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Mehmet Mithat 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 Mithat Efendi began in Bandırma in 1881/82 (AH 1299); the father's occupation was "Eskişehir Kazası eski belediye sandık emini". Mehmet Mithat began work in Eskişehir in 1896/97, at about 15. The first annual entry, for 1896/97, places Mehmet Mithat in Eskişehir as Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımı, where the entries run to 1908/09. Alongside, the lists for 1908/09 give a second post, in Gedos as Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi.

The one salary in the lists is 320 kuruş a month, for 1908/09, when 39 per cent of paid officials earned less. 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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1896/971908/09123BandırmaEskişehirGedos
  1. Bandırma

    Born 1881/82 (AH 1299)

  2. Eskişehir

    First work 1896/97 (AH 1314); 1896 to 1909 (AH 1314 to 1326)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımı

    300 to 320 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

  3. Gedos

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi

    225 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
01002003004001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326320 kuruşBidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımı

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 Mithat Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workEskişehir
1896 to 1909AH 1314 to 1326Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımı
15 entries
YearSalary
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1907/08
1908/09
1908/09300
1908/09320
Eskişehir320
1908/09AH 1326Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiGedos225

Record

Personal

Born
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Birthplace
Bandırma
Father's occupation
Eskişehir Kazası eski belediye sandık emini

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)

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 25 officials with entries in Eskişehir in the same years, 24 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Mithat Efendi had the 17th highest salary of them.

All 56 officials with entries in Eskişehir

Same birthplace

Of the 41 officials born in Bandırma, 37 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Mithat Efendi had the 21st highest salary of them.

The page of Bandırma, with the 41 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Mithat Efendi had the 92nd highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Mithat Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Bidayet Mahkemesi İstintak Dairesi mülazımıEskişehirAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiGedos225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Müstantık muaviniEskişehir300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Tahrirat kâtibiEskişehir320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 Mithat 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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