Mehmed Ağa
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 Ağa began in Taşköprü in 1883/84 (AH 1301); the father's occupation was "Saray-ı Hümayun hamlacısı". Mehmed began work in 1901/02, at about 17. The first annual entry, for 1901/02, names Mehmed as Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığında mülazemet, with no place.
Pay rose from 119 kuruş a month in 1906/07 to a peak of 200 in 1909/10, when 7 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 6,684 kuruş, 29 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.
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.
Born 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Place not recorded
1901 to 1910 (AH 1319 to 1327)
Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığında mülazemet
119 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1906/07 | 119 | 450 | 7% | ||
| 1907/08 | 119 | 460 | 7% | ||
| 1908/09 | 119 | 400 | 5% | ||
| 1909/10 | 200 | 600 | 7% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02AH 1319 | First work | ||
| 1901 to 1910AH 1319 to 1327 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığında mülazemet | 200 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1883/84 (AH 1301)
- Birthplace
- Taşköprü
- Father's occupation
- Saray-ı Hümayun hamlacısı
First work
- Year
- 1901/02 (AH 1319)
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 birthplace
Of the 62 officials born in Taşköprü, 61 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ağa had the 54th highest salary of them.
- Nuh Ağaborn 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Mehmed Tevfik Efendiborn 1884/85 (AH 1302); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmed Hilmi Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Abdülhalim Efendiborn 1885/86 (AH 1303); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ahmed Hicabi Efendi (Seyyid)born 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 2,000 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), 110 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ağa had the 87th highest salary of them.
- Hasan Sami Beyfirst annual entry 1901/02 (AH 1319); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mehmet Faik Efendifirst annual entry 1901/02 (AH 1319); highest salary 175 kuruş
- Veli Hilmi Efendifirst annual entry 1901/02 (AH 1319); no salary recorded
- Ahmed Vefik Efendifirst annual entry 1901/02 (AH 1319); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Eşref Ağafirst annual entry 1901/02 (AH 1319); highest salary 250 kuruş
All 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığında mülazemet | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığında mülazemet | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığında mülazemet | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığında mülazemet | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığında mülazemet | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığında mülazemet | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığı hamlacısı | 119 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığı hamlacısı | 119 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığı hamlacısı | 119 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığı hamlacısı | 119 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | ||
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Şehzade Nureddin Efendi kayığı hamlacısı (Nakil) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |||
| 1909/10AH 1327 | Maiyyet-i seniyye kayıkları hamlacısı | 200 | 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)