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MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 56/233)

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 Çorum in 1847/48 (AH 1264), MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 56/233) was the child of a medrese teacher (müderris). At about 21, in 1869/70, MEHMET ŞAKİR (DH. SAID 56/233) began work in Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova), on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1869/70, with MEHMET ŞAKİR (DH. SAID 56/233) as Posta Şirketi istasyon memuru in Veliko Tarnovo. Alongside, the lists for 1869 to 1891 give a second post, in Çorum as Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuru.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1869/70 to a peak of 500 in 1890/91, in Çorum, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 23 years the salaries add up to 72,000 kuruş, 63 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1890/91.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1869/701869/70123ÇorumVeliko Tarnovo
  1. Çorum

    Born 1847/48 (AH 1264)

  2. Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)

    First work 1869/70 (AH 1286); 1869/70 (AH 1286)

    Posta Şirketi istasyon memuru

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Çorum

    1869 to 1891 (AH 1286 to 1308)

    Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuru

    250 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 23 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 1308500 kuruşDüyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 1308This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 56/233) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1869/7025040050023%
1870/7125040053821%
1871/72250420.557621%
1872/7325045055023%
1873/7425040571024%
1874/7525045050022%
1875/7625045045021%
1876/7725042097523%
1877/7825045050023%
187825045045023%
1878/7925040030021%
1879/80250400247.519%
1880/8125040030020%
1881/8225040040019%
1882/8325040039019%
1883/8425040040019%
1884/8525040032519%
1885/8625040034619%
1886/8725040038020%
1887/8825040030020%
1888/8925040047521%
1889/9025040040021%
1890/9150040040056%

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 MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 56/233), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869/70AH 1286First workVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)250first-salary field
1869/70AH 1286Posta Şirketi istasyon memuruVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)250
1869 to 1891AH 1286 to 1308Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuru
23 entries
YearSalary
1869/70250
1870/71250
1871/72250
1872/73250
1873/74250
1874/75250
1875/76250
1876/77250
1877/78250
1878250
1878/79250
1879/80250
1880/81250
1881/82250
1882/83250
1883/84250
1884/85250
1885/86250
1886/87250
1887/88250
1888/89250
1889/90250
1890/91500
Çorum250 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1847/48 (AH 1264)
Birthplace
Çorum
Father's occupation
Müderris

First work

Year
1869/70 (AH 1286)

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 21 officials with entries in Çorum in the same years, MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 56/233) had the 10th highest salary.

All 48 officials with entries in Çorum

Same birthplace

Of the 54 officials born in Çorum, 45 have a recorded salary; MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 56/233) had the 16th highest salary of them.

The page of Çorum, with the 54 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), 121 have a recorded salary; MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 56/233) had the 82nd highest salary of them.

All 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 56/233)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Posta Şirketi istasyon memuruVeliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1869/70AH 1286Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1870/71AH 1287Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1871/72AH 1288Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1872/73AH 1289Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1873/74AH 1290Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1874/75AH 1291Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1875/76AH 1292Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1876/77AH 1293Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1877/78AH 1294Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1878AH 1295Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1878/79AH 1296Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1879/80AH 1297Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1880/81AH 1298Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1881/82AH 1299Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1882/83AH 1300Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1883/84AH 1301Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1884/85AH 1302Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1885/86AH 1303Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1886/87AH 1304Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1887/88AH 1305Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1888/89AH 1306Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1889/90AH 1307Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
1890/91AH 1308Düyun-ı Umumiye Dairesi memuruÇorum500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 56/233
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 MEHMET ŞAKİR EFENDİ (DH. SAID 56/233) 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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