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Mehmed Nuri 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 Nuri Efendi began in Mitrovica (Mitroviça) in 1863/64 (AH 1280); the father's occupation was "Mitroviçe eski kaymakamı". Mehmed Nuri began work in Istanbul in 1880/81, at about 17. Every annual entry from 1880/81 to 1890/91 places Mehmed Nuri in the same post, Belediye 4. Dairesi Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri, in Istanbul. The lists give Infisal for 1889/90 instead of a title.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 750 kuruş a month in 1882/83, in Istanbul, when three in four paid officials earned less. In all, eight years of salary come to 65,880 kuruş, 1.7 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final 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 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1880/8112MitrovicaIstanbul
  1. Mitrovica (Mitroviça)

    Born 1863/64 (AH 1280)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1880/81 (AH 1298); 1880 to 1891 (AH 1298 to 1308)

    Belediye 4. Dairesi Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri 1880 to 1891 (AH 1298 to 1308); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1889/90 (AH 1307)

    240 to 750 kuruş a month; entries in 11 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308750 kuruşBelediye 4. Dairesi Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 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 Mehmed Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/8375040043575%
1883/8475040040076%
1884/8575040047075%
1885/8675040046074%
1886/8775040048073%
1887/8875040055072%
1888/8975040052574%
1890/9124040050020%

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 Mehmed Nuri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)
1880 to 1891AH 1298 to 1308Belediye 4. Dairesi Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeri
13 entries
YearSalary
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1882/83750
1883/84750
1884/85750
1885/86750
1886/87750
1887/88750
1888/89750
1888/89
1889/90
1890/91240
Istanbul (Dersaadet)240
1889/90AH 1307Infisala note on status, not a job

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Father's occupation
Mitroviçe eski kaymakamı

First work

Year
1880/81 (AH 1298)

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 410 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 377 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nuri Efendi had the 234th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 16 officials born in Mitrovica (Mitroviça), 13 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nuri Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.

The page of Mitrovica (Mitroviça), with the 16 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nuri Efendi had the 50th highest salary of them.

All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1880/81AH 1298Belediye 4. Dairesi Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1881/82AH 1299Belediye 4. Dairesi Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1882/83AH 1300Belediye 4. Dairesi Tahrirat Kalemi stajyeriIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1882/83AH 1300Belediye 4. Dairesi Vergi KâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1883/84AH 1301Belediye 4. Dairesi Vergi KâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1884/85AH 1302Belediye 4. Dairesi Vergi KâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1885/86AH 1303Belediye 4. Dairesi Vergi KâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1886/87AH 1304Belediye 4. Dairesi Vergi KâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1887/88AH 1305Belediye 4. Dairesi Vergi KâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1888/89AH 1306Belediye 4. Dairesi Vergi KâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1888/89AH 1306Belediye 4. Dairesi Vergi KâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1889/90AH 1307Belediye 4. Dairesi Vergi KâtibiIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1889/90AH 1307InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
1890/91AH 1308Şehremaneti Evrak Odası memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 134-213
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 Nuri 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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