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Mehmed Mazhar 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 Mazhar Efendi was born in Beşiktaş, Fatih Ali Paşa Cedid Mahallesi in 1884/85 (AH 1302). At about 15, in 1899/1900, Mehmed Mazhar began work. The annual lists begin in 1899/1900, with Mehmed Mazhar as Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibi and no place named.

Pay rose from 100 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to a peak of 350 in 1905/06, when 36 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over six years the salaries add up to 15,000 kuruş, 51 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1905/06.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003004001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323350 kuruşEmlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This 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 Mazhar Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/011004004%
1901/0220040014%
1902/0320040014%
1903/0420040515%
1904/0520040015%
1905/0635043036%

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 Mazhar Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1899/1900AH 1317First work
1899 to 1906AH 1317 to 1323Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibi
10 entries
YearSalary
1899/1900
1900/01
1900/01100
1901/02100
1901/02200
1902/03200
1903/04200
1904/05200
1905/06200
1905/06350
350

Record

Personal

Born
1884/85 (AH 1302)
Birthplace
Beşiktaş, Fatih Ali Paşa Cedid Mahallesi

First work

Year
1899/1900 (AH 1317)

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317), 126 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Mazhar Efendi had the 69th highest salary of them.

  • Yasin Tahsin Efendifirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 100 kuruş
  • Abdurrahim Efendifirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 600 kuruş
  • Ali Memduh Efendifirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 500 kuruş
  • Ali Ulvi Efendifirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 200 kuruş
  • Nuh Ağafirst annual entry 1899/1900 (AH 1317); highest salary 200 kuruş

All 144 officials whose first annual entry is for 1899/1900 (AH 1317)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Mazhar Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1899/1900AH 1317Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci ŞubesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1009
1900/01AH 1318Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci ŞubesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1009
1900/01AH 1318Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1009
1901/02AH 1319Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1009
1901/02AH 1319Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1009
1902/03AH 1320Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1009
1903/04AH 1321Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1009
1904/05AH 1322Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1009
1905/06AH 1323Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1009
1905/06AH 1323Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi kâtibiHazine-i Hassa-i Şahane Emlak-ı Hümayun Birinci Şubesi350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.1009
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 Mazhar 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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