Mehmed Şevket 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
Born in Harput in 1865/66 (AH 1282), Mehmed Şevket Efendi came from the İslam community. Mehmed Şevket had a first salary of 175 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1887/88, with Mehmed Şevket as Muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyitliği in Genç, where the entries run to 1895/96. For 1896 to 1898 the lists have no entry. Alongside, the lists for 1889 to 1891 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Mal müdürlüğü vekâleti. Next came Erciş in 1898/99. Alongside, the lists for 1898/99 give a second post, in Gevaş as Mal müdürlüğü.
Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1887/88 to a peak of 500 in 1898/99, in Gevaş, when 55 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over nine years the salaries add up to 30,480 kuruş, 70 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The final annual entry is for 1898/99.
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.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Kulb).
Born 1865/66 (AH 1282)
First work here; 1887 to 1896 (AH 1305 to 1313)
Muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyitliği
200 to 350 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years
Kulb as worded, no place record not on the map
1889 to 1891 (AH 1307 to 1308)
Mal müdürlüğü vekâleti
120 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years
1898/99 (AH 1316)
No annual entry for 1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315) before it.
Mal müdürlüğü (İnfisal)
entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88 | 200 | 400 | 600 | 14% | |
| 1889/90 | 120 | 400 | 7% | ||
| 1890/91 | 200 | 400 | 550 | 15% | |
| 1891/92 | 270 | 400 | 500 | 27% | |
| 1892/93 | 300 | 400 | 600 | 27% | |
| 1893/94 | 300 | 400 | 400 | 27% | |
| 1894/95 | 300 | 400 | 400 | 28% | |
| 1895/96 | 350 | 400 | 600 | 38% | |
| 1898/99 | 500 | 400 | 1,350 | 55% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| First work | Genç | 175first-salary field | |
| 1887 to 1896AH 1305 to 1313 | Muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyitliği | Genç | 200 to 350 |
| 1889 to 1891AH 1307 to 1308 | Mal müdürlüğü vekâleti | 120 | |
| No annual entry: 1896 to 1898 (AH 1314 to 1315) | |||
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Mal müdürlüğü (İnfisal) | Erciş | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Mal müdürlüğü | Gevaş | 500 |
Record#
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 Genç in the same years, 2 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şevket Efendi had the lowest salary of them.
- Mehmet Rıfat Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- Mustafa Rıfkı Paşa1 shared year; no salary recorded
Same birthplace
Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şevket Efendi had the 75th highest salary of them.
- Hamdi Efendiborn 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Mehmed Hilmi Efendiborn 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 175 kuruş
- Mustafa Rahmi Efendiborn 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Ahmed Efendiborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 250 kuruş
- Mustafa Sabri Efendiborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 360 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Şevket Efendi had the 64th highest salary of them.
- Ali Sedat Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 600 kuruş
- Hamdi Efendifirst annual entry 1887/88 (AH 1305); highest salary 750 kuruş
- İSMAİL HAKKI EFENDİfirst entry in Karabiga; highest salary 300 kuruş
- İstefan Efendifirst entry in İskenderun; highest salary 500 kuruş
- Mahmud Kemaleddin Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 600 kuruş
All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyitliği | Genç | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyitliği | Genç | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyitliği | Genç | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Mal müdürlüğü vekâleti | Kulb | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyitliği | Genç | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 | |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Mal müdürlüğü vekâleti | Kulb | 120 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Mal müdürlüğü vekâleti (Görevin sona ermesi) | Kulb | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 | |
| 1890/91AH 1308 | Muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyitliği | Genç | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhasebe kalemi evrak mukayyitliği | Genç | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Muhasebe musahha-i ticariye kâtipliği | Genç | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhasebe musahha-i ticariye kâtipliği | Genç | 270 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1892/93AH 1310 | Muhasebe musahha-i ticariye kâtipliği | Genç | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1893/94AH 1311 | Muhasebe musahha-i ticariye kâtipliği | Genç | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1894/95AH 1312 | Muhasebe musahha-i ticariye kâtipliği | Genç | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhasebe musahha-i ticariye kâtipliği | Genç | 300 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Muhasebe musahha-i ticariye kâtipliği | Genç | 350 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Mal müdürlüğü (İnfisal) | Erciş | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 | |
| 1898/99AH 1316 | Mal müdürlüğü | Gevaş | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA. DH. SAİD 95-134 |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)