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Mehmed Şakir 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

Mehmed Şakir Efendi was born in Erzincan, into the İslam community, and the father's occupation was "Redif kolağası". Work began in Baghdad (Bağdat) in 1893/94 (AH 1311). The annual lists begin in 1893/94, with Mehmed Şakir as Zimmet memuru (arazi-i seniyye ve çiftlikler ta'şiri) in Baghdad. Alongside, the lists for 1893 to 1899 give a second post, in Cebeli bereket as Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidi.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to a peak of 600 in 1895/96, in Cebeli bereket, when 64 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1898/99.

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.

All 2 stops
first workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1893/9412BaghdadCebeli bereket
  1. Baghdad (Bağdat)

    First work 1893/94 (AH 1311); 1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Zimmet memuru (arazi-i seniyye ve çiftlikler ta'şiri)

    entries in 1 year

  2. Cebeli bereket

    1893 to 1899 (AH 1311 to 1316)

    Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidi

    200 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316600 kuruşTahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 1316This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, 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 Mehmed Şakir Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/9420040050014%
1894/9540040050044%
1895/9660040045564%
1896/9760045045563%
1897/9860040041570%
1898/9950040040055%

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 Şakir Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First workBaghdad (Bağdat)
1893/94AH 1311Zimmet memuru (arazi-i seniyye ve çiftlikler ta'şiri)
2 entries
YearSalary
1893/94
1893/94
Baghdad (Bağdat)
1893 to 1899AH 1311 to 1316Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidi
9 entries
YearSalary
1893/94200
1894/95400
1895/96400
1895/96600
1896/97600
1897/98600
1897/98400
1898/99400
1898/99500
Cebeli bereket200 to 500

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Redif kolağası

First work

Year
1893/94 (AH 1311)

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 Cebeli bereket in the same years, 9 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şakir Efendi had the 6th highest salary of them.

All 36 officials with entries in Cebeli bereket

Same birthplace

Of the 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şakir Efendi had the 61st highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şakir Efendi had the 50th highest salary of them.

All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Şakir Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Zimmet memuru (arazi-i seniyye ve çiftlikler ta'şiri)Baghdad (Bağdat)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147 BOA, DH. SAİD, 197/137
1893/94AH 1311Zimmet memuru (arazi-i seniyye ve çiftlikler ta'şiri) (Görevin sona ermesi)Baghdad (Bağdat)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147 BOA, DH. SAİD, 197/137
1893/94AH 1311Tahrirat kalemi evrak mukayyidiCebeli bereket200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147 BOA, DH. SAİD, 197/137
1894/95AH 1312Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniCebeli bereket400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147 BOA, DH. SAİD, 197/137
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası şubesi memur muaviniCebeli bereket400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147 BOA, DH. SAİD, 197/137
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası şube memuruCebeli bereket600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147 BOA, DH. SAİD, 197/137
1896/97AH 1314Ziraat Bankası şube memuruCebeli bereket600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147 BOA, DH. SAİD, 197/137
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası şube memuruCebeli bereket600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147 BOA, DH. SAİD, 197/137
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibiCebeli bereket400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147 BOA, DH. SAİD, 197/137
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibiCebeli bereket400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records147 BOA, DH. SAİD, 197/137
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası sandığı muhasebe kâtibiCebeli bereket500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 197/137
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 Şakir 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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