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Mehmet Necip 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 Mehmet Necip Efendi began in Silistra (Silistre). The first annual entry, for 1900/01 (AH 1318), names Mehmet Necip as a communications official (Muhabere Memuru), with no place, with a rise to ser memur in 1906/07.

The salary went from 400 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to 500 in 1906/07, the peak, when 51 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.

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. Trabzon Vilayeti telgraf ve posta merkezi as worded, no place record

    1900 to 1907 (AH 1318 to 1324)

    Muhabere Memuru

    400 to 430 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  2. Orhoy telgraf ve posta merkezi as worded, no place record

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    ser memur

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324500 kuruşMuhabere Memuruser memur
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 Mehmet Necip Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/0140040040045%
1901/0240040038043%
1902/0340040038044%
1903/0440040538043%
1904/0540040040042%
1905/0640043040041%
1906/0750045051%

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 Mehmet Necip Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1900 to 1907AH 1318 to 1324Muhabere Memuru
8 entries
YearSalary
1900/01400
1901/02400
1902/03400
1903/04400
1904/05400
1905/06400
1906/07400
1906/07430
400 to 430
1906/07AH 1324ser memur500

Record

Personal

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 job title, same years

Of the 98 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru in the same years, Mehmet Necip Efendi had the 29th highest salary.

All 232 officials with the title Muhabere Memuru

Same birthplace

Of the 54 officials born in Silistra (Silistre), 50 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Necip Efendi had the 23rd highest salary of them.

The page of Silistra (Silistre), with the 54 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318), 106 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Necip Efendi had the 31st highest salary of them.

All 120 officials whose first annual entry is for 1900/01 (AH 1318)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Necip Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1900/01AH 1318Muhabere MemuruTrabzon Vilayeti telgraf ve posta merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183; 198 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183.
1901/02AH 1319Muhabere MemuruTrabzon Vilayeti telgraf ve posta merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183; 198 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183.
1902/03AH 1320Muhabere MemuruTrabzon Vilayeti telgraf ve posta merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183; 198 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183.
1903/04AH 1321Muhabere MemuruTrabzon Vilayeti telgraf ve posta merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183; 198 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183.
1904/05AH 1322Muhabere MemuruTrabzon Vilayeti telgraf ve posta merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183; 198 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183.
1905/06AH 1323Muhabere MemuruTrabzon Vilayeti telgraf ve posta merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183; 198 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183.
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruTrabzon Vilayeti telgraf ve posta merkezi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183; 198 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183.
1906/07AH 1324Muhabere MemuruTrabzon Vilayeti telgraf ve posta merkezi430Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183; 198 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183.
1906/07AH 1324ser memurOrhoy telgraf ve posta merkezi500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 114/183
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 Mehmet Necip 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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