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
The life of Mehmed Efendi began in Drama in 1859/60 (AH 1276). At about 17, in 1877/78, Mehmed began work in Drama. The first annual entry, for 1877/78, places Mehmed in Drama, the birthplace, as Meclis-i temyiz hukuk kalemi mülazımı, where the entries run to 1881/82. Alongside, the lists for 1881/82 give a second post, in a post with no place named as açıkta (İnfisal). The last post was in Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) in 1882/83.
Pay rose from 95 kuruş a month in 1877/78 to a peak of 300 in 1878/79, in Drama, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 20,280 kuruş, 58 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1882/83.
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.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded).
Born 1859/60 (AH 1276); First work 1877/78 (AH 1294); 1877 to 1882 (AH 1294 to 1299)
Meclis-i temyiz hukuk kalemi mülazımı
95 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years
Place not recorded not on the map
1881/82 (AH 1299)
açıkta (İnfisal)
entries in 1 year
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini
300 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78 | 95 | 450 | 1,170 | 4% | |
| 1878 | 95 | 450 | 795 | 3% | |
| 1878/79 | 300 | 400 | 475 | 27% | |
| 1879/80 | 300 | 400 | 300 | 27% | |
| 1880/81 | 300 | 400 | 380 | 28% | |
| 1881/82 | 300 | 400 | 380 | 28% | |
| 1882/83 | 300 | 400 | 380 | 27% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | First work | Drama | |
| 1877 to 1882AH 1294 to 1299 | Meclis-i temyiz hukuk kalemi mülazımı | Drama | |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | açıkta (İnfisal) | ||
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini | Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) | 300 |
Record#
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 12 officials with entries in Drama in the same years, Mehmed Efendi had the 10th highest salary.
- Mehmed Aziz Efendi6 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendi6 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mehmed Mümin Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 550 kuruş
- Abdülaziz Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- Mehmed Ziya Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 600 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 56 officials born in Drama, 53 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Efendi had the 30th highest salary of them.
- Hafız Ömer Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Hüseyin Hüsnü Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 450 kuruş
- Mehmed Muhiddin Efendiborn 1859/60 (AH 1276); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Mehmed Ataullah Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Mehmed Ziya Efendiborn 1858/59 (AH 1275); highest salary 600 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Efendi had the 125th highest salary of them.
- Aleko Aleksandiridi Efendifirst entry in Drama; highest salary 5,000 kuruş
- Ahmed Cemal Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ali Galip Efendifirst annual entry 1877/78 (AH 1294); highest salary 365 kuruş
- Ebubekir Sıddık Efendifirst entry in Çorum; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Hafız Osman Efendifirst entry in Beirut (Beyrut); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Meclis-i temyiz hukuk kalemi mülazımı | Drama | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. | |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Meclis-i temyiz hukuk kalemi mülazımı (Nakil) | Drama | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. | |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Cinayet muavini | Drama | 95 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. |
| 1878AH 1295 | Cinayet muavini | Drama | 95 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Cinayet muavini | Drama | 95 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Cinayet muavini (Nakil) | Drama | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. | |
| 1878/79AH 1296 | Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt katibi | Drama | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. |
| 1879/80AH 1297 | Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt katibi | Drama | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. |
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt katibi | Drama | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt katibi | Drama | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Bidayet mahkemesi zabıt katibi (İstifa) | Drama | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. | |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | açıkta (İnfisal) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. | ||
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Bidayet mahkemesi müstantik muavini | Chrysoupoli (Sarışaban) | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489; 161 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 8-489. |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)