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Mehmed Es’ad 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

Mehmed Es’ad Efendi was born in Kilis in 1860/61 (AH 1277). At about 21, in 1881/82, Mehmed Es’ad began work in Aleppo (Halep). The annual lists begin in 1881/82, with Mehmed Es’ad as İstinaf mahkemesi kalemi mülâzımı; hukuk ve ceza daireleri in Aleppo. For 1882 to 1889 the lists have no entry. The last entry, for 1889/90, names Mehmed Es’ad as Bidayet mahkemesi müstantıkı, with no place.

The one salary in the lists is 750 kuruş a month, for 1889/90, when three in four paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.

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
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1881/8212KilisAleppo

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Teke).

  1. Kilis

    Born 1860/61 (AH 1277)

  2. Aleppo (Halep)

    First work 1881/82 (AH 1299); 1881/82 (AH 1299)

    İstinaf mahkemesi kalemi mülâzımı; hukuk ve ceza daireleri

    entries in 1 year

  3. Teke as worded, no place record not on the map

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    No annual entry for 1882 to 1889 (AH 1300 to 1306) before it.

    Bidayet mahkemesi müstantıkı

    750 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 entry02004006008001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307750 kuruş

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 Es’ad Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workAleppo (Halep)
1881/82AH 1299İstinaf mahkemesi kalemi mülâzımı; hukuk ve ceza daireleriAleppo (Halep)
No annual entry: 1882 to 1889 (AH 1300 to 1306)
1889/90AH 1307Bidayet mahkemesi müstantıkı750

Record

Personal

Born
1860/61 (AH 1277)
Birthplace
Kilis

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

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 17 officials with entries in Aleppo (Halep) in the same years, Mehmed Es’ad Efendi had the 10th highest salary.

All 175 officials with entries in Aleppo (Halep)

Same birthplace

Of the 72 officials born in Kilis, 62 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Es’ad Efendi had the 20th highest salary of them.

The page of Kilis, with the 72 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Es’ad Efendi had the 39th highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Es’ad Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299İstinaf mahkemesi kalemi mülâzımı; hukuk ve ceza daireleriAleppo (Halep)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİDd. 36/11
1889/90AH 1307Bidayet mahkemesi müstantıkıTeke750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİDd. 36/11
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 Es’ad 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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