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Mehmed Hamdi 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 Hamdi Efendi began in Kavala in 1853/54 (AH 1270); the father's occupation was "Bakkal". Work began in Kavala in 1883/84, at about 30. From the first annual entry, for 1883/84, to 1887/88, every annual entry places Mehmed Hamdi in the same post, Tapu kâtibi, in Kavala, the birthplace.

The one salary in the lists is 100 kuruş a month, for 1887/88, when 5 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1887/88.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 1305100 kuruşTapu kâtibi

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 Hamdi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1883/84AH 1301First workKavala
1883 to 1888AH 1301 to 1305Tapu kâtibi
6 entries
YearSalary
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88
1887/88100
Kavala100

Record

Personal

Born
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Birthplace
Kavala
Father's occupation
Bakkal

First work

Year
1883/84 (AH 1301)
Place
Kavala

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 Kavala in the same years, 5 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hamdi Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 38 officials with entries in Kavala

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301), 195 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hamdi Efendi had the 193rd highest salary of them.

  • Mahmut Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); no salary recorded
  • Corci Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 400 kuruş
  • İbrahim Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 575 kuruş
  • Kirkor Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
  • Dikran Efendifirst annual entry 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 400 kuruş

All 218 officials whose first annual entry is for 1883/84 (AH 1301)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Hamdi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1883/84AH 1301Tapu kâtibiKavalaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.747
1884/85AH 1302Tapu kâtibiKavalaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.747
1885/86AH 1303Tapu kâtibiKavalaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.747
1886/87AH 1304Tapu kâtibiKavalaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.747
1887/88AH 1305Tapu kâtibiKavalaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.747
1887/88AH 1305Emlak-ı Hümayun tapu muamelatı memuruKavala100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.747
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 Hamdi 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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