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Mehmed Şakir 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

Mehmed Şakir Efendi was born in Taşköprü in 1860/61 (AH 1277); the father's occupation was "Ziraat (çiftçi)". The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi).

At about 22, in 1882/83, Mehmed Şakir began work, on a first salary of 60 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1882/83, with Mehmed Şakir as Seyis and no place named.

Pay rose from 60 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to a peak of 500 in 1901/02, when 54 per cent of paid officials earned less. The peak lasted a single year; the next list gives 400 kuruş. Over 26 years the salaries add up to 73,560 kuruş, 49 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1912/13.

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. Taşköprü

    Born 1860/61 (AH 1277)

  2. İstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi as worded, no place record

    1882 to 1913 (AH 1300 to 1331)

    Seyis

    60 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 32 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 1330500 kuruşSeyis
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0001882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 1330This officialMedian, all officials

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 Şakir Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/83604002%
1883/84604002%
1884/85604002%
1885/861004004%
1886/871004004%
1887/881004005%
1888/891004005%
1889/901004005%
1890/911004005%
1891/9230040028%
1892/9330040027%
1893/9430040027%
1894/9530040028%
1895/9630040027%
1896/9730045026%
1897/9830040028%
1898/9940040044%
1899/190030040029%
1900/0130040029%
1901/0250040054%
1902/0340040044%
1909/1025060015%
1910/1125050013%
19112506008%
1911/122501,0006%
1912/133501,20010%

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 Şakir Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First work60first-salary field
1882 to 1913AH 1300 to 1331Seyis
52 entries
YearSalary
1882/8360
1882/8360
1883/8460
1883/8460
1884/8560
1884/8560
1885/8660
1885/86100
1885/8660
1886/87100
1887/88100
1888/89100
1889/90100
1890/91100
1891/92100
1891/92300
1891/92300
1892/93300
1892/93300
1893/94300
1893/94300
1894/95300
1894/95300
1895/96300
1895/96300
1896/97300
1896/97300
1897/98300
1897/98300
1898/99300
1898/99400
1898/99300
1899/1900300
1900/01300
1901/02300
1901/02500
1902/03300
1902/03
1902/03400
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1907/08
1908/09
1909/10
1909/10250
1910/11250
1911250
1911/12250
1912/13250
1912/13350
60 to 350

Record

Personal

Born
1860/61 (AH 1277)
Birthplace
Taşköprü
Father's occupation
Ziraat (çiftçi)

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)

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 school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şakir Efendi had the 210th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 62 officials born in Taşköprü, 61 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şakir Efendi had the 26th highest salary of them.

The page of Taşköprü, with the 62 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şakir Efendi had the 79th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Şakir Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Seyisİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1882/83AH 1300Istabl-ı Âmire İdaresi görevlisiIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1883/84AH 1301Seyisİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1883/84AH 1301Istabl-ı Âmire İdaresi görevlisiIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1884/85AH 1302Seyisİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1884/85AH 1302Istabl-ı Âmire İdaresi görevlisiIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1885/86AH 1303Seyisİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1885/86AH 1303Odacıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1885/86AH 1303Istabl-ı Âmire İdaresi görevlisiIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1886/87AH 1304Odacıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1887/88AH 1305Odacıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1888/89AH 1306Odacıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1889/90AH 1307Odacıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1890/91AH 1308Odacıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1891/92AH 1309Odacıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1891/92AH 1309Kapı çuhadarıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1891/92AH 1309Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1892/93AH 1310Kapı çuhadarıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1892/93AH 1310Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1893/94AH 1311Kapı çuhadarıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1893/94AH 1311Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1894/95AH 1312Kapı çuhadarıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1894/95AH 1312Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1895/96AH 1313Kapı çuhadarıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1895/96AH 1313Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1896/97AH 1314Kapı çuhadarıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1896/97AH 1314Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1897/98AH 1315Kapı çuhadarıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1897/98AH 1315Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1898/99AH 1316Kapı çuhadarıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1898/99AH 1316Kapı çuhadarıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1898/99AH 1316Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1899/1900AH 1317Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1900/01AH 1318Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1901/02AH 1319Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1901/02AH 1319Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1902/03AH 1320Kapı çuhadarıİstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d., 89/29
1902/03AH 1320Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1902/03AH 1320Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1903/04AH 1321Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1904/05AH 1322Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1905/06AH 1323Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1906/07AH 1324Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1907/08AH 1325Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1908/09AH 1326Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1909/10AH 1327Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1909/10AH 1327Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1910/11AH 1328Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1911AH 1329Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1911/12AH 1330Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1912/13AH 1331Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
1912/13AH 1331Kapu çukadarıIstabl-ı Âmire İdaresi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.751
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 Şakir 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.

Subjects