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Mehmet Şevki 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

Mehmet Şevki Efendi was born in Elbistan in 1887/88 (AH 1305); the father's occupation was "Asâkir-i şâhâne yüzbaşısı". Work began in Jerusalem (Kudüs) in 1906/07, at about 18. Both annual entries, for 1906/07 and 1907/08, place Mehmet Şevki in Jerusalem as Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhasebe memuriyeti refakatinde mülazım.

The one salary in the lists is 300 kuruş a month, for 1907/08, when 29 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.

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
1906/0712ElbistanJerusalem
  1. Elbistan

    Born 1887/88 (AH 1305)

  2. Jerusalem (Kudüs)

    First work 1906/07 (AH 1324); 1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhasebe memuriyeti refakatinde mülazım

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325300 kuruşTelgraf ve posta merkezi muhasebe memuriyeti refakatinde mülazım

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 Şevki Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1906/07AH 1324First workJerusalem (Kudüs)
1906 to 1908AH 1324 to 1325Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhasebe memuriyeti refakatinde mülazım
3 entries
YearSalary
1906/07
1907/08
1907/08300
Jerusalem (Kudüs)300

Record

Personal

Born
1887/88 (AH 1305)
Birthplace
Elbistan
Father's occupation
Asâkir-i şâhâne yüzbaşısı

First work

Year
1906/07 (AH 1324)

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 7 officials with entries in Jerusalem (Kudüs) in the same years, 6 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şevki Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 45 officials with entries in Jerusalem (Kudüs)

Same birthplace

Of the 51 officials born in Elbistan, 46 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şevki Efendi had the 38th highest salary of them.

The page of Elbistan, with the 51 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324), 118 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şevki Efendi had the 55th highest salary of them.

All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Şevki Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1906/07AH 1324Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhasebe memuriyeti refakatinde mülazımJerusalem (Kudüs)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhasebe memuriyeti refakatinde mülazımJerusalem (Kudüs)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhasebe memuriyeti refakatiJerusalem (Kudüs)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Şevki 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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