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Mehmet 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 Efendi began in Bosna. Mehmet began work in 1881/82 (AH 1299), on a first salary of 240 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1881/82, with Mehmet as Emtia-ı Dâhiliye Gümrüğü Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı and no place named. For 1883 to 1895 and 1896 to 1900 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 240 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to a peak of 350 in 1900/01, when 39 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 10,440 kuruş, 54 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1900/01.

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.

  1. Place not recorded

    1881 to 1883 (AH 1299 to 1300)

    Emtia-ı Dâhiliye Gümrüğü Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı

    240 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  2. Place not recorded

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1895 (AH 1301 to 1312) before it.

    Evrak Kalemi memuru

    40 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  3. Edirne vilayeti as worded, no place record

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    No annual entry for 1896 to 1900 (AH 1314 to 1317) before it.

    Tadilat-ı Umumiye Seyyar Fırkası mukayyidi

    350 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
no entryno entry01002003004001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318350 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 1318This 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 Mehmet Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/8224040018%
1882/8324040017%
1895/96404001%
1900/0135040039%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First work240first-salary field
1881 to 1883AH 1299 to 1300Emtia-ı Dâhiliye Gümrüğü Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı
3 entries
YearSalary
1881/82240
1882/83240
1882/83
240
No annual entry: 1883 to 1895 (AH 1301 to 1312)
1895/96AH 1313Evrak Kalemi memuru40
No annual entry: 1896 to 1900 (AH 1314 to 1317)
1900/01AH 1318Tadilat-ı Umumiye Seyyar Fırkası mukayyidi350

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Bosna

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

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 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Efendi had the 109th highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299Emtia-ı Dâhiliye Gümrüğü Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Emtia-ı Dâhiliye Gümrüğü Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1882/83AH 1300Emtia-ı Dâhiliye Gümrüğü Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı (İstifa)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1895/96AH 1313Evrak Kalemi memuru40Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Tadilat-ı Umumiye Seyyar Fırkası mukayyidiEdirne vilayeti350Affiliation 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 Mehmet 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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