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Mahmud Hamdi 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

Mahmud Hamdi Efendi was born in Ohrid (Ohri). The personnel record dates the first work in Bitola (Manastır) to 1904/05 (AH 1322), after the first annual entry, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1892/93, with Mahmud Hamdi as Rüştiye diploması and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1893 to 1895. Next came Thessaloniki (Selanik) from 1895 to 1902, then Bitola from 1904 to 1910. For 1902 to 1904 and 1905 to 1909 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1909/10 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Komiser yardımcısı.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1904/05 to 400 in 1909/10, the peak, in Bitola, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. 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.

All 5 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1895/961904/05134BitolaThessaloniki

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 5 (Place not recorded).

  1. Bitola (Manastır)

    First work 1904/05 (AH 1322)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    Rüştiye diploması

    entries in 1 year

  3. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1895 to 1902 (AH 1313 to 1319)

    No annual entry for 1893 to 1895 (AH 1311 to 1312) before it.

    Asker; yazıcı serçavuşu

    entries in 7 years

  4. Bitola (Manastır)

    1904 to 1910 (AH 1322 to 1327)

    No annual entry for 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321) before it.

    Polis neferi 1904/05 (AH 1322); Komiser yardımcısı 1909/10 (AH 1327)

    300 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1905 to 1909 (AH 1323 to 1326).

  5. Place not recorded not on the map

    1909/10 (AH 1327)

    Komiser yardımcısı

    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 entry01002003004001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327400 kuruşAsker; yazıcı serçavuşu
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Mahmud Hamdi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1904/0530040045029%
1909/1040060050031%

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 Mahmud Hamdi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892/93AH 1310Rüştiye diploması
No annual entry: 1893 to 1895 (AH 1311 to 1312)
1895 to 1902AH 1313 to 1319Asker; yazıcı serçavuşu
8 entries
YearSalary
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1901/02
Thessaloniki (Selanik)
No annual entry: 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321)
1904/05AH 1322First workBitola (Manastır)300first-salary field
1904/05AH 1322Polis neferiBitola (Manastır)300
No annual entry: 1905 to 1909 (AH 1323 to 1326)
1909/10AH 1327Komiser yardımcısıBitola (Manastır)400
1909/10AH 1327Komiser yardımcısı

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Ohrid (Ohri)

First work

Year
1904/05 (AH 1322)

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 43 officials with entries in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in the same years, 37 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 35th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials with entries in Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Same birthplace

Of the 68 officials born in Ohrid (Ohri), 61 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 38th highest salary of them.

The page of Ohrid (Ohri), with the 68 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310), 149 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 52nd highest salary of them.

All 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmud Hamdi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Rüştiye diplomasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Asker; yazıcı serçavuşuThessaloniki (Selanik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1896/97AH 1314Asker; yazıcı serçavuşuThessaloniki (Selanik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1897/98AH 1315Asker; yazıcı serçavuşuThessaloniki (Selanik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1898/99AH 1316Asker; yazıcı serçavuşuThessaloniki (Selanik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1899/1900AH 1317Asker; yazıcı serçavuşuThessaloniki (Selanik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Asker; yazıcı serçavuşuThessaloniki (Selanik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Asker; yazıcı serçavuşuThessaloniki (Selanik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1901/02AH 1319Asker; yazıcı serçavuşu (İnfisal)Thessaloniki (Selanik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Polis neferiBitola (Manastır)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327Komiser yardımcısıBitola (Manastır)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327Komiser yardımcısıAffiliation 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 Mahmud Hamdi 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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