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Mehmet Şerif 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 Şerif Efendi began in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki); the father's occupation was "Jandarma süvari çavuşu". The annual lists begin in 1901/02 (AH 1319), with Mehmet Şerif as Evrak Kalemi ikinci mukayyidi in Şebinkarahisar, the birthplace. Next came a post with no place named from 1903 to 1909. At the same time, from 1908/09, the lists also place Mehmet Şerif in Alucra as Tahsil-i Müfredat kâtibi.

Pay rose from 30 kuruş a month in 1901/02 to a peak of 200 in 1908/09, in Alucra, when 12 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over five years the salaries add up to 6,840 kuruş, 28 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1908/09.

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 3 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1908/0913ŞebinkarahisarAlucra

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Mindeval nahiyesi).

  1. Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

    First work here; 1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320)

    Evrak Kalemi ikinci mukayyidi

    30 to 40 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  2. Mindeval nahiyesi as worded, no place record not on the map

    1903 to 1909 (AH 1321 to 1326)

    Nahiye kâtibi

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Alucra

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Tahsil-i Müfredat kâtibi

    200 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001502001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326200 kuruşEvrak Kalemi ikinci mukayyidiNahiye kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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 Mehmet Şerif Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1901/02304003500%
1902/03404003001%
1903/041504059%
1904/0515040010%
1908/0920040025012%

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 Şerif Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)
1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 1320Evrak Kalemi ikinci mukayyidi
2 entries
YearSalary
1901/0230
1902/0340
Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)30 to 40
1903 to 1909AH 1321 to 1326Nahiye kâtibi
10 entries
YearSalary
1903/04150
1904/05150
1904/05
1904/05
1905/06
1906/07
1907/08
1908/09
1908/09
1908/09
150
1908/09AH 1326Tahsil-i Müfredat kâtibiAlucra200

Record

Personal

Father's occupation
Jandarma süvari çavuşu

First work

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 11 officials with entries in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki) in the same years, Mehmet Şerif Efendi had the 10th highest salary.

All 75 officials with entries in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)

Same birthplace

Of the 67 officials born in Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), 66 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şerif Efendi had the 57th highest salary of them.

The page of Şebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki), with the 67 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319), 110 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şerif Efendi had the 87th highest salary of them.

All 130 officials whose first annual entry is for 1901/02 (AH 1319)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Şerif Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1901/02AH 1319Evrak Kalemi ikinci mukayyidiŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)30Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1902/03AH 1320Tahrirat Kalemi mübeyyiziŞebinkarahisar (Karahisar-ı Şarki)40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1903/04AH 1321Nahiye kâtibiMindeval nahiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1904/05AH 1322Nahiye kâtibiMindeval nahiyesi150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1904/05AH 1322Nahiye kâtibi (İnfisal)Mindeval nahiyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1904/05AH 1322AskerlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1905/06AH 1323AskerlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1906/07AH 1324AskerlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1907/08AH 1325AskerlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1908/09AH 1326AskerlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1908/09AH 1326Askerlik (Görevin sona ermesi)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1908/09AH 1326Görevin sona ermesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217; 368 BOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217.
1908/09AH 1326Tahsil-i Müfredat kâtibiAlucra200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, No: 158/217
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 Şerif 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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