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Necib Melhame Bey

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

Necib Melhame Bey was born in Beirut (Beyrut); the father was an attorney (dava vekili). The annual lists begin in 1898/99 (AH 1316), with Necib Melhame as Kura-yı Devlet Mülkiye azası in Istanbul. For 1899 to 1902 the lists have no entry. At the same time, from 1898/99, the lists also place Necib Melhame in Sofia (Sofya) as Bulgaristan komiseri. The last entry, for 1902/03, names Necib Melhame as Nafia Nezareti müsteşarı, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1903 to 1926. In place of a title the lists give Vefat (death) for 1926/27. The farthest post, Paris, lay about 3,200 km from Beirut, and 9 of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from the birthplace.

The one salary in the lists is 5,000 kuruş a month, for 1898/99, when 98 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1926/27.

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 4 stops
place of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
Further places, smaller scale1898/991926/27124IstanbulSofia

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded).

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Kura-yı Devlet Mülkiye azası

    5,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Sofia (Sofya)

    1898/99 (AH 1316)

    Bulgaristan komiseri

    entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1902/03 (AH 1320)

    No annual entry for 1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319) before it.

    Nafia Nezareti müsteşarı

    entries in 1 year

  4. Paris

    1926/27 (AH 1345)

    No annual entry for 1903 to 1926 (AH 1321 to 1344) before it.

    Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job))

    entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02,0004,0006,0001898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 13301913/14AH 13321915/16AH 13341917/18AH 13361919/20AH 13381921/22AH 13401923/24AH 13421925/26AH 13445,000 kuruş

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 Necib Melhame Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316Kura-yı Devlet Mülkiye azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)5,000
1898/99AH 1316Bulgaristan komiseriSofia (Sofya)
No annual entry: 1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319)
1902/03AH 1320Nafia Nezareti müsteşarı
Nafia
No annual entry: 1903 to 1926 (AH 1321 to 1344)
1926/27AH 1345Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)Paris

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Beirut (Beyrut)
Father's occupation
Dava vekili

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 2 officials with entries in Sofia (Sofya) in the same years, Necib Melhame Bey had the highest salary.

All 20 officials with entries in Sofia (Sofya)

Same birthplace

Of the 4 officials born in Beirut (Beyrut), only Necib Melhame Bey has a recorded salary.

The page of Beirut (Beyrut), with the 4 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; Necib Melhame Bey had the highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Necib Melhame Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Kura-yı Devlet Mülkiye azasıIstanbul (Dersaadet)5,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Bulgaristan komiseriSofia (Sofya)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Nafia Nezareti müsteşarıNafiaSelected canonical career records
1926/27AH 1345VefatParisAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Necib Melhame Bey 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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