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Mehmet Sabri 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 Sabri Efendi began in Kars; the father's occupation was "Asakir-i Şahane Alay Kâtibi". Mehmet Sabri began work in Malatya in 1882/83 (AH 1300). The first annual entry, for 1882/83, places Mehmet Sabri in Malatya as Tahrirat ve Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı. The lists have no entry for 1883 to 1885. The last entries, from 1885 to 1888, name Mehmet Sabri as Nahiye Kâtibi, with no place.

The salary went from 130 kuruş a month in 1885/86 to 135 in 1887/88, the peak, when one in ten paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 4,740 kuruş, 32 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1887/88.

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. Malatya

    First work 1882/83 (AH 1300); 1882/83 (AH 1300)

    Tahrirat ve Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  2. Zürevkan, Malatya as worded, no place record

    1885 to 1888 (AH 1303 to 1305)

    No annual entry for 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302) before it.

    Nahiye Kâtibi

    130 to 135 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001501882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 1305135 kuruşNahiye Kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 1305This 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 Sabri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1885/861304008%
1886/871304008%
1887/881354009%

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 Sabri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1882/83AH 1300First workMalatya
1882/83AH 1300Tahrirat ve Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıMalatya
No annual entry: 1883 to 1885 (AH 1301 to 1302)
1885 to 1888AH 1303 to 1305Nahiye Kâtibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1885/86130
1886/87130
1886/87
1887/88135
130 to 135

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Kars
Father's occupation
Asakir-i Şahane Alay Kâtibi

First work

Year
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Place
Malatya

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 Malatya in the same years, Mehmet Sabri Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 100 officials with entries in Malatya

Same birthplace

Of the 193 officials born in Kars, 113 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sabri Efendi had the 109th highest salary of them.

The page of Kars, with the 193 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Sabri Efendi had the 198th highest salary of them.

All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Sabri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1882/83AH 1300Tahrirat ve Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıMalatyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records95 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 28/149
1885/86AH 1303Nahiye KâtibiZürevkan, Malatya130Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records95 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 28/149
1886/87AH 1304Nahiye KâtibiZürevkan, Malatya130Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records95 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 28/149
1886/87AH 1304Nahiye Kâtibi (İnfisal)Zürevkan, MalatyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records95 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 28/149
1887/88AH 1305Nahiye KâtibiGerger, Kahta135Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH.d. SAİD. No: 28/149
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 Sabri 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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