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MEHMED BEY

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 BEY was born in Lezhë (Leş) in 1846/47 (AH 1263). At about 20, in 1867/68, MEHMED began work, on a first salary of 300 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1867/68, with MEHMED as Bölükbaşı and no place named. For 1870 to 1881 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1867/68 to a peak of 500 in 1881/82, as Nahiye Muduru, when 60 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1881/82.

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. Lezhë (Leş)

    Born 1846/47 (AH 1263)

  2. Malisya as worded, no place record

    1867 to 1882 (AH 1284 to 1299)

    Bölükbaşı 1867 to 1870 (AH 1284 to 1286); Nahiye Muduru 1881/82 (AH 1299)

    300 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

    No annual entry for 1870 to 1881 (AH 1287 to 1298).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001867/68AH 12841868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 1299500 kuruşBölükbaşı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001867/68AH 12841868/69AH 12851869/70AH 12861870/71AH 12871871/72AH 12881872/73AH 12891873/74AH 12901874/75AH 12911875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 1299This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 BEY against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1867/6830045829%
1868/6930047527%
1869/7030040031%
1881/8250040048060%

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 BEY, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1867/68AH 1284First work300first-salary field
1867 to 1870AH 1284 to 1286Bölükbaşı
4 entries
YearSalary
1867/68300
1868/69300
1869/70300
1869/70
300
No annual entry: 1870 to 1881 (AH 1287 to 1298)
1881/82AH 1299Nahiye Muduru500

Record

Personal

Born
1846/47 (AH 1263)
Birthplace
Lezhë (Leş)

First work

Year
1867/68 (AH 1284)

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 26 officials with the title Nahiye Muduru in the same years, 24 have a recorded salary; MEHMED BEY had the 23rd highest salary of them.

All 157 officials with the title Nahiye Muduru

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284), 83 have a recorded salary; MEHMED BEY had the 59th highest salary of them.

All 86 officials whose first annual entry is for 1867/68 (AH 1284)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MEHMED BEY
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1867/68AH 1284BölükbaşıMalisya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1868/69AH 1285BölükbaşıMalisya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1869/70AH 1286BölükbaşıMalisya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1869/70AH 1286Bölükbaşı (İstifa)MalisyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1881/82AH 1299Nahiye MuduruMalisya500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
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 BEY 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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