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Seyyid Mehmed Ali 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 Seyyid Mehmed Ali Efendi began in Medina (Medine) in 1865/66 (AH 1282); the father's occupation was "Harem-i Şerif-i Hazret-i Nebevî eski müdürü". Mehmed Ali began work in Medina in 1881/82, at about 16. Every annual entry from 1881/82 to 1884/85 places Mehmed Ali in the same post, Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Rûznâmçe Kalemi mülazımı, in Medina, the birthplace.

The one salary in the lists is 31.5 kuruş a month, for 1884/85, when 1 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1884/85.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
0102030401881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 130231.5 kuruşHazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Rûznâmçe Kalemi mülazımı

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 Seyyid Mehmed Ali Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881/82AH 1299First workMedina (Medine)
1881 to 1885AH 1299 to 1302Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Rûznâmçe Kalemi mülazımı
5 entries
YearSalary
1881/82
1882/83
1883/84
1884/85
1884/8531.5
Medina (Medine)31.5

Record

Personal

Born
1865/66 (AH 1282)
Birthplace
Medina (Medine)
Father's occupation
Harem-i Şerif-i Hazret-i Nebevî eski müdürü

First work

Year
1881/82 (AH 1299)

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 27 officials with entries in Medina (Medine) in the same years, Seyyid Mehmed Ali Efendi had the 26th highest salary.

All 59 officials with entries in Medina (Medine)

Same birthplace

Of the 64 officials born in Medina (Medine), 58 have a recorded salary; Seyyid Mehmed Ali Efendi had the 56th highest salary of them.

The page of Medina (Medine), with the 64 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Seyyid Mehmed Ali Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Seyyid Mehmed Ali Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Rûznâmçe Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records320 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 45/439, s.439.
1882/83AH 1300Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Rûznâmçe Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records320 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 45/439, s.439.
1883/84AH 1301Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Rûznâmçe Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records320 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 45/439, s.439.
1884/85AH 1302Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Rûznâmçe Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records320 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 45/439, s.439.
1884/85AH 1302Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Rûznâmçe Kalemi görevlisiMedina (Medine)31.5Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records320 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 45/439, s.439.
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 Seyyid Mehmed Ali 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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