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Mehmed Ömer 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 Ömer Efendi began in Mecca (Mekke) in 1891/92 (AH 1309); the father's occupation was "Emekli Mekke süvari binbaşısı". Work began in Beirut (Beyrut) in 1908/09, at about 16. Every annual entry from 1908/09 to 1910/11 places Mehmed Ömer in the same post, Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı, in Beirut.

Pay rose from 220 kuruş a month in 1909/10 to a peak of 425 in 1910/11, in Beirut, when 43 per cent of paid officials earned less. 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.

All 2 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1908/0912MeccaBeirut
  1. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1891/92 (AH 1309)

  2. Beirut (Beyrut)

    First work 1908/09 (AH 1326); 1908 to 1911 (AH 1326 to 1328)

    Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı 1908 to 1910 (AH 1326 to 1327); Rüsumat Başmüdüriyeti tahrirat mübeyyiz-i sânisi 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1328)

    220 to 425 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328425 kuruşRüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıRüsumat Başmüdüriyeti tahrirat mübeyyiz-i sânisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 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 Ömer Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1909/102206001,57514%
1910/1142550050043%

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 Ömer Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1908/09AH 1326First workBeirut (Beyrut)
1908 to 1910AH 1326 to 1327Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
Rüsûmat
3 entries
YearSalary
1908/09
1909/10
1909/10
Beirut (Beyrut)
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1328Rüsumat Başmüdüriyeti tahrirat mübeyyiz-i sânisi
4 entries
YearSalary
1909/10220
1910/11220
1910/11425
1910/11350
Beirut (Beyrut)220 to 350

Record

Personal

Born
1891/92 (AH 1309)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)
Father's occupation
Emekli Mekke süvari binbaşısı

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 9 officials with entries in Beirut (Beyrut) in the same years, 7 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ömer Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 99 officials with entries in Beirut (Beyrut)

Same birthplace

Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Ömer Efendi had the 65th highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 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 Ömer Efendi had the 31st 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 Ömer Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1908/09AH 1326Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıBeirut (Beyrut)RüsûmatSelected canonical career records268 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 193/385 s.385.
1909/10AH 1327Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıBeirut (Beyrut)RüsûmatSelected canonical career records268 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 193/385 s.385.
1909/10AH 1327Rüsumat Nezareti Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)Beirut (Beyrut)RüsûmatSelected canonical career records268 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 193/385 s.385.
1909/10AH 1327Rüsumat Başmüdüriyeti tahrirat mübeyyiz-i sânisiBeirut (Beyrut)220Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records268 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 193/385 s.385.
1910/11AH 1328Rüsumat Başmüdüriyeti tahrirat mübeyyiz-i sânisiBeirut (Beyrut)220Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records268 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 193/385 s.385.
1910/11AH 1328Rüsumat Başmüdüriyeti üçüncü sınıf kâtibiBeirut (Beyrut)425Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records268 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 193/385 s.385.
1910/11AH 1328Rüsumat Başmüdüriyeti üçüncü sınıf kâtibiBeirut (Beyrut)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records268 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 193/385 s.385.
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 Ömer 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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