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Mehmet Said 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 Erzincan, Mehmet Said Efendi came from the İslam community. Mehmet Said began work in 1890/91 (AH 1308), on a first salary of 80 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1890/91, names Mehmet Said as mülazım (tahrirat kısmı), with no place.

Pay rose from 80 kuruş a month in 1890/91 to a peak of 576 in 1906/07, when 62 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324576 kuruşmülazım (tahrirat kısmı)
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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 Mehmet Said Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1890/91804004%
1894/9532040037%
1906/0757645062%

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 Said Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1890/91AH 1308First work80first-salary field
1890 to 1907AH 1308 to 1324mülazım (tahrirat kısmı)
19 entries
YearSalary
1890/9180
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1894/95
1894/95320
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1906/07576
80 to 576

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1890/91 (AH 1308)

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 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Said Efendi had the 72nd highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308), 161 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Said Efendi had the 50th highest salary of them.

  • Osman Efendifirst annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 500 kuruş
  • Artin Ağafirst annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 400 kuruş
  • Mehmed Şakir Efendifirst annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 136 kuruş
  • Adem Feraiz Efendifirst annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 0 kuruş
  • Ali Osman Efendifirst annual entry 1890/91 (AH 1308); highest salary 300 kuruş

All 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Said Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1890/91AH 1308mülazım (tahrirat kısmı)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1891/92AH 1309mülazım (tahrirat kısmı)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1892/93AH 1310mülazım (tahrirat kısmı)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1893/94AH 1311mülazım (tahrirat kısmı)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1894/95AH 1312mülazım (tahrirat kısmı)Dördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1894/95AH 1312kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şube320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1895/96AH 1313kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1896/97AH 1314kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1897/98AH 1315kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1898/99AH 1316kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1899/1900AH 1317kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1900/01AH 1318kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1901/02AH 1319kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1902/03AH 1320kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1903/04AH 1321kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1904/05AH 1322kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1905/06AH 1323kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1906/07AH 1324kâtip, dördüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi ikinci şubeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records169 BOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
1906/07AH 1324kâtip, üçüncü sınıfDördüncü Ordu-yu Hümayun Erkân-ı Harbiye Dairesi birinci şube576Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 215/74
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 Said 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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