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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

The life of Mehmed Tevfik Efendi began in Tokat in 1859/60 (AH 1276); the father's occupation was "Askerî başçavuş". Work began in 1878/79, at about 19. The annual lists begin in 1878/79, with Mehmed Tevfik as Stajyer and no place named.

The one salary in the lists is 425 kuruş a month, for 1880/81, when 54 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1880/81.

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. Tokat

    Born 1859/60 (AH 1276)

  2. Tokat Gümrük İdaresi as worded, no place record

    1878 to 1880 (AH 1296 to 1297)

    Stajyer

    entries in 2 years

  3. Tokat Tütün Sayım Dairesi as worded, no place record

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    Memur

    425 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
02004006001878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 1298425 kuruşStajyerMemur

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)
1878/79AH 1296First work
1878 to 1880AH 1296 to 1297Stajyer
2 entries
YearSalary
1878/79
1879/80
1880/81AH 1298Memur425

Record

Personal

Born
1859/60 (AH 1276)
Birthplace
Tokat
Father's occupation
Askerî başçavuş

First work

Year
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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 job title, same years

Of the 4 officials with the title Memur in the same years, Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 54 officials with the title Memur

Same birthplace

Of the 123 officials born in Tokat, 117 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 52nd highest salary of them.

The page of Tokat, with the 123 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296), 157 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 91st highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878/79AH 1296StajyerTokat Gümrük İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 100, s. 415
1879/80AH 1297StajyerTokat Gümrük İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 100, s. 415
1880/81AH 1298MemurTokat Tütün Sayım Dairesi425Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 100, s. 415
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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