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Mehmed Tevfik 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 Tevfik Efendi was born in Malatya in 1880/81 (AH 1298); the father's occupation was "Malatya Rüşdiyesi Muallim-i Evveli". At about 21, in 1902/03, Mehmed Tevfik began work in Malatya, on a first salary of 50 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1902/03, with Mehmed Tevfik as İdadi İlm-i Eşya Muallim Vekili in Malatya, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1908/09. Alongside, the lists for 1908/09 give a second post, in Elazığ as Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere Memuru.

The salary went from 50 kuruş a month in 1902/03 to 300 in 1908/09, the peak, in Elazığ, when one in three paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 11,400 kuruş, 32 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.

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
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1908/0912MalatyaElazığ
  1. Malatya

    Born 1880/81 (AH 1298); First work 1902/03 (AH 1320); 1902 to 1909 (AH 1320 to 1326)

    İdadi İlm-i Eşya Muallim Vekili

    50 to 150 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  2. Elazığ

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere Memuru

    300 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
01002003001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326300 kuruşİdadi İlm-i Eşya Muallim Vekili
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1902/03504003002%
1903/041004053005%
1904/051004004004%
1905/061004304005%
1906/0715045030010%
1907/0815046040010%
1908/0930040025032%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1902/03AH 1320First workMalatya50first-salary field
1902 to 1909AH 1320 to 1326İdadi İlm-i Eşya Muallim Vekili
15 entries
YearSalary
1902/0350
1902/03
1903/04100
1903/04100
1904/05100
1904/05100
1904/05
1905/06100
1906/07100
1906/07150
1907/08150
1907/0850
1907/08100
1908/09100
1908/09
Malatya50
1908/09AH 1326Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere MemuruElazığ300

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Birthplace
Malatya
Father's occupation
Malatya Rüşdiyesi Muallim-i Evveli

First work

Year
1902/03 (AH 1320)
Place
Malatya

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 22 officials with entries in Malatya in the same years, Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 17th highest salary.

All 100 officials with entries in Malatya

Same birthplace

Of the 140 officials born in Malatya, 132 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 88th highest salary of them.

The page of Malatya, with the 140 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), 138 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 64th highest salary of them.

All 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320İdadi İlm-i Eşya Muallim VekiliMalatya50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1902/03AH 1320İdadi İlm-i Eşya Muallim Vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)MalatyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1903/04AH 1321Maarif Kâtibi ve Sandık EminiMalatya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1903/04AH 1321İdadi Malûmat-ı Zirâiyye ve Sıhhiye Muallim VekiliMalatya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1904/05AH 1322Maarif Kâtibi ve Sandık EminiMalatya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1904/05AH 1322İdadi Malûmat-ı Zirâiyye ve Sıhhiye Muallim VekiliMalatya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1904/05AH 1322İdadi Malûmat-ı Zirâiyye ve Sıhhiye Muallim Vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)MalatyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1905/06AH 1323Maarif Kâtibi ve Sandık EminiMalatya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1906/07AH 1324Maarif Kâtibi ve Sandık EminiMalatya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1906/07AH 1324Maarif Kâtibi ve Sandık EminiMalatya150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1907/08AH 1325Maarif Kâtibi ve Sandık EminiMalatya150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1907/08AH 1325Maarif Kâtibi ve Sandık EminiMalatya50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1907/08AH 1325Maarif Kâtibi ve Sandık EminiMalatya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1908/09AH 1326Maarif Kâtibi ve Sandık EminiMalatya100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1908/09AH 1326Maarif Kâtibi ve Sandık Emini (İstifa)MalatyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
1908/09AH 1326Posta ve Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere MemuruElazığ300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00153.00236, s. 465
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 Tevfik 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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