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Mehmet Sıdkı 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 Sıdkı Efendi came from the İslam community. The annual lists begin in 1878 (AH 1295), with Mehmet Sıdkı as Mektubi kalemi mübeyyizi in Erzincan, the birthplace. Next came Trabzon, Erzincan, Erzurum and Van, four places in 13 years. The lists have no entry for 1881 to 1884. Alongside, the lists for 1890 to 1893 give a second post, in Erzurum as Ziraat Bankası şube müdürü. At the same time, from 1892/93, the lists also place Mehmet Sıdkı in a post with no place named as Ziraat Bankası müfettişi.

Pay rose from 117 kuruş a month in 1878 to a peak of 2,000 in 1892/93, when 92 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over ten years the salaries add up to 109,404 kuruş, 2.3 times what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1892/93.

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 7 stops
place of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1878/791880/811884/851888/891890/91123456ErzincanTrabzonErzurumVan

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 7 (Place not recorded).

  1. Erzincan

    1878 (AH 1295)

    Mektubi kalemi mübeyyizi

    100 to 117 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  2. Trabzon

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    İstinaf Mahkemesi hukuk dairesi zabıt kâtibi

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Erzincan

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    No annual entry for 1879/80 (AH 1297) before it.

    Bidayet Mahkemesi icra memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Erzurum

    1884 to 1887 (AH 1302 to 1304)

    No annual entry for 1881 to 1884 (AH 1299 to 1301) before it.

    Duyun-u Umumiye Gözlü memlehası müdürü 1884/85 (AH 1302); Ak memlehası müdürü 1886/87 (AH 1304)

    800 to 1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1885/86 (AH 1303).

  5. Van

    1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)

    No annual entry for 1887/88 (AH 1305) before it.

    Duyun-u Umumiye müdür vekili

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  6. Erzurum

    1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310)

    Ziraat Bankası şube müdürü

    1,200 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  7. Place not recorded not on the map

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Ziraat Bankası müfettişi

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entry05001,0001,5002,0001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13102,000 kuruşDuyun-u Umumiye müdür vekiliZiraat Bankası şube müdürü
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0002,0001878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310This 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 Sıdkı Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
18781174505506%
1878/7930040036127%
1880/8150040036560%
1884/8580040040077%
1886/871,00040030080%
1888/891,00040076080%
1889/901,0004001,00081%
1890/911,20040036083%
1891/921,200400437.583%
1892/932,00040092%

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 Sıdkı Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878AH 1295Mektubi kalemi mübeyyizi
2 entries
YearSalary
1878100
1878117
Erzincan100 to 117
1878/79AH 1296İstinaf Mahkemesi hukuk dairesi zabıt kâtibiTrabzon300
No annual entry: 1879/80 (AH 1297)
1880/81AH 1298Bidayet Mahkemesi icra memuruErzincan500
No annual entry: 1881 to 1884 (AH 1299 to 1301)
1884/85AH 1302Duyun-u Umumiye Gözlü memlehası müdürüErzurum800
No annual entry: 1885/86 (AH 1303)
1886/87AH 1304Ak memlehası müdürüErzurum1,000
No annual entry: 1887/88 (AH 1305)
1888 to 1891AH 1306 to 1308Duyun-u Umumiye müdür vekili
5 entries
YearSalary
1888/891,000
1888/891,000
1889/901,000
1890/911,000
1890/91
Van1,000
1890 to 1893AH 1308 to 1310Ziraat Bankası şube müdürü
4 entries
YearSalary
1890/911,200
1891/921,200
1892/931,200
1892/93
Erzurum1,200
1892/93AH 1310Ziraat Bankası müfettişi2,000

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam

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 Erzurum in the same years, 21 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sıdkı Efendi had the 5th highest salary of them.

All 146 officials with entries in Erzurum

Same birthplace

Of the 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sıdkı Efendi had the 12th highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295), 129 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sıdkı Efendi had the 10th highest salary of them.

All 146 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878 (AH 1295)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Sıdkı Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878AH 1295Mektubi kalemi mübeyyiziErzincan100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1878AH 1295Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiziErzincan117Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1878/79AH 1296İstinaf Mahkemesi hukuk dairesi zabıt kâtibiTrabzon300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1880/81AH 1298Bidayet Mahkemesi icra memuruErzincan500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1884/85AH 1302Duyun-u Umumiye Gözlü memlehası müdürüErzurum800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1886/87AH 1304Ak memlehası müdürüErzurum1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1888/89AH 1306Duyun-u Umumiye müdür vekiliVan1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1888/89AH 1306Duyun-u Umumiye müdürüVan1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1889/90AH 1307Duyun-u Umumiye müdürüVan1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1890/91AH 1308Duyun-u Umumiye müdürüVan1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1890/91AH 1308Duyun-u Umumiye müdürü (Nakil)VanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1890/91AH 1308Ziraat Bankası şube müdürüErzurum1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1891/92AH 1309Ziraat Bankası şube müdürüErzurum1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1892/93AH 1310Ziraat Bankası şube müdürüErzurum1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1892/93AH 1310Ziraat Bankası şube müdürü (Nakil)ErzurumAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records91 BOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
1892/93AH 1310Ziraat Bankası müfettişi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 425/95
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 Sıdkı 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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