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Mehmed Adil 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 Mehmed Adil Efendi began in Istanbul in 1882/83 (AH 1300); the father's occupation was "Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı memuru". Mehmed Adil began work in 1898/99, at about 16. The first annual entry, for 1898/99, names Mehmed Adil as İdare Kalemi mülazımı, with no place.

Pay rose from 290 kuruş a month in 1899/1900 to a peak of 915 in 1906/07, when 77 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.

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. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1882/83 (AH 1300)

  2. Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı as worded, no place record

    1898 to 1910 (AH 1316 to 1327)

    İdare Kalemi mülazımı

    190 to 915 kuruş a month; entries in 12 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327915 kuruşİdare Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Adil Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1899/190029040028%
1900/0129040029%
1901/0229040028%
1902/0319040013%
1903/0459040567%
1904/0569040072%
1905/0669043070%
1906/0791545077%
1907/0891546076%
1908/0991540075%
1909/1091560068%

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 Adil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First work
1898 to 1910AH 1316 to 1327İdare Kalemi mülazımı
21 entries
YearSalary
1898/99
1899/1900
1899/1900200
1899/1900290
1900/01290
1901/02290
1901/02
1901/02190
1902/03190
1903/04190
1903/04490
1903/04590
1904/05590
1904/05690
1905/06690
1906/07690
1906/07915
1907/08915
1908/09915
1909/10915
1909/10850
850

Record

Personal

Born
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Father's occupation
Ebniye-i Seniyye Anbarı memuru

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)

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 birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Adil Efendi had the 251st highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Adil Efendi had the 35th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Adil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316İdare Kalemi mülazımıEbniye-i Seniyye AnbarıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1899/1900AH 1317İdare Kalemi mülazımıEbniye-i Seniyye AnbarıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1899/1900AH 1317İdare Kalemi mülazımıEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1899/1900AH 1317İdare Kalemi mülazımıEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı290Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1900/01AH 1318İdare Kalemi mülazımıEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı290Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1901/02AH 1319İdare Kalemi mülazımıEbniye-i Seniyye Anbarı290Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1901/02AH 1319Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i ŞahaneAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1901/02AH 1319Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1902/03AH 1320Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1903/04AH 1321Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1903/04AH 1321Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane490Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1903/04AH 1321Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane590Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1904/05AH 1322Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane590Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1904/05AH 1322Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane690Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1905/06AH 1323Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane690Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1906/07AH 1324Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane690Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1906/07AH 1324Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane915Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1907/08AH 1325Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane915Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1908/09AH 1326Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane915Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1909/10AH 1327Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane915Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
1909/10AH 1327Evrak Kalemi halifesiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane850Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1091
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 Adil 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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