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MESRAT EFENDİ (DH. SAID 132/226)

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

Born in Sungurlu in 1866/67 (AH 1283), MESRAT EFENDİ (DH. SAID 132/226) came from the Hristiyan community; the father was a tradesman (esnaf). At about 19, in 1885/86, MESRAT (DH. SAID 132/226) began work in Sungurlu. The first annual entry, for 1885/86, places MESRAT (DH. SAID 132/226) in Sungurlu, the birthplace, as Mal kalemi stajyeri, where the entries run to 1888/89. Alongside, the lists for 1888 to 1891 give a second post, in a post with no place named as İskilip Müdürlüğü Ali Baba Mahallesi kantarcısı. Alongside, the lists for 1890/91 give a second post, in Kayseri as Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü aşar vergisi yazıcısı.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1887/88 to a peak of 250 in 1889/90, when 21 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 9,600 kuruş, 50 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1890/91.

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 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1890/9113SungurluKayseri

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (İskilip, Ali Baba Mahallesi).

  1. Sungurlu

    Born 1866/67 (AH 1283); First work 1885/86 (AH 1303); 1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306)

    Mal kalemi stajyeri

    100 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  2. İskilip, Ali Baba Mahallesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1888 to 1891 (AH 1306 to 1308)

    İskilip Müdürlüğü Ali Baba Mahallesi kantarcısı

    200 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Kayseri

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü aşar vergisi yazıcısı

    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
01002003001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308250 kuruşMal kalemi stajyeriİskilip Müdürlüğü Ali Baba Mahallesi kantarcısı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 1308This 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 MESRAT EFENDİ (DH. SAID 132/226) against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1887/881004003005%
1888/8920040015%
1889/9025040021%
1890/9125040021%

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 MESRAT EFENDİ (DH. SAID 132/226), one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First workSungurlu
1885 to 1889AH 1303 to 1306Mal kalemi stajyeri
5 entries
YearSalary
1885/86
1886/87
1887/88100
1888/89100
1888/89
Sungurlu
1888 to 1891AH 1306 to 1308İskilip Müdürlüğü Ali Baba Mahallesi kantarcısı
7 entries
YearSalary
1888/89200
1888/89200
1889/90
1889/90200
1889/90250
1890/91250
1890/91
200
1890/91AH 1308Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü aşar vergisi yazıcısıKayseri

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)
Birthplace
Sungurlu
Community
Hristiyan
Nationality as recorded
Ermeni
Father's occupation
Esnaf

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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 3 officials with entries in Sungurlu in the same years, MESRAT EFENDİ (DH. SAID 132/226) had the lowest salary.

All 17 officials with entries in Sungurlu

Same birthplace

Of the 9 officials born in Sungurlu, 8 have a recorded salary; MESRAT EFENDİ (DH. SAID 132/226) had the lowest salary of them.

The page of Sungurlu, with the 9 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; MESRAT EFENDİ (DH. SAID 132/226) had the 135th highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MESRAT EFENDİ (DH. SAID 132/226)
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Mal kalemi stajyeriSungurluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1886/87AH 1304Mal kalemi stajyeriSungurluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1887/88AH 1305Belediye veznedarıSungurlu100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1888/89AH 1306Belediye veznedarıSungurlu100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1888/89AH 1306Belediye veznedarı (İstifa)SungurluAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1888/89AH 1306İskilip Müdürlüğü Ali Baba Mahallesi kantarcısıİskilip, Ali Baba Mahallesi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1888/89AH 1306Mahalle kantarcısıAkçakoyunlu Mahallesi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1889/90AH 1307Müdüriyet yazı işleri memuruYeniliAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1889/90AH 1307Mahalle kantarcısıAkçakoyunlu Mahallesi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1889/90AH 1307Mahalle yazıcısıSarıkaya Mahallesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1890/91AH 1308Mahalle yazıcısıSarıkaya Mahallesi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1890/91AH 1308Müdüriyet memuruYeniliAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
1890/91AH 1308Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdürlüğü aşar vergisi yazıcısıKayseriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAID 132/226
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 MESRAT EFENDİ (DH. SAID 132/226) 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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