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Mehmed Halid 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 Halid Efendi began in Istanbul in 1881/82 (AH 1299); the father's occupation was "İdare-i Mahsusa-i Vilayet memuru". At about 17, in 1899/1900, Mehmed Halid began work. The first annual entry, for 1899/1900, names Mehmed Halid as Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı, with no place.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1899/1900 to 200 in 1900/01, the peak, when 15 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1900/01.

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. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1881/82 (AH 1299)

  2. Place not recorded

    1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)

    Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı

    150 to 200 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001502001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318200 kuruşEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318This 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 Halid Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1899/190015040010%
1900/0120040015%

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 Halid Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1899/1900AH 1317First work
1899 to 1901AH 1317 to 1318Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı
6 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900
1899/1900150
1899/1900
1899/1900150
1900/01150
1900/01200
200

Record

Personal

Born
1881/82 (AH 1299)
Father's occupation
İdare-i Mahsusa-i Vilayet memuru

First work

Year
1899/1900 (AH 1317)

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 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Halid Efendi had the 414th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317), 126 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Halid Efendi had the 96th highest salary of them.

All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Halid Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1899/1900AH 1317Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1059
1899/1900AH 1317Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı İdare Kalemi mülazımı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1059
1899/1900AH 1317NakilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1059
1899/1900AH 1317Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Evrak Kalemi halifesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1059
1900/01AH 1318Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Evrak Kalemi halifesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1059
1900/01AH 1318Hazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Evrak Kalemi halifesi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1059
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 Halid 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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