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Mehmed Necib Bey

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 Necib Bey was born in Istanbul in 1869/70 (AH 1286); the father was a merchant (tüccar). At about 23, in 1892/93, Mehmed Necib began work. The annual lists begin in 1892/93, with Mehmed Necib as Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi mülazımı and no place named.

Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to a peak of 2,000 in 1895/96, when 92 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1895/96.

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. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1869/70 (AH 1286)

  2. Place not recorded

    1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)

    Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi mülazımı

    50 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    Maaş kaydı

    50 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Sinne as worded, no place record

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    No annual entry for 1894/95 (AH 1312) before it.

    Şehbender vekili

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001,5002,0001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13132,000 kuruşHariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi mülazımıMaaş kaydıŞehbender vekili
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0002,0001892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 1313This 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 Necib Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/94504002%
1895/962,00040092%

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 Necib Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1892/93AH 1310First work
1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi mülazımı
2 entries
YearSalary
1892/93
1893/94
1893/94AH 1311Maaş kaydı
Affiliation not recorded
50
No annual entry: 1894/95 (AH 1312)
1895/96AH 1313Şehbender vekili
Affiliation not recorded
2,000

Record

Personal

Born
1869/70 (AH 1286)
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1892/93 (AH 1310)

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 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Necib Bey had the 120th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310), 149 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Necib Bey had the 7th highest salary of them.

All 166 officials whose first annual entry is for 1892/93 (AH 1310)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Necib Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1892/93AH 1310Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi mülazımıHariciyeSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 20, Gömlek No. 3, 2-3.
1893/94AH 1311Hariciye Nezareti Umur-ı Şehbenderi Kalemi mülazımıHariciyeSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 20, Gömlek No. 3, 2-3.
1893/94AH 1311Maaş kaydı50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 20, Gömlek No. 3, 2-3.
1895/96AH 1313Şehbender vekiliSinne2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HR.SAİD, No. 20, Gömlek No. 3, 2-3.
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 Necib Bey 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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