Mehmet 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
Mehmet Efendi was born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib); the father was a tradesman (esnaf). Work began in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) in 1899/1900 (AH 1317), on a first salary of 142 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1899/1900, with Mehmet as Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı in Svilengrad, where the entries run to 1908/09. Alongside, the lists for 1908/09 give a second post, in Edirne as Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta nakliye memuru.
The salary went from 142 kuruş a month in 1899/1900 to 350 in 1908/09, the peak, in Edirne, when 40 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, ten years of salary come to 20,304 kuruş, 40 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. 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.
Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)
First work 1899/1900 (AH 1317); 1899 to 1909 (AH 1317 to 1326)
Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı
142 to 150 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years
1908/09 (AH 1326)
Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta nakliye memuru
350 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899/1900 | 142 | 400 | 425 | 10% | |
| 1900/01 | 150 | 400 | 450 | 10% | |
| 1901/02 | 150 | 400 | 500 | 9% | |
| 1902/03 | 150 | 400 | 500 | 8% | |
| 1903/04 | 150 | 405 | 500 | 9% | |
| 1904/05 | 150 | 400 | 500 | 10% | |
| 1905/06 | 150 | 430 | 450 | 11% | |
| 1906/07 | 150 | 450 | 500 | 10% | |
| 1907/08 | 150 | 460 | 500 | 10% | |
| 1908/09 | 350 | 400 | 520 | 40% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | First work | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 142first-salary field |
| 1899 to 1909AH 1317 to 1326 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 142 to 150 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta nakliye memuru | Edirne | 350 |
Record#
Personal
- Birthplace
- Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib)
- Father's occupation
- Esnaf
First work
- Year
- 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
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 5 officials with entries in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) in the same years, Mehmet Efendi had the lowest salary.
- Mehmed Cemal Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 3,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Remzi Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ahmed Derviş Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- MUSTAFA RIFAT EFENDİ1 shared year; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
All 11 officials with entries in Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa)
Same birthplace
Of the 125 officials born in Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), 117 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Efendi had the 70th highest salary of them.
- Ali Rıza Beyborn 1825/26 (AH 1241); highest salary 7,000 kuruş
- Hacı Ohannes Efendiborn 1836/37 (AH 1252); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- OHANNES EFEND İ (HEC İ)born 1836/37 (AH 1252); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Hacı Ahmed Rifat Efendiborn 1839/40 (AH 1255); highest salary 475 kuruş
- Süleyman Sırrı Efendiborn 1844/45 (AH 1260); highest salary 380 kuruş
The page of Afyonkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Sahib), with the 125 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317), 126 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Efendi had the 69th highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Arif Efendifirst entry in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki); highest salary 150 kuruş
- Tompayiçi Efendifirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); no salary recorded
- Hacı Halil Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Osman Efendifirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Müslim Hilmi Efendi (1625)190first entry in Şanlıurfa (Urfa); no salary recorded
All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899/1900AH 1317 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 142 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 142 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1900/01AH 1318 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1902/03AH 1320 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1903/04AH 1321 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi muharrerat muvassalı | Svilengrad (Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) | 150 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | Telgraf ve posta merkezi posta nakliye memuru | Edirne | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected 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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)