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Mehmed Nasuh 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 Nasuh Bey was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1865/66 (AH 1282). At about 18, in 1883/84, Mehmed Nasuh began work in Durrës (Dıraç), on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1883/84, places Mehmed Nasuh in Durrës as Rüsûmat İdaresi mubassırı, where the entries run to 1889/90. Alongside, the lists for 1889/90 give a second post, in Lezhë as a customs official (Rüsumat Memuru).

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1883/84 to a peak of 300 in 1889/90, as Rüsumat Memuru in Lezhë, when 29 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over seven years the salaries add up to 21,600 kuruş, 64 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1889/90.

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
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1883/841889/90123ShkodërDurrësLezhë
  1. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1865/66 (AH 1282)

  2. Durrës (Dıraç)

    First work 1883/84 (AH 1301); 1883 to 1890 (AH 1301 to 1307)

    Rüsûmat İdaresi mubassırı

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  3. Lezhë (Leş)

    1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Rüsumat Memuru

    300 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
01002003001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307300 kuruşRüsûmat İdaresi mubassırıRüsumat Memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 1307This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 Nasuh Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1883/8425040030019%
1884/8525040031019%
1885/8625040033519%
1886/8725040030020%
1887/8825040030020%
1888/8925040030021%
1889/9030040030030029%

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 Nasuh Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1883/84AH 1301First workDurrës (Dıraç)250first-salary field
1883 to 1890AH 1301 to 1307Rüsûmat İdaresi mubassırı
8 entries
YearSalary
1883/84250
1884/85250
1885/86250
1886/87250
1887/88250
1888/89250
1889/90250
1889/90
Durrës (Dıraç)250
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat MemuruLezhë (Leş)300

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)

First work

Year
1883/84 (AH 1301)

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 13 officials with entries in Durrës (Dıraç) in the same years, Mehmed Nasuh Bey had the 11th highest salary.

All 31 officials with entries in Durrës (Dıraç)

Same job title, same years

Of the 14 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru in the same years, Mehmed Nasuh Bey had the 11th highest salary.

All 117 officials with the title Rüsumat Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nasuh Bey had the 111th highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

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 Nasuh Bey had the 143rd highest salary of them.

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

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Nasuh Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1883/84AH 1301Rüsûmat İdaresi mubassırıDurrës (Dıraç)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1884/85AH 1302Rüsûmat İdaresi mubassırıDurrës (Dıraç)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1885/86AH 1303Rüsûmat İdaresi mubassırıDurrës (Dıraç)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1886/87AH 1304Rüsûmat İdaresi mubassırıDurrës (Dıraç)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1887/88AH 1305Rüsûmat İdaresi mubassırıDurrës (Dıraç)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1888/89AH 1306Rüsûmat İdaresi mubassırıDurrës (Dıraç)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Rüsûmat İdaresi mubassırıDurrës (Dıraç)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Rüsûmat İdaresi mubassırı (Nakil)Durrës (Dıraç)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1889/90AH 1307Rüsumat MemuruLezhë (Leş)300Affiliation 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 Nasuh 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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