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Mehmet Sabri 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 Mehmet Sabri Efendi began in Bilecik in 1878 (AH 1295); the father's occupation was "Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü". At about 20, in 1898/99, Mehmet Sabri began work, on a first salary of 150 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1898/99, names Mehmet Sabri as Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyeti kayıt memuru, with no place.

The salary went from 150 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to 500 in 1899/1900, the peak, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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. Bilecik

    Born 1878 (AH 1295)

  2. Hüdavendigar as worded, no place record

    1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317)

    Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyeti kayıt memuru

    150 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317500 kuruşTelgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyeti kayıt memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This 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 Sabri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1898/9915040010%
1899/190050040055%

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 Sabri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First work150first-salary field
1898 to 1900AH 1316 to 1317Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyeti kayıt memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1898/99150
1899/1900150
1899/1900500
150 to 500

Record

Personal

Born
1878 (AH 1295)
Birthplace
Bilecik
Father's occupation
Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)

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 51 officials born in Bilecik, 45 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sabri Efendi had the 17th highest salary of them.

The page of Bilecik, with the 51 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sabri Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Sabri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyeti kayıt memuruHüdavendigar150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:121, s.207; 84 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:121, s.207.
1899/1900AH 1317Telgraf ve Posta Başmüdüriyeti kayıt memuruHüdavendigar150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:121, s.207; 84 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:121, s.207.
1899/1900AH 1317Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruHüdavendigar500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:121, s.207; 84 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:121, s.207.
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 Sabri 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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