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Mehmed Nuri 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 Nuri Efendi began in Safranbolu in 1864/65 (AH 1281). The annual lists begin in 1887/88, with Mehmed Nuri as fahri muallim (riyaziye, Fransızca, resim) (Görevin sona ermesi) and no place named, with a rise to Katip in 1904/05. For 1888 to 1891 and 1892 to 1899 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1899/1900 to 350 in 1906/07, the peak, as Katip, when 37 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 13,800 kuruş, 55 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.

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. Safranbolu

    Born 1864/65 (AH 1281)

  2. Numune-i Terakki Mektebi as worded, no place record

    1887/88 (AH 1305)

    fahri muallim (riyaziye, Fransızca, resim) (Görevin sona ermesi)

    entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    No annual entry for 1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308) before it.

    askerlik (kura)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Muhasebe-i Umumiye Tetkik Kalemi, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    No annual entry for 1892 to 1899 (AH 1310 to 1316) before it.

    mülazım (tetkik kalemi)

    entries in 1 year

  5. Muhasebe-i Umumiye Pul Kalemi, İstanbul as worded, no place record

    1899 to 1902 (AH 1317 to 1319)

    Katip

    250 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1900/01 (AH 1318).

  6. Hicaz Demiryolu Muhasebe Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1903 to 1905 (AH 1321 to 1322)

    No annual entry for 1902/03 (AH 1320) before it.

    kâtip (ikinci maaş) 1903/04 (AH 1321); Katip 1904/05 (AH 1322)

    100 to 150 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  7. Nafia Kısmı Muhasebe Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    No annual entry for 1905/06 (AH 1323) before it.

    Katip

    350 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
no entryno entryno entryno entryno entry01002003004001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324350 kuruşKatipKatip
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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 Mehmed Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1899/190025040025021%
1901/0230040030029%
1903/041004055%
1904/0515040010%
1906/0735045037%

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 Nuri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305fahri muallim (riyaziye, Fransızca, resim) (Görevin sona ermesi)
No annual entry: 1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)
1891/92AH 1309askerlik (kura)
No annual entry: 1892 to 1899 (AH 1310 to 1316)
1899/1900AH 1317mülazım (tetkik kalemi)
2 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900
1899/1900
1899/1900AH 1317Katip250
No annual entry: 1900/01 (AH 1318)
1901/02AH 1319Katip300
No annual entry: 1902/03 (AH 1320)
1903/04AH 1321kâtip (ikinci maaş)100
1904/05AH 1322Katip150
No annual entry: 1905/06 (AH 1323)
1906/07AH 1324Katip350

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Birthplace
Safranbolu

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 8 officials with the title Katip in the same years, Mehmed Nuri Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

All 37 officials with the title Katip

Same birthplace

Of the 89 officials born in Safranbolu, 71 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nuri Efendi had the 47th highest salary of them.

The page of Safranbolu, with the 89 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nuri Efendi had the 107th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305fahri muallim (riyaziye, Fransızca, resim) (Görevin sona ermesi)Numune-i Terakki MektebiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records66 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.127, s.66
1891/92AH 1309askerlik (kura)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records66 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.127, s.66
1899/1900AH 1317mülazım (tetkik kalemi)Muhasebe-i Umumiye Tetkik Kalemi, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records66 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.127, s.66
1899/1900AH 1317mülazım (tetkik kalemi) (Nakil)Muhasebe-i Umumiye Tetkik Kalemi, İstanbulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records66 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.127, s.66
1899/1900AH 1317KatipMuhasebe-i Umumiye Pul Kalemi, İstanbul250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records66 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.127, s.66
1901/02AH 1319KatipMuhasebe-i Umumiye Pul Kalemi, İstanbul300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records66 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.127, s.66
1903/04AH 1321kâtip (ikinci maaş)Hicaz Demiryolu Muhasebe Kalemi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records66 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.127, s.66
1904/05AH 1322KatipHicaz Demiryolu Muhasebe Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records66 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.127, s.66
1906/07AH 1324KatipNafia Kısmı Muhasebe Kalemi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records66 BOA, DH SA ĐD nr.127, s.66
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 Nuri 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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