Mehmed ‘Âsım 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
The life of Mehmed ‘Âsım Efendi began in Kilis in 1880/81 (AH 1298); the father's occupation was "Mudanya kazası naibi". At about 19, in 1900/01, Mehmed ‘Âsım began work. The annual lists begin in 1900/01, with Mehmed ‘Âsım as Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi mülazımı and no place named.
Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to a peak of 500 in 1904/05, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 8,160 kuruş, 42 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1904/05.
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 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Place not recorded
1900 to 1905 (AH 1318 to 1322)
Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi mülazımı
50 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901/02 | 50 | 400 | 1% | ||
| 1902/03 | 50 | 400 | 2% | ||
| 1903/04 | 80 | 405 | 3% | ||
| 1904/05 | 500 | 400 | 55% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01AH 1318 | First work | ||
| 1900 to 1905AH 1318 to 1322 | Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi mülazımı | 500 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Birthplace
- Kilis
- Father's occupation
- Mudanya kazası naibi
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 birthplace
Of the 72 officials born in Kilis, 62 have a recorded salary; Mehmed ‘Âsım Efendi had the 27th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Sami Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Mehmed Ökkeş Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mustafa Remzi Efendiborn 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mehmed Emin Efendiborn 1879/80 (AH 1297); highest salary 500 kuruş
- Abdullah Vehbi Efendiborn 1881/82 (AH 1299); no salary recorded
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; Mehmed ‘Âsım Efendi had the 31st highest salary of them.
- ĠDRĠS AVNĠ EFENDĠfirst annual entry 1900/01 (AH 1318); highest salary 500 kuruş
- MARUF EFENDİfirst annual entry 1900/01 (AH 1318); highest salary 240 kuruş
- Reşid Cafer Efendifirst annual entry 1900/01 (AH 1318); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Abdülmecit Efendifirst annual entry 1900/01 (AH 1318); highest salary 220 kuruş
- Ahmet Esad Efendifirst annual entry 1900/01 (AH 1318); highest salary 500 kuruş
All 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi mülazımı | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİDd. 139/148 | ||
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi mülazımı | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİDd. 139/148 | ||
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİDd. 139/148 | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİDd. 139/148 | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi | 50 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİDd. 139/148 | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİDd. 139/148 | |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi | 80 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİDd. 139/148 | |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Maliye Muhasebe-i Umumiye merkez kalemi (İstifa) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİDd. 139/148 | ||
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Birinci Belediye Dairesi tenviriye kâtibi | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | DH. SAİDd. 139/148 |
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)