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Mehmed Galib 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 Galib Efendi was born in Bursa vilâyetinde in 1886/87 (AH 1304), into the İslam community. The annual lists begin in 1906/07, with Mehmed Galib as muayene kitâbetine vekâleten and no place named.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1907/08 to a peak of 400 in 1910/11, when 31 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 15,600 kuruş, 66 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

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. Beirut (Beyrut)

    First work here

  2. Place not recorded

    1906 to 1911 (AH 1324 to 1328)

    muayene kitâbetine vekâleten

    150 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328400 kuruşmuayene kitâbetine vekâleten
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This 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 Galib Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1907/0830046029%
1908/0930040032%
1909/1030060022%
1910/1140050031%

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 Galib Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workBeirut (Beyrut)
1906 to 1911AH 1324 to 1328muayene kitâbetine vekâleten
7 entries
YearSalary
1906/07
1907/08150
1907/08300
1908/09300
1909/10300
1910/11300
1910/11400
400

Record

Personal

Born
1886/87 (AH 1304)
Birthplace
Bursa vilâyetinde
Community
İslam

First work

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324), 118 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Galib Efendi had the 41st highest salary of them.

All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1906/07 (AH 1324)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Galib Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1906/07AH 1324muayene kitâbetine vekâletenAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records193/59; 117
1907/08AH 1325müdiriyet-i mezkûre kolculuğu150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records193/59; 117
1907/08AH 1325(Okunamadı) merkume muharrirliği300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records193/59; 117
1908/09AH 1326(Okunamadı) merkume muharrirliği300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records193/59; 117
1909/10AH 1327(Okunamadı) merkume muharrirliği300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records193/59; 117
1910/11AH 1328(Okunamadı) merkume muharrirliği300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records193/59; 117
1910/11AH 1328manifesto kalemine üçüncü sınıf kitâbeti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records193/59; 117
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 Galib 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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