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Mehmed Sadık 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 Sadık Efendi was born in Antalya in 1876/77 (AH 1293); the father's occupation was "Bakkal". At about 11, in 1886/87, Mehmed Sadık began work. Fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known began work at 11 or younger. The first annual entry, for 1886/87, names Mehmed Sadık as Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülâzımı, with no place. For 1887 to 1892 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1895/96 give a second post, in Antalya as Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Müdürlüğü mülâzımı.

The salary went from 120 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to 400 in 1898/99, the peak, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 20,280 kuruş, 59 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.

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 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1895/9613Antalya

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

  1. Antalya

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)

  2. Teke as worded, no place record not on the map

    1886 to 1899 (AH 1304 to 1316)

    Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülâzımı 1886/87 (AH 1304); Belediye Meclisi gar deposu memuru 1892 to 1899 (AH 1310 to 1316)

    75 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

    No annual entry for 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309).

  3. Antalya

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Müdürlüğü mülâzımı

    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 entry01002003004001886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316400 kuruşBelediye Meclisi gar deposu memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This officialMedian, all officials

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 Sadık Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/931204007%
1893/941204007%
1894/9515040010%
1895/9630040027%
1896/9730045026%
1897/9830040028%
1898/9940040044%

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 Sadık Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1886/87AH 1304First work
1886/87AH 1304Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülâzımı
No annual entry: 1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309)
1892 to 1899AH 1310 to 1316Belediye Meclisi gar deposu memuru
17 entries
YearSalary
1892/93120
1893/94120
1894/95120
1894/9575
1894/95
1894/95150
1895/96150
1895/96175
1895/96
1895/96
1895/96300
1896/97300
1896/97300
1897/98300
1898/99300
1898/99
1898/99400
120 to 400
1895/96AH 1313Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Müdürlüğü mülâzımıAntalya

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Birthplace
Antalya
Father's occupation
Bakkal

First work

Year
1886/87 (AH 1304)

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 22 officials with entries in Antalya in the same years, Mehmed Sadık Efendi had the 7th highest salary.

All 127 officials with entries in Antalya

Same birthplace

Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sadık Efendi had the 109th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304), 156 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sadık Efendi had the 83rd highest salary of them.

All 176 officials whose first annual entry is for 1886/87 (AH 1304)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Sadık Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1886/87AH 1304Meclis-i İdare Kalemi mülâzımıTekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1892/93AH 1310Belediye Meclisi gar deposu memuruTeke120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1893/94AH 1311Belediye Meclisi gar deposu memuruTeke120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1894/95AH 1312Belediye Meclisi gar deposu memuruTeke120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1894/95AH 1312Belediye sandık emini vekiliTeke75Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1894/95AH 1312Belediye sandık emini vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)TekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1894/95AH 1312Belediye başkâtip muaviniTeke150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1895/96AH 1313Belediye başkâtip muaviniTeke150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1895/96AH 1313Belediye başkâtibi vekiliTeke175Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1895/96AH 1313Belediye başkâtibi vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)TekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1895/96AH 1313Belediye başkâtip muavini (İstifa)TekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1895/96AH 1313Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Müdürlüğü mülâzımıAntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1895/96AH 1313Tuz ambarı memuruAlâiyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1896/97AH 1314Tuz ambarı memuruAlâiyye300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1896/97AH 1314Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuruKalkan300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1897/98AH 1315Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuruKalkan300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1898/99AH 1316Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuruKalkan300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1898/99AH 1316Düyûn-ı Umûmiye memuru (İstifa)KalkanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibiKaş400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records928 BOA. DH. SAĠD. 128/473.
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 Sadık 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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