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Mehmed Sadık 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

Mehmed Sadık Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1870/71 (AH 1287); the father's occupation was "Hicaz Vilayeti Meclis-i İdaresi başkâtip muavini". Work began in Jeddah (Cidde) in 1880/81, at about 11. Fewer than 2 per cent of the 5,664 officials whose age at first work is known began work at 11 or younger. The annual lists begin in 1880/81, with Mehmed Sadık as Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı in Jeddah, where the entries run to 1883/84. At the same time, from 1883 to 1907, the lists also place Mehmed Sadık in a post with no place named as Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi. For 1899 to 1901 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 30 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to 350 in 1906/07, the peak, when 37 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 20 years the salaries add up to 46,320 kuruş, 47 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final 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.

All 4 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1880/8112MeccaJeddah

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi), stop 4 (Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı).

  1. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1870/71 (AH 1287)

  2. Jeddah (Cidde)

    First work 1880/81 (AH 1298); 1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301)

    Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 4 years

  3. Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1883 to 1899 (AH 1301 to 1316)

    Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi

    30 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 16 years

  4. Hicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı as worded, no place record not on the map

    1901 to 1907 (AH 1319 to 1324)

    No annual entry for 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318) before it.

    Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisi

    285 to 350 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001880/81AH 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 1324350 kuruşHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiMaaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001880/81AH 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 1324This 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 Mehmed Sadık Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/86304000%
1886/87504001%
1887/88804003%
1888/891204007%
1889/901204007%
1890/911204007%
1891/921204007%
1892/931204007%
1893/9415040010%
1894/9515040010%
1895/9622540019%
1896/9722545017%
1897/9822540019%
1898/9925040020%
1901/0228540028%
1902/0330040028%
1903/0430040529%
1904/0532040036%
1905/0632043035%
1906/0735045037%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1880/81AH 1298First workJeddah (Cidde)
1880 to 1884AH 1298 to 1301Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımı
4 entries
YearSalary
1880/81
1881/82
1882/83
1883/84
Jeddah (Cidde)
1883 to 1899AH 1301 to 1316Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
24 entries
YearSalary
1883/84
1884/85
1885/86
1885/8630
1886/8730
1886/8750
1887/8850
1887/8880
1888/8980
1888/89120
1889/90120
1890/91120
1891/92120
1892/93120
1893/94120
1893/94150
1894/95150
1894/95150
1895/96150
1895/96225
1896/97225
1897/98225
1898/99225
1898/99250
250
No annual entry: 1899 to 1901 (AH 1317 to 1318)
1901 to 1907AH 1319 to 1324Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisi
9 entries
YearSalary
1901/02285
1902/03285
1902/03300
1903/04300
1904/05300
1904/05320
1905/06320
1906/07320
1906/07350
285 to 350

Record

Personal

Born
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)
Father's occupation
Hicaz Vilayeti Meclis-i İdaresi başkâtip muavini

First work

Year
1880/81 (AH 1298)

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 7 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde) in the same years, Mehmed Sadık Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 52 officials with entries in Jeddah (Cidde)

Same birthplace

Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sadık Efendi had the 76th highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sadık Efendi had the 119th highest salary of them.

All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Sadık Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1880/81AH 1298Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıJeddah (Cidde)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1881/82AH 1299Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıJeddah (Cidde)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1882/83AH 1300Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıJeddah (Cidde)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1883/84AH 1301Cidde Tahrirat Kalemi mülazımıJeddah (Cidde)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1883/84AH 1301Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1884/85AH 1302Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1885/86AH 1303Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe KalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1885/86AH 1303Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1886/87AH 1304Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1886/87AH 1304Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1887/88AH 1305Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1887/88AH 1305Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1888/89AH 1306Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1888/89AH 1306Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1889/90AH 1307Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1890/91AH 1308Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1891/92AH 1309Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1892/93AH 1310Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1893/94AH 1311Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1893/94AH 1311Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1894/95AH 1312Hicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Muhasebe Kalemi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1894/95AH 1312Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1895/96AH 1313Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1895/96AH 1313Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1896/97AH 1314Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1897/98AH 1315Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1898/99AH 1316Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1898/99AH 1316Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1901/02AH 1319Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1902/03AH 1320Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı285Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1902/03AH 1320Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1903/04AH 1321Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1904/05AH 1322Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1904/05AH 1322Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1905/06AH 1323Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1906/07AH 1324Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
1906/07AH 1324Maaş mukayyidliği refakati görevlisiHicaz Vilayeti Defterdarlığı350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records277 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 34/167, s.167.
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 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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