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Mehmed Abdülvehhab 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

Mehmed Abdülvehhab Efendi was born in Tokat in 1886/87 (AH 1304). Work began in 1901/02, at about 15. The annual lists begin in 1901/02, with Mehmed Abdülvehhab as Vergi dairesi stajyeri in Tokat, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1905/06. At the same time, from 1905/06, the lists also place Mehmed Abdülvehhab in Erbaa as Vergi kâtibi.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 300 kuruş a month in 1904/05, in Tokat, when 29 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1905/06.

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 2 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1905/0612TokatErbaa
  1. Tokat

    Born 1886/87 (AH 1304); 1901 to 1906 (AH 1319 to 1323)

    Vergi dairesi stajyeri

    250 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  2. Erbaa

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Vergi kâtibi

    200 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
01002003001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323300 kuruşVergi dairesi stajyeriVergi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, 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 Abdülvehhab Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1904/0530040030029%
1905/0625043030022%

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 Abdülvehhab Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1901/02AH 1319First work
1901 to 1906AH 1319 to 1323Vergi dairesi stajyeri
9 entries
YearSalary
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1904/05
1904/05300
1904/05
1905/06250
1905/06
Tokat
1905/06AH 1323Vergi kâtibiErbaa200

Record

Personal

Born
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Birthplace
Tokat

First work

Year
1901/02 (AH 1319)

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 22 officials with entries in Tokat in the same years, Mehmed Abdülvehhab Efendi had the 12th highest salary.

All 84 officials with entries in Tokat

Same birthplace

Of the 123 officials born in Tokat, 117 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Abdülvehhab Efendi had the 74th highest salary of them.

The page of Tokat, with the 123 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), 110 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Abdülvehhab Efendi had the 63rd highest salary of them.

All 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Abdülvehhab Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1901/02AH 1319Vergi dairesi stajyeriTokatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 154, s. 389
1902/03AH 1320Vergi dairesi stajyeriTokatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 154, s. 389
1903/04AH 1321Vergi dairesi stajyeriTokatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 154, s. 389
1904/05AH 1322Vergi dairesi stajyeriTokatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 154, s. 389
1904/05AH 1322Vergi dairesi stajyeri (Görevin sona ermesi)TokatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 154, s. 389
1904/05AH 1322Ambar memurluğu kâtibiTokat300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 154, s. 389
1904/05AH 1322Ambar memurluğu kâtibi (Görevin sona ermesi)TokatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 154, s. 389
1905/06AH 1323Ambar kâtibiTokat250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 154, s. 389
1905/06AH 1323Ambar kâtibi (Nakil)TokatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 154, s. 389
1905/06AH 1323Vergi kâtibiErbaa200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD., No: 154, s. 389
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 Abdülvehhab 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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