Mehmet Şemsi 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
Mehmet Şemsi Efendi was born in Bosna; the father's occupation was "Redif yüzbaşısı". The annual lists begin in 1876/77 (AH 1293), with Mehmet Şemsi as Merkez muhabere memuru in Mostar. At the same time, from 1876 to 1878, the lists also place Mehmet Şemsi in Sjenica (Seniçe) as Merkez muhabere memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1878 give a second post, in Servia as Merkez muhabere memuru. The annual lists then follow Mehmet Şemsi to a post with no place named from 1878 to 1898. Alongside, the lists for 1880/81 give a second post, in Zagor as Merkez muhabere memuru.
Pay rose from 400 kuruş a month in 1876/77 to a peak of 600 in 1878, in Servia, when 64 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 23 years the salaries add up to 146,880 kuruş, 1.3 times what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1897/98.
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.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 5 (Çar).
First work here
1876 to 1878 (AH 1293 to 1295)
Merkez muhabere memuru
400 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
Çar as worded, no place record not on the map
1878 to 1898 (AH 1296 to 1315)
Merkez ser muhabere memuru
500 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 20 years
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77 | 400 | 420 | 370 | 43% | |
| 1877/78 | 400 | 450 | 400 | 43% | |
| 1878 | 600 | 450 | 600 | 64% | |
| 1878/79 | 600 | 400 | 63% | ||
| 1879/80 | 600 | 400 | 65% | ||
| 1880/81 | 600 | 400 | 750 | 68% | |
| 1881/82 | 600 | 400 | 67% | ||
| 1882/83 | 600 | 400 | 67% | ||
| 1883/84 | 600 | 400 | 68% | ||
| 1884/85 | 600 | 400 | 67% | ||
| 1885/86 | 600 | 400 | 66% | ||
| 1886/87 | 500 | 400 | 57% | ||
| 1887/88 | 500 | 400 | 54% | ||
| 1888/89 | 500 | 400 | 55% | ||
| 1889/90 | 500 | 400 | 56% | ||
| 1890/91 | 500 | 400 | 56% | ||
| 1891/92 | 500 | 400 | 56% | ||
| 1892/93 | 500 | 400 | 56% | ||
| 1893/94 | 500 | 400 | 55% | ||
| 1894/95 | 500 | 400 | 55% | ||
| 1895/96 | 500 | 400 | 55% | ||
| 1896/97 | 500 | 450 | 52% | ||
| 1897/98 | 540 | 400 | 66% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First work | Mitrovica (Mitroviça) | ||
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Merkez muhabere memuru | Mostar | 380 |
| 1876 to 1878AH 1293 to 1295 | Merkez muhabere memuru | Sjenica (Seniçe) | 400 |
| 1878AH 1295 | Merkez muhabere memuru | Servia (Serfiçe) | 600 |
| 1878 to 1898AH 1296 to 1315 | Merkez ser muhabere memuru | 600 to 540 | |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Merkez muhabere memuru | Zagor | 600 |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Bosna
- Father's occupation
- Redif yüzbaşısı
First work
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 Sjenica (Seniçe) in the same years, Mehmet Şemsi Efendi had the highest salary.
- Zeynel Zühdü Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293), 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şemsi Efendi had the 77th highest salary of them.
- İbrahim Hayri Efendifirst entry in Mostar; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hacı Hüseyin Cemaleddin Efendifirst entry in Refahiye; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Muhiddin Beyfirst annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 1,215 kuruş
- Mahmud Celaleddin Efendifirst annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ömer Lütfi Efendifirst annual entry 1876/77 (AH 1293); highest salary 800 kuruş
All 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Merkez muhabere memuru | Mostar | 380 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Merkez muhabere memuru | Sjenica (Seniçe) | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Merkez muhabere memuru | Sjenica (Seniçe) | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1878AH 1295 | Merkez muhabere memuru | Sjenica (Seniçe) | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1878AH 1295 | Merkez muhabere memuru | Servia (Serfiçe) | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1878AH 1295 | Merkez muhabere memuru (İnfisal) | Servia (Serfiçe) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Merkez ser muhabere memuru | Çar | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Merkez ser muhabere memuru | Çar | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Merkez ser muhabere memuru | Çar | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Merkez ser muhabere memuru (İstifa) | Çar | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Merkez muhabere memuru | Zagor | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Ser muhabere memuru | Abdonan | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Ser muhabere memuru | Abdonan | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Ser muhabere memuru | Abdonan | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Ser muhabere memuru | Abdonan | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Ser muhabere memuru | Abdonan | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Ser muhabere memuru | Abdonan | 600 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Ser muhabere memuru | Piriştine | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Ser muhabere memuru | Piriştine | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Ser muhabere memuru | Piriştine | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Ser muhabere memuru | Piriştine | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Ser muhabere memuru | Piriştine | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Ser muhabere memuru | Karazevik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Ser muhabere memuru | Karazevik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Ser muhabere memuru | Karazevik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Ser muhabere memuru | Karazevik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Ser muhabere memuru | Karazevik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Ser muhabere memuru | Karazevik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Ser muhabere memuru | Karazevik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1896/97AH 1314 | Ser muhabere memuru | Karazevik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Ser muhabere memuru | Karazevik | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1897/98AH 1315 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü | Şahviç | 540 | 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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)