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Mehmed Rasim Bey

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 Rasim Bey began in Gelibolu. Mehmed Rasim began work in 1897/98 (AH 1315), on a first salary of 30 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with Mehmed Rasim as Tahrirat Kalemi memuru in Gelibolu, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1903/04. Alongside, the lists for 1903 to 1909 give a second post, in Şarköy as Tahrirat Kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1908/09 give a second post, in Gelibolu as Nafia Komisyonu Kâtibi.

The salary went from 30 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to 400 in 1903/04, the peak, in Şarköy, when 43 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 12 years of salary come to 37,860 kuruş, 63 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.

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
place of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1903/041908/09123GeliboluŞarköy
  1. Gelibolu

    1897 to 1904 (AH 1315 to 1321)

    Tahrirat Kalemi memuru

    30 to 225 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  2. Şarköy

    1903 to 1909 (AH 1321 to 1326)

    Tahrirat Kâtibi

    400 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Gelibolu

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Nafia Komisyonu Kâtibi

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326400 kuruşTahrirat Kalemi memuruTahrirat Kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001,0001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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 Rasim Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/98304004001%
1898/99304004001%
1899/1900704004253%
1900/0120040045015%
1901/0220040050014%
1902/0322540050020%
1903/0440040550043%
1904/0540040050042%
1905/0640043045041%
1906/0740045050041%
1907/0840046050040%
1908/0940040052042%

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 Rasim Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First work30first-salary field
1897 to 1904AH 1315 to 1321Tahrirat Kalemi memuru
10 entries
YearSalary
1897/9830
1898/9930
1899/190030
1899/190070
1900/0170
1900/01200
1901/02200
1902/03200
1902/03225
1903/04225
Gelibolu30 to 225
1903 to 1909AH 1321 to 1326Tahrirat Kâtibi
6 entries
YearSalary
1903/04400
1904/05400
1905/06400
1906/07400
1907/08400
1908/09400
Şarköy400
1908/09AH 1326Nafia Komisyonu KâtibiGelibolu250

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Gelibolu

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)

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 24 officials with entries in Gelibolu in the same years, Mehmed Rasim Bey had the 14th highest salary.

All 84 officials with entries in Gelibolu

Same birthplace

Of the 127 officials born in Gelibolu, 118 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Rasim Bey had the 66th highest salary of them.

The page of Gelibolu, with the 127 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 Rasim Bey had the 62nd 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 Rasim Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Tahrirat Kalemi memuruGelibolu30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1898/99AH 1316Tahrirat Kalemi memuruGelibolu30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat Kalemi memuruGelibolu30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1899/1900AH 1317Tahrirat Kalemi memuruGelibolu70Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1900/01AH 1318Tahrirat Kalemi memuruGelibolu70Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1900/01AH 1318Tahrirat Kalemi evrak mukayyidiGelibolu200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1901/02AH 1319Tahrirat Kalemi evrak mukayyidiGelibolu200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1902/03AH 1320Tahrirat Kalemi evrak mukayyidiGelibolu200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1902/03AH 1320Tahrirat Kalemi evrak mukayyidiGelibolu225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1903/04AH 1321Tahrirat Kalemi evrak mukayyidiGelibolu225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1903/04AH 1321Tahrirat KâtibiŞarköy400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1904/05AH 1322Tahrirat KâtibiŞarköy400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat KâtibiŞarköy400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1906/07AH 1324Tahrirat KâtibiŞarköy400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1907/08AH 1325Tahrirat KâtibiŞarköy400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1908/09AH 1326Tahrirat KâtibiŞarköy400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
1908/09AH 1326Nafia Komisyonu KâtibiGelibolu250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 164/153
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 Rasim Bey 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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