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Mehmed Rahmi 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 Rahmi Efendi began in Drama in 1867/68 (AH 1284); the father's occupation was "Rençber". Mehmed Rahmi began work in Drama in 1882/83, at about 16. Every annual entry from 1882/83 to 1891/92 places Mehmed Rahmi in the same post, Aşar idaresi mülazımı, in Drama, the birthplace.

The salary went from 240 kuruş a month in 1889/90 to 400 in 1891/92, the peak, in Drama, when 45 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 10,560 kuruş, 73 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1891/92.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309400 kuruşAşar idaresi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 1309This 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 Mehmed Rahmi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1889/9024040039020%
1890/9124040052520%
1891/9240040052545%

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 Rahmi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First workDrama
1882 to 1892AH 1300 to 1309Aşar idaresi mülazımı
13 entries
YearSalary
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1886/87
1887/88
1888/89
1889/90200
1889/90240
1890/91240
1891/92240
1891/92400
Drama400

Record

Personal

Born
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Birthplace
Drama
Father's occupation
Rençber

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Place
Drama

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 21 officials with entries in Drama in the same years, 20 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Rahmi Efendi had the 12th highest salary of them.

All 45 officials with entries in Drama

Same birthplace

Of the 56 officials born in Drama, 53 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Rahmi Efendi had the 23rd highest salary of them.

The page of Drama, with the 56 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Rahmi Efendi had the 108th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Rahmi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Aşar idaresi mülazımıDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1883/84AH 1301Aşar idaresi mülazımıDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1884/85AH 1302Aşar idaresi mülazımıDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1885/86AH 1303Aşar idaresi mülazımıDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1886/87AH 1304Aşar idaresi mülazımıDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1886/87AH 1304Ağnam tadad katibiDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1887/88AH 1305Ağnam katibiDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1888/89AH 1306Ağnam katibiDramaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1889/90AH 1307Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiziDrama200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1889/90AH 1307Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiziDrama240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1890/91AH 1308Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiziDrama240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1891/92AH 1309Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyiziDrama240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
1891/92AH 1309Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidiDrama400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441; 170 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 51-441.
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 Rahmi 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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