Mehmet Ali 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
Born in Erzincan, Mehmet Ali Efendi came from the İslam community; the father was a farmer (çiftçi). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).
Mehmet Ali had a first salary of 350 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1888/89 (AH 1306), with Mehmet Ali as Birinci sınıf kondüktör in Erzurum. The lists have no entry for 1890 to 1897. The last posts were in Kastamonu from 1897 to 1900.
The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 800 kuruş a month in 1888/89, in Erzurum, when 77 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 42,600 kuruş, 1.8 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1899/1900.
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.
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
First work here
1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317)
No annual entry for 1890 to 1897 (AH 1308 to 1314) before it.
Nafia ikinci sınıf kondüktör
650 kuruş a month; entries in 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 | 800 | 400 | 400 | 77% | |
| 1889/90 | 800 | 400 | 500 | 77% | |
| 1897/98 | 650 | 400 | 380 | 74% | |
| 1898/99 | 650 | 400 | 360 | 72% | |
| 1899/1900 | 650 | 400 | 360 | 71% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First work | Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) | 350first-salary field | |
| 1888 to 1890AH 1306 to 1307 | Birinci sınıf kondüktör | Erzurum | 800 |
| No annual entry: 1890 to 1897 (AH 1308 to 1314) | |||
| 1897 to 1900AH 1315 to 1317 | Nafia ikinci sınıf kondüktör | Kastamonu | 650 |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Erzincan
- Community
- İslam
- Father's occupation
- Çiftçi
Education
- School
- Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)
First work
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 14 officials with entries in Kastamonu in the same years, 13 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ali Efendi had the 8th highest salary of them.
- Ahmet Rifat Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 475 kuruş
- Abdülkadir Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ömer Lütfü Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Ġsmail EĢref Bey2 shared years; highest salary 1,620 kuruş
- Hüseyin Avni Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Same school
Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ali Efendi had the 129th highest salary of them.
- Abdülhalim Paşaborn 1807/08 (AH 1222); highest salary 45,000 kuruş
- Mustafa Bosnevi Efendiborn 1813/14 (AH 1229); highest salary 1,032.08 kuruş
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Ağaborn 1817/18 (AH 1233); no salary recorded
- Ali Avnullah Efendiborn 1820/21 (AH 1236); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
- Mehmed Emin Efendiborn 1821/22 (AH 1237); highest salary 350 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ali Efendi had the 44th highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Kamil Efendiborn 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Süleyman Fehmi Efendiborn 1840/41 (AH 1256); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ebubekir Efendiborn 1841/42 (AH 1257); highest salary 750 kuruş
- ABDÜLATİF LÜTFİ EFENDİborn 1842/43 (AH 1258); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Ömer Lütfi Efendiborn 1847/48 (AH 1264); highest salary 16.5 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Ali Efendi had the 27th highest salary of them.
- Aslanyan Dikran Efendifirst entry in Erzurum; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Mustafa Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 700 kuruş
- Hüseyin Efendifirst entry in Ergani; no salary recorded
- Muhtar Efendifirst entry in Krujë (Akçahisar); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmed Muhtar Efendifirst annual entry 1888/89 (AH 1306); highest salary 750 kuruş
All 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Birinci sınıf kondüktör | Erzurum | 800 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 98 BOA, DH. SAİD, 165/27 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Birinci sınıf kondüktör | Erzurum | 800 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 98 BOA, DH. SAİD, 165/27 |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Birinci sınıf kondüktör (İnfisal) | Erzurum | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 98 BOA, DH. SAİD, 165/27 | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Nafia ikinci sınıf kondüktör | Kastamonu | 650 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD, 165/27 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Nafia ikinci sınıf kondüktör | Kastamonu | 650 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD, 165/27 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Nafia ikinci sınıf kondüktör | Kastamonu | 650 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD, 165/27 |
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Nafia ikinci sınıf kondüktör (İnfisal) | Kastamonu | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD, 165/27 |
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)