Skip to content
Ottoman BureaucracyPeople, places and careers in Ottoman public service
Dedicated toCarter V. Findley

Mahmud Bedri 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

The life of Mahmud Bedri Bey began in Malatya in 1876/77 (AH 1293). The personnel record dates the first work in Istanbul to 1909/10, after the first annual entry, on a first salary of 1,500 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1899/1900, with Mahmud Bedri as Piyade Mülazım-ı Sani (askeri rütbe) and no place named. For 1900 to 1909 the lists have no entry. The last posts were in Istanbul from 1909 to 1912.

The salary went from 1,500 kuruş a month in 1909/10 to 2,000 in 1910/11, the peak, in Istanbul, when 87 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 90,000 kuruş, 2.8 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1911/12.

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.

All 4 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1909/101909/10124MalatyaIstanbul

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded).

  1. Malatya

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293)

  2. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    First work 1909/10 (AH 1327)

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    Piyade Mülazım-ı Sani (askeri rütbe)

    entries in 1 year

  4. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    1909 to 1912 (AH 1327 to 1330)

    No annual entry for 1900 to 1909 (AH 1318 to 1326) before it.

    Emniyet-i Umumiye İstihbarat Kalemi memuru

    1,500 to 2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry05001,0001,5002,0001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 13302,000 kuruşEmniyet-i Umumiye İstihbarat Kalemi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
5001,0002,0001899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 13291911/12AH 1330This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

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 Mahmud Bedri Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1909/101,50060085079%
1910/112,00050080087%
19112,0006001,00081%
1911/122,0001,0001,25071%

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 Mahmud Bedri Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1899/1900AH 1317Piyade Mülazım-ı Sani (askeri rütbe)
No annual entry: 1900 to 1909 (AH 1318 to 1326)
1909/10AH 1327First workIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500first-salary field
1909 to 1912AH 1327 to 1330Emniyet-i Umumiye İstihbarat Kalemi memuru
8 entries
YearSalary
1909/101,500
1910/111,500
1910/11
1910/112,000
19112,000
1911/122,000
1911/12
1911/121,500
Istanbul (Dersaadet)1,500

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Birthplace
Malatya

First work

Year
1909/10 (AH 1327)

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 168 officials with entries in Istanbul in the same years, 160 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Bedri Bey had the 36th highest salary of them.

All 1,057 officials with entries in Istanbul

Same birthplace

Of the 140 officials born in Malatya, 132 have a recorded salary; Mahmud Bedri Bey had the 10th highest salary of them.

The page of Malatya, with the 140 officials born there

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; Mahmud Bedri Bey had the 3rd highest salary of them.

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

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mahmud Bedri Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1899/1900AH 1317Piyade Mülazım-ı Sani (askeri rütbe)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00177.00097, s. 193
1909/10AH 1327Emniyet-i Umumiye İstihbarat Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00177.00097, s. 193
1910/11AH 1328Emniyet-i Umumiye İstihbarat Kalemi memuruIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00177.00097, s. 193
1910/11AH 1328Emniyet-i Umumiye İstihbarat Kalemi memuru (İnfisal)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00177.00097, s. 193
1910/11AH 1328Şehremaneti Heyet-i Fenniyesi Üçüncü Şube Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00177.00097, s. 193
1911AH 1329Şehremaneti Heyet-i Fenniyesi Üçüncü Şube Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00177.00097, s. 193
1911/12AH 1330Şehremaneti Heyet-i Fenniyesi Üçüncü Şube Müdür MuaviniIstanbul (Dersaadet)2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00177.00097, s. 193
1911/12AH 1330Şehremaneti Heyet-i Fenniyesi Üçüncü Şube Müdür Muavini (Nakil)Istanbul (Dersaadet)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00177.00097, s. 193
1911/12AH 1330Beşinci Daire-i Belediye SermühendisiIstanbul (Dersaadet)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.00177.00097, s. 193
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 Mahmud Bedri 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.

Subjects