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Mehmed 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 Efendi was born in Kozan in 1876/77 (AH 1293). Work began in 1893/94, at about 17. The first annual entry, for 1893/94, names Mehmed as Nüfus kayıt işleri stajyeri, with no place.

Pay rose from 125 kuruş a month in 1894/95 to a peak of 300 in 1907/08, when 29 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 14 years the salaries add up to 33,600 kuruş, 48 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325300 kuruşNüfus kayıt işleri stajyeri
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1894/951254008%
1895/961254007%
1896/971254506%
1897/981254007%
1898/991254007%
1899/19001254007%
1900/0125040021%
1901/0225040021%
1902/0325040021%
1903/0425040522%
1904/0525040022%
1905/0625043022%
1906/0725045022%
1907/0830046029%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1893/94AH 1311First work
1893 to 1908AH 1311 to 1325Nüfus kayıt işleri stajyeri
18 entries
YearSalary
1893/94
1894/95
1894/95125
1895/96125
1896/97125
1897/98125
1898/99125
1899/1900125
1900/01125
1900/01250
1901/02250
1902/03250
1903/04250
1904/05250
1905/06250
1906/07250
1907/08250
1907/08300
300

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Birthplace
Kozan

First work

Year
1893/94 (AH 1311)

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 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311), 178 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Efendi had the 120th highest salary of them.

All 196 officials whose first annual entry is for 1893/94 (AH 1311)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1893/94AH 1311Nüfus kayıt işleri stajyeriKozanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1894/95AH 1312Nüfus kayıt işleri stajyeriKozanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1894/95AH 1312Nüfus yazı işleri görevlisiKozan125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1895/96AH 1313Nüfus yazı işleri görevlisiKozan125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1896/97AH 1314Nüfus yazı işleri görevlisiKozan125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1897/98AH 1315Nüfus yazı işleri görevlisiKozan125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1898/99AH 1316Nüfus yazı işleri görevlisiKozan125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1899/1900AH 1317Nüfus yazı işleri görevlisiKozan125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1900/01AH 1318Nüfus yazı işleri görevlisiKozan125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1900/01AH 1318Nüfus memuruKozan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1901/02AH 1319Nüfus memuruKozan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1902/03AH 1320Nüfus memuruKozan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1903/04AH 1321Nüfus memuruKozan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1904/05AH 1322Nüfus memuruKozan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1905/06AH 1323Nüfus memuruKozan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1906/07AH 1324Nüfus memuruKozan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1907/08AH 1325Nüfus memuruKozan250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
1907/08AH 1325Nüfus memuruKozan300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195; 192 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 121/195.
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 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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