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MEHMET TEVF İK EFEND İ

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

Born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), MEHMET TEVF İK EFEND İ was the child of a clerk (katip). MEHMET TEVF İK İ began work in 1900/01 (AH 1318), on a first salary of 80 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1900/01, places MEHMET TEVF İK İ in Afyonkarahisar, the birthplace, as Ziraat Bankası Odacısı. Alongside, the lists for 1901/02 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Kitabeti Refiki.

Pay rose from 80 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to a peak of 250 in 1901/02, when 21 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1901/02.

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. Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

    1900 to 1902 (AH 1318 to 1319)

    Ziraat Bankası Odacısı

    80 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  2. Aziziye as worded, no place record

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Kitabeti Refiki

    250 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
01002003001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319250 kuruşZiraat Bankası OdacısıZiraat Bankası Sandığı Kitabeti Refiki
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319This 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 TEVF İK EFEND İ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/01804003003%
1901/0225040021%

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 TEVF İK EFEND İ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1900/01AH 1318First work80first-salary field
1900 to 1902AH 1318 to 1319Ziraat Bankası Odacısı
3 entries
YearSalary
1900/0180
1901/0280
1901/02
Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)80
1901/02AH 1319Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Kitabeti Refiki250

Record

Personal

Father's occupation
Kâtip

First work

Year
1900/01 (AH 1318)

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 13 officials with entries in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib) in the same years, MEHMET TEVF İK EFEND İ had the lowest salary.

All 100 officials with entries in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)

Same birthplace

Of the 125 officials born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), 117 have a recorded salary; MEHMET TEVF İK EFEND İ had the 90th highest salary of them.

The page of Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with the 125 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318), 106 have a recorded salary; MEHMET TEVF İK EFEND İ had the 82nd highest salary of them.

All 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MEHMET TEVF İK EFEND İ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1900/01AH 1318Ziraat Bankası OdacısıAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 130, s. 235.
1901/02AH 1319Ziraat Bankası OdacısıAfyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 130, s. 235.
1901/02AH 1319Ziraat Bankası Odacısı (Nakil)Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 130, s. 235.
1901/02AH 1319Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Kitabeti RefikiAziziye250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records122 BOA, DH. SA İD, no. 130, s. 235.
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 TEVF İK EFEND İ 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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