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Mehmed Hilmi 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 Hilmi Efendi was born in Harput in 1843/44 (AH 1259). At about 19, in 1862/63, Mehmed Hilmi began work. The annual lists begin in 1862/63, with Mehmed Hilmi as Tahrirat odası mülazımı and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1863 to 1868. The annual lists then follow Mehmed Hilmi to Istanbul in 1868/69, then Adana from 1870 to 1883. Alongside, the lists for 1882/83 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1868/69 to 1,400 in 1882/83, the peak, when 88 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1882/83.

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 5 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1868/691870/71134HarputIstanbulAdana

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Mamuratülaziz), stop 5 (Kozan).

  1. Harput

    Born 1843/44 (AH 1259)

  2. Mamuratülaziz as worded, no place record not on the map

    1862/63 (AH 1279)

    Tahrirat odası mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  3. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1868/69 (AH 1285)

    No annual entry for 1863 to 1868 (AH 1280 to 1284) before it.

    Duhan gümrüğü mübaşiri

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Adana

    1870 to 1883 (AH 1287 to 1300)

    No annual entry for 1869/70 (AH 1286) before it.

    Islahhane kâtibi 1870/71 (AH 1287); Vilayet divanı mukayyidi 1872 to 1883 (AH 1289 to 1300)

    200 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 13 years

    No annual entry for 1871/72 (AH 1288).

  5. Kozan as worded, no place record not on the map

    1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi

    1,400 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
no entryno entryno entry05001,0001,5001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001,400 kuruşVilayet divanı mukayyidi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001863/64AH 12801865/66AH 12821867/68AH 12841869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 1300This 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 Mehmed Hilmi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1868/6925047550020%
1870/7135040050041%
1872/732004501,387.517%
1873/7420040560018%
1874/7536045060039%
1875/7636045050038%
1876/77360420487.540%
1877/7836045044540%
187836045050039%
1878/7936040050041%
1879/8036040050041%
1880/8160040060068%
1881/8260040050067%
1882/831,40040088%

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 Hilmi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1862/63AH 1279First work
1862/63AH 1279Tahrirat odası mülazımı
No annual entry: 1863 to 1868 (AH 1280 to 1284)
1868/69AH 1285Duhan gümrüğü mübaşiriIstanbul (Dersaadet)250
No annual entry: 1869/70 (AH 1286)
1870/71AH 1287Islahhane kâtibiAdana350
No annual entry: 1871/72 (AH 1288)
1872 to 1883AH 1289 to 1300Vilayet divanı mukayyidi
14 entries
YearSalary
1872/73200
1873/74200
1874/75360
1875/76360
1876/77360
1877/78360
1878360
1878/79360
1879/80360
1880/81360
1880/81600
1881/82600
1881/82600
1882/83600
Adana200 to 600
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisi1,400

Record

Personal

Born
1843/44 (AH 1259)
Birthplace
Harput

First work

Year
1862/63 (AH 1279)

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 32 officials with entries in Adana in the same years, 27 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hilmi Efendi had the 16th highest salary of them.

All 139 officials with entries in Adana

Same birthplace

Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hilmi Efendi had the 31st highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279), 68 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hilmi Efendi had the 32nd highest salary of them.

All 85 officials whose first annual entry is for 1862/63 (AH 1279)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Hilmi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1862/63AH 1279Tahrirat odası mülazımıMamuratülazizAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1868/69AH 1285Duhan gümrüğü mübaşiriIstanbul (Dersaadet)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1870/71AH 1287Islahhane kâtibiAdana350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1872/73AH 1289Vilayet divanı mukayyidiAdana200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1873/74AH 1290Vilayet divanı mukayyidiAdana200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1874/75AH 1291İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1875/76AH 1292İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1876/77AH 1293İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1877/78AH 1294İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1878AH 1295İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1878/79AH 1296İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1879/80AH 1297İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1880/81AH 1298İstinaf ceza dairesi zabıt kâtibiAdana360Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1880/81AH 1298Vilayet icra memuruAdana600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1881/82AH 1299Vilayet icra memuruAdana600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1881/82AH 1299Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibiAdana600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi başkâtibiAdana600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
1882/83AH 1300Bidayet mahkemesi ceza dairesi reisiKozan1,400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD 1-144
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 Hilmi 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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