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Mehmet Emin 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 Mehmet Emin Efendi began in Kütahya in 1867/68 (AH 1284); the father's occupation was "Gediz Kazası aşar ambar memuru (emekli)". The annual lists begin in 1889/90, with Mehmet Emin as Vergi Kalemi mülazımı (İnfisal) in Kütahya, the birthplace. The lists have no entry for 1890 to 1895. Alongside, the lists for 1889 to 1900 give a second post, in a post with no place named as a soldier (Asker).

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1896/97 to 300 in 1899/1900, the peak, as Suvari Tahsildari, when 29 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 12,600 kuruş, 63 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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. Kütahya

    Born 1867/68 (AH 1284); First work here; 1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Vergi Kalemi mülazımı (İnfisal)

    entries in 1 year

  2. Place not recorded

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Asker

    entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    No annual entry for 1890 to 1895 (AH 1308 to 1312) before it.

    Çavuş (İnfisal)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Virancık as worded, no place record

    1896 to 1900 (AH 1314 to 1317)

    Suvari Tahsildari

    250 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317300 kuruşAskerSuvari Tahsildari
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 Emin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1896/9725045027518%
1897/9825040025020%
1898/9925040025020%
1899/190030040027529%

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 Emin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workKütahya
1889/90AH 1307Vergi Kalemi mülazımı (İnfisal)Kütahya
1889/90AH 1307Asker
No annual entry: 1890 to 1895 (AH 1308 to 1312)
1895/96AH 1313Çavuş (İnfisal)
1896 to 1900AH 1314 to 1317Suvari Tahsildari
5 entries
YearSalary
1896/97250
1897/98250
1898/99250
1899/1900250
1899/1900300
250 to 300

Record

Personal

Born
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Birthplace
Kütahya
Father's occupation
Gediz Kazası aşar ambar memuru (emekli)

First work

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 26 officials with entries in Kütahya in the same years, Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 13th highest salary.

All 133 officials with entries in Kütahya

Same job title, same years

Of the 18 officials with the title Suvari Tahsildari in the same years, Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 7th highest salary.

All 39 officials with the title Suvari Tahsildari

Same birthplace

Of the 150 officials born in Kütahya, 140 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 84th highest salary of them.

The page of Kütahya, with the 150 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), 180 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 121st highest salary of them.

All 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307Vergi Kalemi mülazımı (İnfisal)KütahyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79; 137 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79.
1889/90AH 1307AskerAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79; 137 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79.
1895/96AH 1313Çavuş (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79; 137 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79.
1896/97AH 1314Suvari TahsildariVirancık250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79; 137 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79.
1897/98AH 1315Suvari TahsildariVirancık250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79; 137 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79.
1898/99AH 1316Suvari TahsildariVirancık250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79; 137 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79.
1899/1900AH 1317Suvari TahsildariVirancık250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79; 137 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79.
1899/1900AH 1317Suvari TahsildariVirancık300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79; 137 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:131, s.79.
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 Emin 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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