Mehmet Salih 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 Salih Efendi was born in Erzincan into the İslam community. Work began in Erzincan in 1860/61 (AH 1277), on a first salary of 40 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1865/66, to 1903/04, every annual entry places Mehmet Salih in the same post, Rüsumat müdüriyeti müskirat memuru, in Erzincan, the birthplace. Of the 446 officials whose entries span 40 years or more, 14 stayed in one place throughout.
Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1865/66 to a peak of 300 in 1870/71, in Erzincan, when 30 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 11 years pay ended where it began, at 250 kuruş. In all, 11 years of salary come to 31,200 kuruş, 56 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1903/04.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66 | 250 | 400 | 300 | 22% | |
| 1866/67 | 250 | 400 | 525 | 23% | |
| 1867/68 | 200 | 458 | 375 | 14% | |
| 1868/69 | 200 | 475 | 300 | 13% | |
| 1869/70 | 200 | 400 | 187.5 | 16% | |
| 1870/71 | 300 | 400 | 250 | 30% | |
| 1871/72 | 300 | 420.5 | 427.5 | 30% | |
| 1872/73 | 300 | 450 | 347.5 | 31% | |
| 1873/74 | 200 | 405 | 275 | 18% | |
| 1879/80 | 150 | 400 | 400 | 7% | |
| 1903/04 | 250 | 405 | 500 | 22% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1860/61AH 1277 | First work | Erzincan | 40first-salary field |
| 1865 to 1880AH 1282 to 1297 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti müskirat memuru | Erzincan | 250 to 150 |
| No annual entry: 1880 to 1903 (AH 1298 to 1320) | |||
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | 250 |
Record#
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 41 officials with entries in Erzincan in the same years, Mehmet Salih Efendi had the 35th highest salary.
- Hüseyin Mazhar Efendi7 shared years; highest salary 1,160 kuruş
- Ebubekir Efendi6 shared years; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Abdüllatif Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 4,000 kuruş
- Zekeriya Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- Artin Efendi5 shared years; highest salary 190 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Salih Efendi had the 131st highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Kamil Efendiborn 1838/39 (AH 1254); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Süleyman Fehmi Efendiborn 1840/41 (AH 1256); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ebubekir Efendiborn 1841/42 (AH 1257); highest salary 750 kuruş
- ABDÜLATİF LÜTFİ EFENDİborn 1842/43 (AH 1258); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Ömer Lütfi Efendiborn 1847/48 (AH 1264); highest salary 16.5 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1865/66 (AH 1282), 95 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Salih Efendi had the 91st highest salary of them.
- Edhem Pertev Efendifirst entry in Erzincan; highest salary 380 kuruş
- Mehmed Emin Efendifirst annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282); no salary recorded
- KALUST MARKOSYAN EFENDİfirst entry in Paris; no salary recorded
- Mehmed Esat Beyfirst entry in Crete (Girit); highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Osman Efendifirst annual entry 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 1,500 kuruş
All 112 officials whose first annual entry is for 1865/66 (AH 1282)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1865/66AH 1282 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti müskirat memuru | Erzincan | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti müskirat memuru | Erzincan | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti müskirat memuru (Nakil) | Erzincan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 | |
| 1866/67AH 1283 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi | Erzincan | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1867/68AH 1284 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi | Erzincan | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1868/69AH 1285 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi | Erzincan | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1869/70AH 1286 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi | Erzincan | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi | Erzincan | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti ikinci kâtibi (Nakil) | Erzincan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 | |
| 1870/71AH 1287 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti baş kâtibi | Erzincan | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1871/72AH 1288 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti baş kâtibi | Erzincan | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti baş kâtibi | Erzincan | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Rüsumat müdüriyeti baş kâtibi (Nakil) | Erzincan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 | |
| 1872/73AH 1289 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 | |
| 1873/74AH 1290 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1874/75AH 1291 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 | |
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 | |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 | |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 | |
| 1878AH 1295 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 | |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 51 BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Evkaf kâtibi | Erzincan | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAİD, 417/86 |
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)