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Mehmed Fahri 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 Fahri Efendi began in Ürgüp in 1874/75 (AH 1291). Work began in 1890/91, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1890/91, with Mehmed Fahri as a candidate official (Mülazım) and no place named, with a rise to Mülazım in 1895/96.

Pay rose from 60 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to a peak of 700 in 1913/14, when one in four paid officials earned less. In all, 21 years of salary come to 97,920 kuruş, 71 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1913/14.

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. Ürgüp

    Born 1874/75 (AH 1291)

  2. Place not recorded

    1890 to 1894 (AH 1308 to 1311)

    Mülazım

    entries in 4 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Maaş kaydı

    60 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Place not recorded

    1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315)

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

    Mülazım

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  5. Matbah-ı Âmire İdaresi as worded, no place record

    1897 to 1914 (AH 1315 to 1332)

    Depo kâtibi refakati

    100 to 700 kuruş a month; entries in 18 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006008001890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 13301913/14AH 1332700 kuruşMülazımMülazımDepo kâtibi refakati
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0001890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 13301913/14AH 1332This 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 Fahri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/94604002%
1895/961004004%
1896/971004503%
1897/9820040014%
1898/9920040014%
1899/190023040020%
1900/0126040027%
1901/0235040038%
1902/0335040040%
1903/0440040543%
1904/0540040042%
1905/0645043050%
1906/0757045062%
1907/0857046060%
1908/0957040061%
1909/1040060031%
1910/1140050031%
191160060046%
1911/126001,00031%
1912/136501,20029%
1913/147001,25026%

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 Fahri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1890/91AH 1308First work
1890 to 1894AH 1308 to 1311Mülazım
4 entries
YearSalary
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1893/94
1893/94AH 1311Maaş kaydı60
No annual entry: 1894/95 (AH 1312)
1895 to 1898AH 1313 to 1315Mülazım
3 entries
YearSalary
1895/96100
1896/97100
1897/98100
100
1897 to 1914AH 1315 to 1332Depo kâtibi refakati
31 entries
YearSalary
1897/98100
1897/98200
1898/99200
1899/1900200
1899/1900230
1900/01230
1900/01260
1901/02260
1901/02320
1901/02350
1902/03350
1903/04350
1903/04400
1904/05400
1905/06400
1905/06450
1906/07450
1906/07570
1907/08570
1908/09570
1908/09400
1909/10400
1910/11400
1910/11
1911
1911600
1911/12600
1912/13600
1912/13650
1913/14650
1913/14700
100 to 700

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Birthplace
Ürgüp

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 job title, same years

Of the 25 officials with the title Mülazım in the same years, 24 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Fahri Efendi had the 3rd highest salary of them.

All 92 officials with the title Mülazım

Same birthplace

Of the 118 officials born in Ürgüp, 111 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Fahri Efendi had the 29th highest salary of them.

The page of Ürgüp, with the 118 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; Mehmed Fahri Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

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

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Fahri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1890/91AH 1308MülazımAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1891/92AH 1309MülazımAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1892/93AH 1310MülazımAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1893/94AH 1311MülazımAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1893/94AH 1311Maaş kaydı60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1895/96AH 1313Mülazım100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1896/97AH 1314Mülazım100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1897/98AH 1315Mülazım100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1897/98AH 1315Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1897/98AH 1315Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1898/99AH 1316Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1899/1900AH 1317Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1899/1900AH 1317Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1900/01AH 1318Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1900/01AH 1318Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1901/02AH 1319Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1901/02AH 1319Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1901/02AH 1319Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1902/03AH 1320Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1903/04AH 1321Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1903/04AH 1321Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1904/05AH 1322Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1905/06AH 1323Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1905/06AH 1323Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1906/07AH 1324Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1906/07AH 1324Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi570Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1907/08AH 1325Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi570Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1908/09AH 1326Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi570Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1908/09AH 1326Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1909/10AH 1327Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1910/11AH 1328Depo kâtibi refakatiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1910/11AH 1328Depo Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi Depo KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1911AH 1329Depo Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi Depo KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1911AH 1329Depo Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi Depo Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1911/12AH 1330Depo Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi Depo Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1912/13AH 1331Depo Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi Depo Kalemi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1912/13AH 1331Depo Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi Depo Kalemi650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1913/14AH 1332Depo Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi Depo Kalemi650Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
1913/14AH 1332Depo Kalemi kâtibiMatbah-ı Âmire İdaresi Depo Kalemi700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1011
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 Fahri 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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