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Mehmed Cevad 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 Cevad Efendi was born in Varna in 1874/75 (AH 1291); the father's occupation was "Ekmekçi". The first annual entry, for 1897/98, places Mehmed Cevad in Eceabat as Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi, where the entries run to 1908/09. Alongside, the lists for 1901 to 1903 give a second post, in Keşan as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi refakatı. In 1908/09 the lists place Mehmed Cevad in Ezine. In place of a title the lists give İstifa (resignation) for 1898/99.

The salary went from 225 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to 600 in 1908/09, the peak, in Ezine, when 61 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1908/09.

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 5 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1897/981901/0212345VarnaGeliboluEceabatKeşanEzine
  1. Varna

    Born 1874/75 (AH 1291)

  2. Gelibolu

    First work here

  3. Eceabat

    1897 to 1909 (AH 1315 to 1326)

    Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi 1897 to 1909 (AH 1315 to 1326); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1898/99 (AH 1316)

    225 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 12 years

  4. Keşan

    1901 to 1903 (AH 1319 to 1320)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi refakatı

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Ezine

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326600 kuruşBidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 1326This 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 Cevad Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/9822540040019%
1898/9925040040020%
1899/190025040042521%
1900/0125040045021%
1901/0230040050029%
1902/0350040050055%
1903/0450040550053%
1904/0550040050055%
1905/0650043045052%
1906/0750045050051%
1907/0850046050050%
1908/0960040060061%

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 Cevad Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workGelibolu
1897 to 1909AH 1315 to 1326Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibi
13 entries
YearSalary
1897/98225
1898/99225
1898/99250
1899/1900250
1900/01250
1901/02250
1902/03500
1903/04500
1904/05500
1905/06500
1906/07500
1907/08500
1908/09500
Eceabat225 to 500
1898/99AH 1316İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
1901 to 1903AH 1319 to 1320Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi refakatı
2 entries
YearSalary
1901/02300
1902/03300
Keşan300
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiEzine600

Record

Personal

Born
1874/75 (AH 1291)
Birthplace
Varna
Father's occupation
Ekmekçi

First work

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 3 officials with entries in Eceabat in the same years, Mehmed Cevad Efendi had the highest salary.

All 9 officials with entries in Eceabat

Same birthplace

Of the 91 officials born in Varna, 89 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cevad Efendi had the 36th highest salary of them.

The page of Varna, with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Cevad Efendi had the 38th highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Cevad Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiEceabat225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1898/99AH 1316Bidayet Mahkemesi ikinci kâtibiEceabat225Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1898/99AH 1316İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası Sandığı tahsildarıEceabat250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1899/1900AH 1317Ziraat Bankası Sandığı tahsildarıEceabat250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1900/01AH 1318Ziraat Bankası Sandığı tahsildarıEceabat250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1901/02AH 1319Ziraat Bankası Sandığı tahsildarıEceabat250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1901/02AH 1319Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi refakatıKeşan300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1902/03AH 1320Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibi refakatıKeşan300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1902/03AH 1320Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiEceabat500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1903/04AH 1321Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiEceabat500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1904/05AH 1322Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiEceabat500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1905/06AH 1323Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiEceabat500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiEceabat500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiEceabat500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiEceabat500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kâtibiEzine600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181; 286 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 142/181.
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 Cevad 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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