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Mehmet Sabit 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 Sabit Efendi was born in Kemah. Work began in 1878/79 (AH 1296). The first annual entry, for 1878/79, names Mehmet Sabit as Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı, with no place. For 1883 to 1899 the lists have no entry. The last post was in Kurucay in 1899/1900.

Pay rose from 20 kuruş a month in 1880/81 to a peak of 360 in 1899/1900, in Kurucay, when 41 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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. Duyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Müdüriyeti Muhasebe Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1878/79 (AH 1296)

    Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  2. Mulatyen memlehası as worded, no place record

    1880/81 (AH 1298)

    No annual entry for 1879/80 (AH 1297) before it.

    Duyun-ı Umumiye 2. kâtibi

    20 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Duyun-ı Umumiye Muhasebe Kalemi as worded, no place record

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    No annual entry for 1881/82 (AH 1299) before it.

    Muhasebe kâtibi (İstifa)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Kurucay

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1899 (AH 1301 to 1316) before it.

    Ağnam kâtibi

    360 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
no entryno entryno entry01002003004001878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 1316360 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 1316This 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 Mehmet Sabit Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1880/81204000%
1899/190036040050041%

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 Sabit Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1878/79AH 1296First work
1878/79AH 1296Muhasebe kalemi mülazımı
No annual entry: 1879/80 (AH 1297)
1880/81AH 1298Duyun-ı Umumiye 2. kâtibi20
No annual entry: 1881/82 (AH 1299)
1882/83AH 1300Muhasebe kâtibi (İstifa)
No annual entry: 1883 to 1899 (AH 1301 to 1316)
1899/1900AH 1317Ağnam kâtibiKurucay360

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kemah

First work

Year
1878/79 (AH 1296)

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 69 officials born in Kemah, 49 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sabit Efendi had the 28th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemah, with the 69 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296), 157 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sabit Efendi had the 109th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1878/79 (AH 1296)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Sabit Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1878/79AH 1296Muhasebe kalemi mülazımıDuyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi Müdüriyeti Muhasebe KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.126/154.
1880/81AH 1298Duyun-ı Umumiye 2. kâtibiMulatyen memlehası20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.126/154.
1882/83AH 1300Muhasebe kâtibi (İstifa)Duyun-ı Umumiye Muhasebe KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.126/154.
1899/1900AH 1317Ağnam kâtibiKurucay360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records57 BOA. DH. SAİD. d.126/154.
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 Sabit 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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