303 to 1312) | |||
| 1895 to 1911AH 1313 to 1328 | tapu kâtibi | ||
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1857/58 (AH 1274)
- Birthplace
- Kırşehir
First work
- Year
- 1881/82 (AH 1299)
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 Esad Efendi had the 38th highest salary of them.
- İsmail Hakkı Efendiborn 1857/58 (AH 1274); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmed Recep Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Ömer Lütfi Efendiborn 1856/57 (AH 1273); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hasan Hüsnü Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 500 kuruş
- İbrahim Edhem Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); no salary recorded
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Esad Efendi had the 109th highest salary of them.
- Hüseyin Rıfkı Efendifirst annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Receb Kamil Efendifirst annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Yusuf Ziyaeddin Efendifirst annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Agop Efendifirst annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ahmet Şükrü Efendifirst annual entry 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 190 kuruş
All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881/82AH 1299 | sandık emini | Mecidiye | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | sandık emini | Mecidiye | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | sandık emini | Mecidiye | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | sandık emini (İnfisal) | Mecidiye | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | ambar emini | Mecidiye | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | tapu kâtibi | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. | |
| 1910/11AH 1328 | tapu kâtibi (Azil) | Keskin | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 121 BOA. DH. SAİD. d, nr. 186/ 106, s.106. |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)