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Mehmed Sadık 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 Sadık Bey was born in Kozan in 1853/54 (AH 1270). The first annual entry, for 1874/75, names Mehmed Sadık as Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisi, with no place. The lists have no entry for 1880 to 1893. From 1893 to 1911 the annual entries place Mehmed Sadık in Istanbul.

The salary went from 10 kuruş a month in 1874/75 to 450 in 1893/94, the peak, in Istanbul, when 52 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over eight years the salaries add up to 9,240 kuruş, 22 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

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. Place not recorded

    1874 to 1880 (AH 1291 to 1297)

    Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisi

    10 to 60 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1893 to 1911 (AH 1311 to 1328)

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1893 (AH 1298 to 1310) before it.

    Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuru

    450 kuruş a month; entries in 18 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry02004006001875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328450 kuruşGedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
1020501002005001,0001875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 1328This 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 Sadık Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1874/75104500%
1875/76104500%
1876/77604202%
1877/78604502%
1878604502%
1878/79604001%
1879/80604001%
1893/9445040051052%

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 Sadık Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1874 to 1880AH 1291 to 1297Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisi
9 entries
YearSalary
1874/7510
1875/7610
1876/7710
1876/7760
1877/7860
187860
1878/7960
1879/8060
1879/80
10
No annual entry: 1880 to 1893 (AH 1298 to 1310)
1893 to 1911AH 1311 to 1328Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuru
19 entries
YearSalary
1893/94450
1894/95
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1907/08
1908/09
1909/10
1910/11
1910/11
Istanbul (Dersaadet)450

Record

Personal

Born
1853/54 (AH 1270)
Birthplace
Kozan

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 560 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 524 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sadık Bey had the 374th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291), 130 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sadık Bey had the 76th highest salary of them.

  • Kigork Efendifirst annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 250 kuruş
  • Ohannes Efendifirst annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 700 kuruş
  • Veli Efendifirst annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 200 kuruş
  • Yorgi Servet Efendifirst annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 800 kuruş
  • Mehmed Said Efendifirst annual entry 1874/75 (AH 1291); highest salary 2,150 kuruş

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1874/75 (AH 1291)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Sadık Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1874/75AH 1291Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisi10Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1875/76AH 1292Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisi10Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1876/77AH 1293Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisi10Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1876/77AH 1293Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1877/78AH 1294Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1878AH 1295Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1878/79AH 1296Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1879/80AH 1297Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1879/80AH 1297Vâridât-ı Umumiye Kalemi görevlisiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1893/94AH 1311Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1894/95AH 1312Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1895/96AH 1313Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1896/97AH 1314Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1897/98AH 1315Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1898/99AH 1316Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1899/1900AH 1317Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1900/01AH 1318Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1901/02AH 1319Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1902/03AH 1320Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1903/04AH 1321Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1904/05AH 1322Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1905/06AH 1323Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1906/07AH 1324Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1907/08AH 1325Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1908/09AH 1326Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1909/10AH 1327Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1910/11AH 1328Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
1910/11AH 1328Gedik Paşa Tebhirhanesi memuru (İnfisal)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225; 200 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 177/225.
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 Sadık 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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