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Mehmet Hilmi 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 Hilmi Efendi began in Bilecik in 1852/53 (AH 1269). Work began in 1870/71, at about 17. The annual lists begin in 1870/71, with Mehmet Hilmi as Tahrir ve vergi kalemlerine devam and no place named. The lists have no entry for 1871 to 1887 and 1892 to 1895.

The salary went from 250 kuruş a month in 1887/88 to 400 in 1891/92, the peak, when 45 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, five years of salary come to 17,880 kuruş, 74 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last 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. Bilecik

    Born 1852/53 (AH 1269)

  2. Hüdavendigar vilayeti as worded, no place record

    1870/71 (AH 1287)

    Tahrir ve vergi kalemlerine devam

    entries in 1 year

  3. Ertuğrul sancağı as worded, no place record

    1887 to 1892 (AH 1305 to 1309)

    No annual entry for 1871 to 1887 (AH 1288 to 1304) before it.

    Resmî daire kâtibi

    250 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  4. Bursa kazası merkezi as worded, no place record

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    No annual entry for 1892 to 1895 (AH 1310 to 1312) before it.

    Geçici merkez ağnam memuru

    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
no entryno entry01002003004001871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 1312400 kuruşResmî daire kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 1312This 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 Mehmet Hilmi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1887/8825040020%
1888/8925040021%
1889/9029540029%
1890/9129540028%
1891/9240040045%

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 Mehmet Hilmi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1870/71AH 1287First work
1870/71AH 1287Tahrir ve vergi kalemlerine devam
No annual entry: 1871 to 1887 (AH 1288 to 1304)
1887 to 1892AH 1305 to 1309Resmî daire kâtibi
7 entries
YearSalary
1887/88250
1888/89250
1889/90250
1889/90295
1890/91295
1891/92295
1891/92400
250 to 400
No annual entry: 1892 to 1895 (AH 1310 to 1312)
1895/96AH 1313Geçici merkez ağnam memuru

Record

Personal

Born
1852/53 (AH 1269)
Birthplace
Bilecik

First work

Year
1870/71 (AH 1287)

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 51 officials born in Bilecik, 45 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Hilmi Efendi had the 22nd highest salary of them.

The page of Bilecik, with the 51 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 104 officials whose first annual entry is for 1870/71 (AH 1287), 84 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Hilmi Efendi had the 63rd highest salary of them.

All 104 officials whose first annual entry is for 1870/71 (AH 1287)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Hilmi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1870/71AH 1287Tahrir ve vergi kalemlerine devamHüdavendigar vilayetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251; 82 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251.
1887/88AH 1305Resmî daire kâtibiErtuğrul sancağı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251; 82 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251.
1888/89AH 1306Resmî daire kâtibiErtuğrul sancağı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251; 82 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251.
1889/90AH 1307Resmî daire kâtibiErtuğrul sancağı250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251; 82 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251.
1889/90AH 1307Resmî daire kâtibiErtuğrul sancağı295Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251; 82 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251.
1890/91AH 1308Resmî daire kâtibiErtuğrul sancağı295Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251; 82 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251.
1891/92AH 1309Resmî daire kâtibiErtuğrul sancağı295Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251; 82 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251.
1891/92AH 1309Resmî daire kâtibiErtuğrul sancağı400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251; 82 BOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251.
1895/96AH 1313Geçici merkez ağnam memuruBursa kazası merkeziAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No:145, s.251
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 Mehmet Hilmi 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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