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Mehmed Nazım 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 Nazım Efendi was born in Kale-i Sultaniye in 1884/85 (AH 1302); the father's occupation was "Biga sancağı tahrirat müdürü muavini". At about 17, in 1902/03, Mehmed Nazım began work in Biga. From the first annual entry, for 1902/03, to 1907/08, every annual entry places Mehmed Nazım in the same post, Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı, in Biga.

The salary went from 60 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to 149 in 1907/08, the peak, in Biga, when one in ten paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 5,628 kuruş, 21 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001501902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325149 kuruşTahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Nazım Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1903/04604052%
1904/05604002202%
1905/061004302505%
1906/071004502504%
1907/0814946025010%

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 Nazım Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1902/03AH 1320First workBiga
1902 to 1908AH 1320 to 1325Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
9 entries
YearSalary
1902/03
1903/04
1903/0460
1904/0560
1905/0660
1905/06100
1906/07100
1907/08100
1907/08149
Biga149

Record

Personal

Born
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Birthplace
Kale-i Sultaniye
Father's occupation
Biga sancağı tahrirat müdürü muavini

First work

Year
1902/03 (AH 1320)
Place
Biga

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 15 officials with entries in Biga in the same years, Mehmed Nazım Efendi had the 13th highest salary.

All 48 officials with entries in Biga

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), 138 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nazım Efendi had the 134th highest salary of them.

All 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Nazım Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıBigaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321Tahrirat müsevvid-i sânisiBiga60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Tahrirat müsevvid-i sânisiBiga60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Tahrirat müsevvid-i sânisiBiga60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Muhasebe kalemi evrak muaviniBiga100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Muhasebe kalemi evrak muaviniBiga100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Muhasebe kalemi evrak muaviniBiga100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Muhasebe kalemi deftercisiBiga149Affiliation not recordedSelected 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 Mehmed Nazım 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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