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Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Mehmed Arif 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 Arif Efendi began in Malatya in 1884/85 (AH 1302); the father's occupation was "Mekteb-i İbtidai Muallimi". Work began in Adıyaman (Hısnımansur) in 1908/09, at about 23, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1908/09, names Mehmed Arif as Stajyer (Görevin sona ermesi), with no place. Alongside, the lists for 1908/09 give a second post, in Adıyaman as Bank Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtipliği refakati.

The one salary in the lists is 250 kuruş a month, for 1908/09, when one in four paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.

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 4 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1908/091908/09124MalatyaAdıyaman

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Malatya Ziraat Bankası Şubesi).

  1. Malatya

    Born 1884/85 (AH 1302)

  2. Adıyaman (Hısnımansur)

    First work 1908/09 (AH 1326)

  3. Malatya Ziraat Bankası Şubesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Stajyer (Görevin sona ermesi)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Adıyaman (Hısnımansur)

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Bank Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtipliği refakati

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

Career of Mehmed Arif Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1908/09AH 1326First workAdıyaman (Hısnımansur)250first-salary field
1908/09AH 1326Stajyer (Görevin sona ermesi)
1908/09AH 1326Bank Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtipliği refakatiAdıyaman (Hısnımansur)250

Record

Personal

Born
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Birthplace
Malatya
Father's occupation
Mekteb-i İbtidai Muallimi

First work

Year
1908/09 (AH 1326)

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 Adıyaman (Hısnımansur) in the same years, Mehmed Arif Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 20 officials with entries in Adıyaman (Hısnımansur)

Same birthplace

Of the 140 officials born in Malatya, 132 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Arif Efendi had the 108th highest salary of them.

The page of Malatya, with the 140 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 158 officials whose first annual entry is for 1908/09 (AH 1326), 139 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Arif Efendi had the 63rd highest salary of them.

All 158 officials whose first annual entry is for 1908/09 (AH 1326)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Arif Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1908/09AH 1326Stajyer (Görevin sona ermesi)Malatya Ziraat Bankası ŞubesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00156.00184
1908/09AH 1326Bank Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtipliği refakatiAdıyaman (Hısnımansur)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00156.00184
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 Arif 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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