Mehmet Tevfik 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 Tevfik Efendi began in Sivas in 1873/74 (AH 1290). Mehmet Tevfik began work in 1903/04, at about 30, on a first salary of 270 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1903/04, with Mehmet Tevfik as polis memuru in Beyoğlu, where the entries run to 1905/06. Alongside, the lists for 1907 to 1910 give a second post, in Hicaz Demiryolu as telgrafçı.
The salary went from 270 kuruş a month in 1903/04 to 500 in 1909/10, the peak, in Hicaz Demiryolu, when 41 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 27,960 kuruş, 74 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1909/10.
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 3 (Hicaz Demiryolu Umur İdaresi), stop 4 (Hicaz Demiryolu).
Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)
Hicaz Demiryolu Umur İdaresi as worded, no place record not on the map
1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)
makine temizleyicisi
270 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
Hicaz Demiryolu not on the map
1907 to 1910 (AH 1325 to 1327)
telgrafçı
350 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04 | 270 | 405 | 550 | 28% | |
| 1904/05 | 270 | 400 | 550 | 28% | |
| 1905/06 | 270 | 430 | 600 | 28% | |
| 1906/07 | 270 | 450 | 29% | ||
| 1907/08 | 350 | 460 | 37% | ||
| 1908/09 | 400 | 400 | 42% | ||
| 1909/10 | 500 | 600 | 41% |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | First work | 270first-salary field | |
| 1903 to 1906AH 1321 to 1323 | polis memuru | Beyoğlu | 270 |
| 1906 to 1908AH 1324 to 1325 | makine temizleyicisi | 270 to 300 | |
| 1907 to 1910AH 1325 to 1327 | telgrafçı | Hicaz Demiryolu | 350 to 500 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1873/74 (AH 1290)
- Birthplace
- Sivas
First work
- Year
- 1903/04 (AH 1321)
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 14 officials with entries in Beyoğlu in the same years, 13 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 7th highest salary of them.
- Emrullah Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Paskal Mıgırdıç Kazancıyan Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 2,905 kuruş
- Eşref Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 675 kuruş
- Ziyaeddin Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Jan Diraço Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,100 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 102nd highest salary of them.
- Abdulkadir Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 337 kuruş
- Ahmed Nuri Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmed Seyit Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); no salary recorded
- Ahmed Turan Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 200 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendiborn 1873/74 (AH 1290); highest salary 300 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321), 123 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Tevfik Efendi had the 34th highest salary of them.
- Hüseyin Edip Efendifirst annual entry 1903/04 (AH 1321); highest salary 250 kuruş
- İdris Efendifirst annual entry 1903/04 (AH 1321); highest salary 300 kuruş
- Ahmed Hulusi Efendifirst annual entry 1903/04 (AH 1321); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Apostoloki Efendifirst entry in Erzincan; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- ARTĠN EFENDĠfirst entry in Adana; no salary recorded
All 142 officials whose first annual entry is for 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903/04AH 1321 | polis memuru | Beyoğlu | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 518 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00200,s.71 |
| 1904/05AH 1322 | polis memuru | Beyoğlu | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 518 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00200,s.71 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | polis memuru | Beyoğlu | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 518 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00200,s.71 |
| 1905/06AH 1323 | polis memuru (İstifa) | Beyoğlu | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 518 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00200,s.71 | |
| 1906/07AH 1324 | makine temizleyicisi | Hicaz Demiryolu Umur İdaresi | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 518 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00200,s.71 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | hareket idaresi memuru | Hicaz Demiryolu Hareket İdaresi | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 518 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00200,s.71 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | memur madenliği (kaynakta böyle) | Hicaz Demiryolu Hareket İdaresi | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 518 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00200,s.71 |
| 1907/08AH 1325 | telgrafçı | Hicaz Demiryolu | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 518 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00200,s.71 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | telgrafçı | Hicaz Demiryolu | 400 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 518 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00200,s.71 |
| 1908/09AH 1326 | telgrafçı | Hicaz Demiryolu | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 518 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00200,s.71 | |
| 1909/10AH 1327 | telgrafçı | Hicaz Demiryolu | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 518 DH.SAİD.d,nr.00200,s.71 |
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)