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Mehmed Kadri 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 Kadri Efendi began in Balchik (Balçık) in 1863/64 (AH 1280); the father's occupation was "Fatih dersiamı". At about 19, in 1882/83, Mehmed Kadri began work, on a first salary of 215 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1882/83, with Mehmed Kadri as hastane hademesi and no place named, with a rise to Mubassir in 1909/10. For 1902 to 1909 the lists have no entry. The lists give Infisal for 1895/96 instead of a title.

The salary went from 215 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to 650 in 1909/10, the peak, as Mubassir, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 21 years the salaries add up to 97,836 kuruş, about what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.

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.

  1. Balchik (Balçık)

    Born 1863/64 (AH 1280)

  2. Zeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1882 to 1902 (AH 1300 to 1319)

    hastane hademesi 1882 to 1902 (AH 1300 to 1319); Baskatip 1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1895/96 (AH 1313)

    215 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 20 years

  3. Şehremaneti, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    No annual entry for 1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326) before it.

    Mubassir

    650 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 entry02004006008001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326650 kuruşhastane hademesiBaskatip
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 1326This officialMedian, all officials

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 Kadri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/8321540015%
1883/8429640028%
1884/8529640028%
1885/8629640027%
1886/8735040040%
1887/8835040038%
1888/8935040039%
1889/9035040040%
1890/9135040039%
1891/9235040039%
1892/9335040038%
1893/9435040038%
1894/9545040052%
1895/9645040052%
1896/9744045049%
1897/9844040053%
1898/9944040051%
1899/190044040052%
1900/0144040052%
1901/0250040054%
1909/1065060056%

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 Kadri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First work215first-salary field
1882 to 1902AH 1300 to 1319hastane hademesi
24 entries
YearSalary
1882/83215
1883/84215
1883/84296
1884/85296
1885/86296
1886/87296
1886/87350
1887/88350
1888/89350
1889/90350
1890/91350
1891/92350
1892/93350
1893/94350
1894/95350
1895/96
1895/96440
1896/97440
1897/98440
1898/99440
1899/1900440
1900/01440
1901/02440
1901/02500
215 to 500
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313Baskatip
2 entries
YearSalary
1894/95450
1895/96450
450
1895/96AH 1313Infisala note on status, not a job
No annual entry: 1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326)
1909/10AH 1327Mubassir650

Record

Personal

Born
1863/64 (AH 1280)
Father's occupation
Fatih dersiamı

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)

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 birthplace

Of the 3 officials born in Balchik (Balçık), Mehmed Kadri Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

The page of Balchik (Balçık), with the 3 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Kadri Efendi had the 68th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Kadri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300hastane hademesiZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul215Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1883/84AH 1301hastane hademesiZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul215Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1883/84AH 1301vekilharç vekiliZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul296Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1884/85AH 1302vekilharç vekiliZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul296Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1885/86AH 1303vekilharç vekiliZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul296Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1886/87AH 1304vekilharç vekiliZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul296Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1886/87AH 1304vekilharçZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1887/88AH 1305vekilharçZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1888/89AH 1306vekilharçZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1889/90AH 1307vekilharçZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1890/91AH 1308vekilharçZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1891/92AH 1309vekilharçZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1892/93AH 1310vekilharçZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1893/94AH 1311vekilharçZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1894/95AH 1312vekilharçZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1894/95AH 1312BaskatipZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1895/96AH 1313BaskatipZeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbul450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1895/96AH 1313başkâtip (İnfisal)Zeynep Kamil Hastanesi, Üsküdar, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1895/96AH 1313InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1895/96AH 1313hastalar ağasıToptaşı Bîmarhanesi (Şehremaneti), İstanbul440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1896/97AH 1314hastalar ağasıToptaşı Bîmarhanesi (Şehremaneti), İstanbul440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1897/98AH 1315hastalar ağasıToptaşı Bîmarhanesi (Şehremaneti), İstanbul440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1898/99AH 1316hastalar ağasıToptaşı Bîmarhanesi (Şehremaneti), İstanbul440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1899/1900AH 1317hastalar ağasıToptaşı Bîmarhanesi (Şehremaneti), İstanbul440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1900/01AH 1318hastalar ağasıToptaşı Bîmarhanesi (Şehremaneti), İstanbul440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1901/02AH 1319hastalar ağasıToptaşı Bîmarhanesi (Şehremaneti), İstanbul440Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1901/02AH 1319hastalar ağasıToptaşı Bîmarhanesi (Şehremaneti), İstanbul500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records61 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
1909/10AH 1327MubassirŞehremaneti, İstanbul650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH SA ĐD nr.99, s.177
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 Kadri 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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