Mehmet Şükrü 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 Şükrü Efendi began in Karahisar-ı Şarki, Orta Mahallesi in 1833/34 (AH 1249); the father's occupation was "Mahkeme kâtibi ve nakibüleşraf kaymakamı". Mehmet Şükrü began work in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) in 1851/52, at about 18. The first annual entry, for 1851/52, places Mehmet Şükrü in Şebinkarahisar as Mahkeme üçüncü kâtibi, where the entries run to 1878. For 1852 to 1874, 1875 to 1878 and 1878 to 1882 the lists have no entry. The last posts were in Alucra in 1882/83 and Suşehri in 1886/87 and Alucra again in 1891/92. The lists have no entry for 1883 to 1886. For 1887 to 1891 the lists have no entry. Entries spanning 42 years are rare, reached by fewer than 5 per cent of the 8,239 officials.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1878 to a peak of 750 in 1886/87, in Suşehri, when 73 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1891/92.

Key numbers

Lifetime earnings3 years with a salary; 1.4 times the pay of an official on the median salary: 21,600 kuruş
Pay standingof the officials paid in the same years, mean of 3 years: Top 41%
Pay standing locallyof those paid in Sivas province, mean of 3 years: Top 36%
Average salarya month (7,200 a year); median 750: 600 kuruş
Highest salarya month, in 1886/87: 750 kuruş
Years on record1851 to 1892, 6 with an entry: 42
Placesof the annual entries; 0 job titles held: 3
First salary in the annual listsa month, in 1878: 300 kuruş
Salary growth a year1 rise, 0 cuts: 6.8%
Age at first workabout 18 at the first annual entry: About 18
Standing of the last salaryof the officials paid in 1891/92: Above 73%

Salaries are nominal monthly kuruş of the recorded years only; nothing is known about a year without an annual entry.

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 4 stops

first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there

Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
First work 1851/52 (AH 1268); 1851 to 1878 (AH 1268 to 1295)
Mahkeme üçüncü kâtibi 1851/52 (AH 1268); Mahkeme başkâtibi (İstifa) 1874/75 (AH 1291); Belediye meclisi üyesi 1878 (AH 1295)
300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
No annual entry for 1852 to 1874 (AH 1269 to 1290) or 1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1294).
Alucra
1882/83 (AH 1300)
No annual entry for 1878 to 1882 (AH 1296 to 1299) before it.
Naip
entries in 1 year
Suşehri
1886/87 (AH 1304)
No annual entry for 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303) before it.
Naip
750 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Alucra
1891/92 (AH 1309)
No annual entry for 1887 to 1891 (AH 1305 to 1308) before it.
Naip
750 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

Salary against the medians of the same year

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 Mehmet Şükrü Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
Year	Salary	Median, all officials	Median, same province	Paid less
1878	300	450	395	29%
1886/87	750	400	450	73%
1891/92	750	400	300	73%

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 Mehmet Şükrü Efendi, one row per stage
Years	Title	Place	Salary (kuruş a month)
1851/52AH 1268	First work	Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
1851/52AH 1268	Mahkeme üçüncü kâtibi	Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
No annual entry: 1852 to 1874 (AH 1269 to 1290)
1874/75AH 1291	Mahkeme başkâtibi (İstifa)	Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
No annual entry: 1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1294)
1878AH 1295	Belediye meclisi üyesi	Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)	300
No annual entry: 1878 to 1882 (AH 1296 to 1299)
1882/83AH 1300	Naip	Alucra
No annual entry: 1883 to 1886 (AH 1301 to 1303)
1886/87AH 1304	Naip	Suşehri	750
No annual entry: 1887 to 1891 (AH 1305 to 1308)
1891/92AH 1309	Naip	Alucra	750

Record

Personal

Born: 1833/34 (AH 1249)
Birthplace: Karahisar-ı Şarki, Orta Mahallesi
Father's occupation: Mahkeme kâtibi ve nakibüleşraf kaymakamı

First work

Year: 1851/52 (AH 1268)
Place: Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

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 8 officials with entries in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) in the same years, Mehmet Şükrü Efendi had the 5th highest salary.

Mehmed Kemal Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,350 kuruş
Behram Paşa1 shared year; highest salary 7,500 kuruş
Mustafa Celal Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 2,750 kuruş
Mustafa Asım Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,800 kuruş
Bekir Sıtkı Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 600 kuruş

All 75 officials with entries in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 16 officials whose first annual entry is for 1851/52 (AH 1268), 13 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şükrü Efendi had the 12th highest salary of them.

Uzunaliağazade Hacı Hasan Paşafirst annual entry 1851/52 (AH 1268); no salary recorded
Ahmed Reşid Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,250 kuruş
Ali Efendifirst annual entry 1851/52 (AH 1268); highest salary 900 kuruş
Hacı Ali Rıza Efendifirst annual entry 1851/52 (AH 1268); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Hüseyin Şükrü Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 7,000 kuruş

All 16 officials whose first annual entry is for 1851/52 (AH 1268)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Şükrü Efendi
Year	Title	Place	Kuruş a month	Institution	Source
1851/52AH 1268	Mahkeme üçüncü kâtibi	Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)		Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records
1874/75AH 1291	Mahkeme başkâtibi (İstifa)	Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)		Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records
1878AH 1295	Belediye meclisi üyesi	Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)	300	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300	Naip	Alucra		Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304	Naip	Suşehri	750	Affiliation not recorded	Selected canonical career records
1891/92AH 1309	Naip	Alucra	750	Affiliation not recorded	Selected 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 Şükrü Efendi with their sources
Field	Recorded value	Source