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Muharrem 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 Muharrem Efendi began in Golem in 1889/90 (AH 1307); the father's occupation was "Rençber". At about 17, in 1907/08, Muharrem began work, on a first salary of 120 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1907/08, with Muharrem as Enderûn-ı Hümayun hademesi and no place named.

The salary went from 120 kuruş a month in 1907/08 to 200 in 1910/11, the peak, when 6 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 6,720 kuruş, 28 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001502001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328200 kuruşEnderûn-ı Hümayun hademesi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This officialMedian, all officials

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 Muharrem Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1907/081204607%
1908/091204005%
1909/101206002%
1910/112005006%

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 Muharrem Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1907/08AH 1325First work120first-salary field
1907 to 1911AH 1325 to 1328Enderûn-ı Hümayun hademesi
5 entries
YearSalary
1907/08120
1908/09120
1909/10120
1910/11120
1910/11200
120 to 200

Record

Personal

Born
1889/90 (AH 1307)
Birthplace
Golem
Father's occupation
Rençber

First work

Year
1907/08 (AH 1325)

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325), 117 have a recorded salary; Muharrem Efendi had the 73rd highest salary of them.

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Muharrem Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1907/08AH 1325Enderûn-ı Hümayun hademesiEnderûn-ı Hümayun120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326Enderûn-ı Hümayun hademesiEnderûn-ı Hümayun120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1909/10AH 1327Enderûn-ı Hümayun hademesiEnderûn-ı Hümayun120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328Enderûn-ı Hümayun hademesiEnderûn-ı Hümayun120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1910/11AH 1328Enderûn-ı Hümayun hademesiEnderûn-ı Hümayun200Affiliation not recordedSelected 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.
Recorded values of Muharrem 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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