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Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Mehmed Salim 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 Salim Efendi was born in Bursa in 1888/89 (AH 1306) into the İslam community. Work began in 1910/11, at about 21, on a first salary of 250 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1910/11, with Mehmed Salim as hesâbat masası and no place named.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1910/11 to 400 in 1911, the peak, when 26 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1911.

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. Bursa

    Born 1888/89 (AH 1306)

  2. Place not recorded

    1910 to 1911 (AH 1328 to 1329)

    hesâbat masası

    250 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001910/11AH 13281911AH 1329400 kuruşhesâbat masası
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001910/11AH 13281911AH 1329This 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 Mehmed Salim Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1910/1125050013%
191140060026%

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 Salim Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1910/11AH 1328First work250first-salary field
1910 to 1911AH 1328 to 1329hesâbat masası
3 entries
YearSalary
1910/11250
1911250
1911400
250 to 400

Record

Personal

Born
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1910/11 (AH 1328)

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 birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salim Efendi had the 181st highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 98 officials whose first annual entry is for 1910/11 (AH 1328), 82 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salim Efendi had the 23rd highest salary of them.

  • Mehmed Niyazi Efendifirst annual entry 1910/11 (AH 1328); highest salary 250 kuruş
  • Mehmed Nuri Efendifirst annual entry 1910/11 (AH 1328); highest salary 250 kuruş
  • Kegamfirst annual entry 1910/11 (AH 1328); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
  • Nikolaki Efendifirst annual entry 1910/11 (AH 1328); no salary recorded
  • Ahmed Ağafirst annual entry 1910/11 (AH 1328); highest salary 200 kuruş

All 98 officials whose first annual entry is for 1910/11 (AH 1328)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Salim Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1910/11AH 1328hesâbat masası250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records181/117; 231
1911AH 1329mülazımlık250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records181/117; 231
1911AH 1329taşra hesâbatı kısmı dördüncü mezkûr kitabeti400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records181/117; 231
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 Salim 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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