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Mehmed Ali 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

Born in Kemaliye (Eğin), Mehmed Ali Efendi came from the İslam community. The first annual entry, for 1866/67 (AH 1283), names Mehmed Ali as Tahrirat Başkatibi (İnfisal), with no place. The lists have no entry for 1867 to 1875, 1876 to 1882, 1883 to 1885 and 1886 to 1891. In place of a title the lists give Vefat (death) for 1891/92.

Pay rose from 1,500 kuruş a month in 1875/76 to a peak of 2,050 in 1885/86, as Muhasebeci, when 94 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1891/92.

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. Arapkir Sancağı as worded, no place record

    1866/67 (AH 1283)

    Tahrirat Başkatibi (İnfisal)

    entries in 1 year

  2. Havran Sancağı as worded, no place record

    1875/76 (AH 1292)

    No annual entry for 1867 to 1875 (AH 1284 to 1291) before it.

    Muhasebeci 1875/76 (AH 1292); Muhasebeci (İnfisal) 1875/76 (AH 1292)

    1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Bikâ (Bikâülaziz) Sancağı as worded, no place record

    1882 to 1892 (AH 1300 to 1309)

    No annual entry for 1876 to 1882 (AH 1293 to 1299) before it.

    Muhasebeci (Nakil) 1882/83 (AH 1300); Muhasebeci 1885/86 (AH 1303); Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job)) 1891/92 (AH 1309)

    2,050 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entryno entryno entry05001,0001,5002,0002,5001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13082,050 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,0001867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 1308This 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 Ali Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1875/761,50045085%
1885/862,05040094%

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 Ali Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1866/67AH 1283Tahrirat Başkatibi (İnfisal)
No annual entry: 1867 to 1875 (AH 1284 to 1291)
1875/76AH 1292Muhasebeci1,500
1875/76AH 1292Muhasebeci (İnfisal)
No annual entry: 1876 to 1882 (AH 1293 to 1299)
1882/83AH 1300Muhasebeci (Nakil)
No annual entry: 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
1885/86AH 1303Muhasebeci2,050
No annual entry: 1886 to 1891 (AH 1304 to 1308)
1891/92AH 1309Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Community
İslam

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 job title, same years

Of the 3 officials with the title Muhasebeci in the same years, Mehmed Ali Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 14 officials with the title Muhasebeci

Same birthplace

Of the 74 officials born in Kemaliye (Eğin), 62 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ali Efendi had the 5th highest salary of them.

The page of Kemaliye (Eğin), with the 74 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283), 81 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ali Efendi had the 19th highest salary of them.

All 96 officials whose first annual entry is for 1866/67 (AH 1283)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Ali Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1866/67AH 1283Tahrirat Başkatibi (İnfisal)Arapkir SancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 10/765.
1875/76AH 1292MuhasebeciHavran Sancağı1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 10/765.
1875/76AH 1292Muhasebeci (İnfisal)Havran SancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 10/765.
1882/83AH 1300Muhasebeci (Nakil)Bikâ (Bikâülaziz) SancağıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 10/765.
1885/86AH 1303MuhasebeciBikâ (Bikâülaziz) Sancağı2,050Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records74 BOA. DH. SAİD. d. 10/765.
1891/92AH 1309VefatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d. 10/765.
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 Ali 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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