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Mehmed 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 Efendi was born in Gaziantep (Antep) in 1843/44 (AH 1259); the father's occupation was "Haffaf". At about 33, in 1876/77, Mehmed began work in Maltepe, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1876/77, places Mehmed in Maltepe as Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibi, where the entries run to 1879/80. For 1880 to 1882 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1879/80 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Rüsum-i sitte memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1879/80 give a second post, in Karamürsel as Rüsum-i Sitte Müdürlüğü muvakkat tahrir-i kavl memuru. The last entries, from 1882 to 1898, name Mehmed as Rüsumat Müdürlüğü mubassırı, with no place.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1876/77 to a peak of 800 in 1888/89, when 77 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1897/98.

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 6 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1876/771879/80124GaziantepMaltepeKaramürsel

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Değirmendere), stop 5 (Rüsumat Müdürlüğü), stop 6 (Saray-ı Hümayun Anbarı).

  1. Gaziantep (Antep)

    Born 1843/44 (AH 1259)

  2. Maltepe

    First work 1876/77 (AH 1293); 1876 to 1880 (AH 1293 to 1297)

    Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibi

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  3. Değirmendere as worded, no place record not on the map

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Rüsum-i sitte memuru

    entries in 1 year

  4. Karamürsel

    1879/80 (AH 1297)

    Rüsum-i Sitte Müdürlüğü muvakkat tahrir-i kavl memuru

    entries in 1 year

  5. Rüsumat Müdürlüğü as worded, no place record not on the map

    1882 to 1892 (AH 1300 to 1309)

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299) before it.

    Rüsumat Müdürlüğü mubassırı

    200 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 10 years

  6. Saray-ı Hümayun Anbarı as worded, no place record not on the map

    1893 to 1898 (AH 1311 to 1315)

    No annual entry for 1892/93 (AH 1310) before it.

    Saray-ı Hümayun Anbarı mutemedi

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006008001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314800 kuruşRüsumat İdaresi kâtibiRüsumat Müdürlüğü mubassırıSaray-ı Hümayun Anbarı mutemedi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314This 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1876/7725042050023%
1877/7825045050023%
187825045057523%
1878/7925040050021%
1879/8025040050019%
1882/8320040012%
1883/8440040046%
1884/8540040045%
1885/8640040044%
1886/8740040045%
1888/8980040077%
1889/9080040077%
1890/9180040076%
1891/9280040075%
1893/9460040065%
1894/9560040065%
1895/9660040064%
1896/9760045063%
1897/9860040070%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1876/77AH 1293First workMaltepe250first-salary field
1876 to 1880AH 1293 to 1297Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibi
6 entries
YearSalary
1876/77250
1877/78250
1878250
1878/79250
1879/80250
1879/80
Maltepe250
1879/80AH 1297Rüsum-i sitte memuru
1879/80AH 1297Rüsum-i Sitte Müdürlüğü muvakkat tahrir-i kavl memuruKaramürsel
No annual entry: 1880 to 1882 (AH 1298 to 1299)
1882 to 1892AH 1300 to 1309Rüsumat Müdürlüğü mubassırı
15 entries
YearSalary
1882/83200
1883/84200
1883/84400
1884/85400
1885/86400
1886/87400
1886/87
1887/88
1887/88
1888/89800
1889/90800
1890/91800
1891/92800
1891/92200
1891/92250
200 to 250
No annual entry: 1892/93 (AH 1310)
1893 to 1898AH 1311 to 1315Saray-ı Hümayun Anbarı mutemedi
7 entries
YearSalary
1893/94600
1894/95600
1895/96600
1896/97600
1897/98600
1897/98
1897/98600
600

Record

Personal

Born
1843/44 (AH 1259)
Father's occupation
Haffaf

First work

Year
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Place
Maltepe

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 3 officials with entries in Maltepe in the same years, Mehmed Efendi had the 2nd highest salary.

All 4 officials with entries in Maltepe

Same birthplace

Of the 59 officials born in Gaziantep (Antep), 55 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Efendi had the 28th highest salary of them.

The page of Gaziantep (Antep), with the 59 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293), 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Efendi had the 59th highest salary of them.

All 185 officials whose first annual entry is for 1876/77 (AH 1293)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1876/77AH 1293Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibiMaltepe250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1877/78AH 1294Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibiMaltepe250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1878AH 1295Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibiMaltepe250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1878/79AH 1296Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibiMaltepe250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1879/80AH 1297Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibiMaltepe250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1879/80AH 1297Rüsumat İdaresi kâtibi (İnfisal)MaltepeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1879/80AH 1297Rüsum-i sitte memuruDeğirmendereAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1879/80AH 1297Rüsum-i Sitte Müdürlüğü muvakkat tahrir-i kavl memuruKaramürselAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsumat Müdürlüğü mubassırıRüsumat Müdürlüğü200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1883/84AH 1301Rüsumat Müdürlüğü mubassırıRüsumat Müdürlüğü200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1883/84AH 1301Rüsumat Müdürlüğü sandık eminiRüsumat Müdürlüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1884/85AH 1302Rüsumat Müdürlüğü sandık eminiRüsumat Müdürlüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1885/86AH 1303Rüsumat Müdürlüğü sandık eminiRüsumat Müdürlüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1886/87AH 1304Rüsumat Müdürlüğü sandık eminiRüsumat Müdürlüğü400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1886/87AH 1304Masarif-i muhasebe memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1887/88AH 1305Masarif-i muhasebe memuruAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1887/88AH 1305Masarif-i muhasebe memuru (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1888/89AH 1306Şube başkâtibiCebel-i Ays800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1889/90AH 1307Şube başkâtibiCebel-i Ays800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1890/91AH 1308Şube başkâtibiCebel-i Ays800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1891/92AH 1309Şube başkâtibiCebel-i Ays800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1891/92AH 1309Düyun-i Umumiye muvakkat harir müzayede kâtibiArslan Bey200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1891/92AH 1309Düyun-i Umumiye memuriyeti kâtibiBahçecik250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1893/94AH 1311Saray-ı Hümayun Anbarı mutemediSaray-ı Hümayun Anbarı600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1894/95AH 1312Saray-ı Hümayun Anbarı mutemediSaray-ı Hümayun Anbarı600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1895/96AH 1313Saray-ı Hümayun Anbarı mutemediSaray-ı Hümayun Anbarı600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1896/97AH 1314Saray-ı Hümayun Anbarı mutemediSaray-ı Hümayun Anbarı600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1897/98AH 1315Saray-ı Hümayun Anbarı mutemediSaray-ı Hümayun Anbarı600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1897/98AH 1315Saray-ı Hümayun Anbarı mutemedi (Nakil)Saray-ı Hümayun AnbarıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
1897/98AH 1315Depo memuruMefruşat-ı Hümayun İdaresi600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.; 236 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 105/35.
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 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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