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Mehmed Şevket 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 Şevket Efendi began in Antalya in 1879/80 (AH 1297); the father's occupation was "Redif yüzbaşısı". At about 26, in 1906/07, Mehmed Şevket began work in Quneitra (Kuneytire), on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1906/07, with Mehmed Şevket as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati in Quneitra. Alongside, the lists for 1907 to 1911 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi. Alongside, the lists for 1909 to 1911 give a second post, in Havran as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi. The last post was in Hama in 1911.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1906/07 to 700 in 1909/10, the peak, in Havran, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1911.

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 5 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1906/071909/1019111245AntalyaQuneitraHavranHama

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

  1. Antalya

    Born 1879/80 (AH 1297)

  2. Quneitra (Kuneytire)

    First work 1906/07 (AH 1324); 1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

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

    1907 to 1911 (AH 1325 to 1329)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

    75 to 700 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  4. Havran

    1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

    700 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Hama

    1911 (AH 1329)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuru

    700 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
02004006008001906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329700 kuruşZiraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiZiraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329This 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 Şevket Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1906/0725045022%
1907/0850046050%
1908/0950040052%
1909/1070060070056%
1910/1170050059%
191170060052%

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 Şevket Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1906/07AH 1324First workQuneitra (Kuneytire)250first-salary field
1906 to 1908AH 1324 to 1325Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati
2 entries
YearSalary
1906/07250
1907/08250
Quneitra (Kuneytire)250
1907 to 1911AH 1325 to 1329Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi
9 entries
YearSalary
1907/08500
1908/09500
1909/10500
1909/1075
1909/10
1909/10300
1909/10
1910/11700
1911700
500 to 700
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi
2 entries
YearSalary
1909/10700
1910/11700
Havran700
1911AH 1329Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuruHama700

Record

Personal

Born
1879/80 (AH 1297)
Birthplace
Antalya
Father's occupation
Redif yüzbaşısı

First work

Year
1906/07 (AH 1324)

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 2 officials with entries in Havran in the same years, Mehmed Şevket Efendi had the highest salary.

All 28 officials with entries in Havran

Same birthplace

Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şevket Efendi had the 59th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324), 118 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şevket Efendi had the 24th highest salary of them.

All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Şevket Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiQuneitra (Kuneytire)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiQuneitra (Kuneytire)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiNubuk?500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiNubuk?500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1909/10AH 1327Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiNubuk?500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1909/10AH 1327Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati vekiliNubuk?75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1909/10AH 1327Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)Nubuk?Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1909/10AH 1327Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekiliNubuk?300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1909/10AH 1327Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)Nubuk?Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1909/10AH 1327Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiHavran700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1910/11AH 1328Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiHavran700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1910/11AH 1328Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuruDar'a700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1911AH 1329Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuruDar'a700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
1911AH 1329Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuruHama700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records932 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 169/291.
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 Şevket 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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