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Mehmed Salih 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 Salih Efendi was born in Drama in 1876/77 (AH 1293); the father's occupation was "Berber". The personnel record dates the first work in Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte) to 1907/08, after the first annual entry, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with Mehmed Salih as Askerlik (kura ile) and no place named. For 1905 to 1907 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Eleftheroupoli in 1907/08.

The one salary in the lists is 250 kuruş a month, for 1907/08, when 22 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1907/08.

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 5 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1907/08125DramaEleftheroupoli

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Place not recorded).

  1. Drama

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)

  2. Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte)

    First work 1907/08 (AH 1325)

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1897 to 1905 (AH 1315 to 1322)

    Askerlik (kura ile)

    entries in 8 years

  4. Place not recorded not on the map

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Onbasi

    entries in 1 year

  5. Eleftheroupoli (Pravişte)

    1907/08 (AH 1325)

    No annual entry for 1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324) before it.

    Nüfus kâtibi

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325250 kuruşAskerlik (kura ile)OnbasiNüfus kâtibi

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 Salih Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897 to 1905AH 1315 to 1322Askerlik (kura ile)
9 entries
YearSalary
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1904/05
1903/04AH 1321Onbasi
No annual entry: 1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324)
1907/08AH 1325First workEleftheroupoli (Pravişte)250first-salary field
1907/08AH 1325Nüfus kâtibiEleftheroupoli (Pravişte)250

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Birthplace
Drama
Father's occupation
Berber

First work

Year
1907/08 (AH 1325)

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 56 officials born in Drama, 53 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salih Efendi had the 36th highest salary of them.

The page of Drama, with the 56 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salih Efendi had the 118th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Salih Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Askerlik (kura ile)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
1898/99AH 1316Askerlik (kura ile)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
1899/1900AH 1317Askerlik (kura ile)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
1900/01AH 1318Askerlik (kura ile)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
1901/02AH 1319Askerlik (kura ile)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
1902/03AH 1320Askerlik (kura ile)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
1903/04AH 1321Askerlik (kura ile)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
1903/04AH 1321OnbasiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
1904/05AH 1322Askerlik (kura ile)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
1904/05AH 1322Askerlik (kura ile) (Görevin sona ermesi)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
1907/08AH 1325Nüfus kâtibiEleftheroupoli (Pravişte)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199; 172 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 170-199.
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 Salih 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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