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Mahmud Hamdi 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 Mahmud Hamdi Efendi began in Ohrid (Ohri). The annual lists begin in 1898/99 (AH 1316), with Mahmud Hamdi as Taarif-i Bedelat-ı Nakdiye tahsildarı in Ohrid, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1900/01. The last entries, from 1902 to 1909, name Mahmud Hamdi as Fırka-i Tahlisiye memuru, with no place.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to a peak of 600 in 1908/09, as a district governor (Kaymakam), when 61 per cent of paid officials earned less. 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.

  1. Ohrid (Ohri)

    First work here; 1898 to 1901 (AH 1316 to 1318)

    Taarif-i Bedelat-ı Nakdiye tahsildarı 1898/99 (AH 1316); Suvari Tahsildari 1900/01 (AH 1318)

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1899/1900 (AH 1317).

  2. Place not recorded

    1902 to 1908 (AH 1320 to 1325)

    No annual entry for 1901/02 (AH 1319) before it.

    Fırka-i Tahlisiye memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Kayalar as worded, no place record

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Kaymakam

    600 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 entry02004006001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326600 kuruşFırka-i Tahlisiye memuruKaymakam
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, 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 Mahmud Hamdi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/0125040027560021%
1902/0330040028%
1903/0430040529%
1904/0530040029%
1905/0630043029%
1906/0730045029%
1907/0830046029%
1908/096004001,41061%

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 Mahmud Hamdi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workOhrid (Ohri)
1898/99AH 1316Taarif-i Bedelat-ı Nakdiye tahsildarıOhrid (Ohri)
No annual entry: 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
1900/01AH 1318Suvari TahsildariOhrid (Ohri)250
No annual entry: 1901/02 (AH 1319)
1902 to 1908AH 1320 to 1325Fırka-i Tahlisiye memuru
7 entries
YearSalary
1902/03300
1903/04300
1904/05300
1905/06300
1906/07300
1907/08300
1907/08
300
1908/09AH 1326Kaymakam600

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Ohrid (Ohri)

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 7 officials with entries in Ohrid (Ohri) in the same years, Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 27 officials with entries in Ohrid (Ohri)

Same job title, same years

Of the 8 officials with the title Suvari Tahsildari in the same years, Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the highest salary.

All 39 officials with the title Suvari Tahsildari

Same birthplace

Of the 68 officials born in Ohrid (Ohri), 61 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 25th highest salary of them.

The page of Ohrid (Ohri), with the 68 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; Mahmud Hamdi Efendi had the 51st 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 Mahmud Hamdi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Taarif-i Bedelat-ı Nakdiye tahsildarıOhrid (Ohri)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1900/01AH 1318Suvari TahsildariOhrid (Ohri)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1902/03AH 1320Fırka-i Tahlisiye memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1903/04AH 1321Fırka-i Tahlisiye memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1904/05AH 1322Fırka-i Tahlisiye memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1905/06AH 1323Fırka-i Tahlisiye memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1906/07AH 1324Fırka-i Tahlisiye memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Fırka-i Tahlisiye memuru300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1907/08AH 1325Fırka-i Tahlisiye memuru (Nakil)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records
1908/09AH 1326KaymakamKayalar600Affiliation 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 Mahmud Hamdi 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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