MEHMED SADIK EFENDİ (A)
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 SADIK EFENDİ (A) was born in Varna in 1863/64 (AH 1280); the father was a tanner (debbağ). Work began in Istanbul in 1880/81, at about 17, on a first salary of 80 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1880/81, with MEHMED SADIK (A) as Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru in Istanbul, where the entries run to 1883/84. At the same time, from 1883/84, the lists also place MEHMED SADIK (A) in a post with no place named as Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi dördüncü sınıf memuru.
The salary went from 80 kuruş a month in 1880/81 to 320 in 1883/84, the peak, when 39 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 6,720 kuruş, 35 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1883/84.
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.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded).
Born 1863/64 (AH 1280)
First work 1880/81 (AH 1298); 1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301)
Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru
80 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
Place not recorded not on the map
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi dördüncü sınıf memuru
320 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81 | 80 | 400 | 470 | 3% | |
| 1881/82 | 80 | 400 | 450 | 3% | |
| 1882/83 | 80 | 400 | 435 | 3% | |
| 1883/84 | 320 | 400 | 39% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | First work | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80first-salary field |
| 1880 to 1884AH 1298 to 1301 | Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi dördüncü sınıf memuru | 320 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1863/64 (AH 1280)
- Birthplace
- Varna
- Father's occupation
- Debbağ
First work
- Year
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Place
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
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 238 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 220 have a recorded salary; MEHMED SADIK EFENDİ (A) had the 205th highest salary of them.
- Said Paşa4 shared years; highest salary 85,000 kuruş
- Edvar Blak Bey4 shared years; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Raif Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 30,000 kuruş
- Yusuf Ziyâ Bey4 shared years; highest salary 25,000 kuruş
- Sâlih Münir Paşa4 shared years; highest salary 21,500 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 91 officials born in Varna, 89 have a recorded salary; MEHMED SADIK EFENDİ (A) had the 69th highest salary of them.
- MUSTAFA RIFAT EFENDİborn 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Osman Hilmi Efendiborn 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 850 kuruş
- Ahmet Nail Efendiborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 350 kuruş
- İSMAİL HAKKI EFENDİ(A)born 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 450 kuruş
- RIFAT SALİH BEYborn 1862/63 (AH 1279); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
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 SADIK EFENDİ (A) had the 127th highest salary of them.
- Mehmed Nuri Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 750 kuruş
- ALĠ NAZĠF BEYfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Ali Nazif Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Hafize Hanımfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hüseyin Hâşimfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 295 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 75/197. |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 295 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 75/197. |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 295 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 75/197. |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi memuru | Istanbul (Dersaadet) | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 295 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 75/197. |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Tophane-i Âmire İkinci Daire-i Hesabiye Kalemi dördüncü sınıf memuru | 320 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 295 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 75/197. |
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)