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MEHMED EFENDĠ

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

MEHMED EFENDĠ was born in Antalya in 1866/67 (AH 1283). Work began in Latakia (Lazkiye) in 1892/93, at about 26, on a first salary of 50 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1892/93, with MEHMED EFENDĠ as Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidi in Latakia. Alongside, the lists for 1893 to 1902 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Orman tezkere muharriri vekili.

Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to a peak of 259 in 1900/01, as Nahiye Muduru, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, eight years of salary come to 12,408 kuruş, 31 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1901/02.

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.

All 5 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1892/9312AntalyaLatakia

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Andıklı), stop 4 (İstanos), stop 5 (Serik).

  1. Antalya

    Born 1866/67 (AH 1283)

  2. Latakia (Lazkiye)

    First work 1892/93 (AH 1310); 1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)

    Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidi

    50 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Andıklı as worded, no place record not on the map

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Orman tezkere muharriri vekili

    entries in 1 year

  4. İstanos as worded, no place record not on the map

    1895 to 1902 (AH 1313 to 1319)

    No annual entry for 1894/95 (AH 1312) before it.

    Nahiye tahrirat kâtibi

    135 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  5. Serik as worded, no place record not on the map

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    Nahiye Muduru

    259 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319259 kuruşTahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidiNahiye tahrirat kâtibiNahiye Muduru
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 EFENDĠ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/93504004002%
1893/94504004502%
1895/961354009%
1896/971354507%
1897/981354009%
1898/991354009%
1899/19001354009%
1900/0125940050027%

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 EFENDĠ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892/93AH 1310First workLatakia (Lazkiye)50first-salary field
1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidi
3 entries
YearSalary
1892/9350
1893/9450
1893/94
Latakia (Lazkiye)50
1893/94AH 1311Orman tezkere muharriri vekili
2 entries
YearSalary
1893/94
1893/94
No annual entry: 1894/95 (AH 1312)
1895 to 1902AH 1313 to 1319Nahiye tahrirat kâtibi
7 entries
YearSalary
1895/96135
1896/97135
1897/98135
1898/99135
1899/1900135
1900/01135
1901/02
135
1900/01AH 1318Nahiye Muduru259

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Birthplace
Antalya

First work

Year
1892/93 (AH 1310)

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 7 officials with entries in Latakia (Lazkiye) in the same years, 6 have a recorded salary; MEHMED EFENDĠ had the 5th highest salary of them.

All 26 officials with entries in Latakia (Lazkiye)

Same job title, same years

Of the 24 officials with the title Nahiye Muduru in the same years, MEHMED EFENDĠ had the lowest salary.

All 157 officials with the title Nahiye Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 243 officials born in Antalya, 236 have a recorded salary; MEHMED EFENDĠ had the 177th highest salary of them.

The page of Antalya, with the 243 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310), 149 have a recorded salary; MEHMED EFENDĠ had the 101st highest salary of them.

All 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MEHMED EFENDĠ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidiLatakia (Lazkiye)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1893/94AH 1311Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidiLatakia (Lazkiye)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1893/94AH 1311Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidi (İstifa)Latakia (Lazkiye)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1893/94AH 1311Orman tezkere muharriri vekiliAndıklıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1893/94AH 1311Orman tezkere muharriri vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)AndıklıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1895/96AH 1313Nahiye tahrirat kâtibiİstanos135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1896/97AH 1314Nahiye tahrirat kâtibiİstanos135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1897/98AH 1315Nahiye tahrirat kâtibiİstanos135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1898/99AH 1316Nahiye tahrirat kâtibiİstanos135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1899/1900AH 1317Nahiye tahrirat kâtibiİstanos135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1900/01AH 1318Nahiye tahrirat kâtibiİstanos135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1900/01AH 1318Nahiye MuduruSerik259Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
1901/02AH 1319Nahiye müdürü (Azil)SerikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records134 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00112 – 00044/85
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 EFENDĠ 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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