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MUHAMMED TAHA EFENDĠ

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 MUHAMMED TAHA EFENDĠ began in Gaziantep (Antep) in 1866/67 (AH 1283). Work began in 1898/99, at about 32, on a first salary of 1,000 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1898/99, with MUHAMMED TAHA EFENDĠ as Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane mezuniyeti and no place named. For 1907 to 1910 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 1,000 kuruş a month in 1898/99 to 2,000 in 1910/11, the peak, when 87 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 114,600 kuruş, 3.2 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1910/11.

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. Gaziantep (Antep)

    Born 1866/67 (AH 1283)

  2. Place not recorded

    1898 to 1907 (AH 1316 to 1324)

    Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane mezuniyeti

    1,000 to 1,700 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1910/11 (AH 1328)

    No annual entry for 1907 to 1910 (AH 1325 to 1327) before it.

    Varidat Müdürlüğü Gümrük, Posta ve Telgraf Kalemi mümeyyiz-i evveli

    2,000 kuruş a month; 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 entry05001,0001,5002,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13282,000 kuruşMekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane mezuniyeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 1328This 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 MUHAMMED TAHA EFENDĠ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1898/991,00040083%
1899/19001,00040083%
1900/011,00040082%
1901/021,35040087%
1905/061,50043089%
1906/071,70045091%
1910/112,00050087%

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 MUHAMMED TAHA EFENDĠ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First work1,000first-salary field
1898 to 1907AH 1316 to 1324Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane mezuniyeti
14 entries
YearSalary
1898/99
1898/991,000
1899/19001,000
1900/011,000
1901/021,000
1901/021,350
1901/021,200
1902/03
1903/04
1904/05
1905/06
1905/061,500
1906/071,500
1906/071,700
1,700
No annual entry: 1907 to 1910 (AH 1325 to 1327)
1910/11AH 1328Varidat Müdürlüğü Gümrük, Posta ve Telgraf Kalemi mümeyyiz-i evveli2,000

Record

Personal

Born
1866/67 (AH 1283)

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)

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 59 officials born in Gaziantep (Antep), 55 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMED TAHA EFENDĠ had the 10th highest salary of them.

The page of Gaziantep (Antep), with the 59 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; MUHAMMED TAHA EFENDĠ had the 7th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MUHAMMED TAHA EFENDĠ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane mezuniyetiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1898/99AH 1316Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1899/1900AH 1317Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1900/01AH 1318Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1901/02AH 1319Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibi1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1901/02AH 1319Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibi1,350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1901/02AH 1319Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibi1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1902/03AH 1320Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1903/04AH 1321Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1904/05AH 1322Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1905/06AH 1323Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1905/06AH 1323Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibi1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1906/07AH 1324Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibi1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1906/07AH 1324Emlak-ı Hümayun Komisyonu zabıt kâtibi1,700Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.; 255 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
1910/11AH 1328Varidat Müdürlüğü Gümrük, Posta ve Telgraf Kalemi mümeyyiz-i evveli2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 135/189.
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 MUHAMMED TAHA EFENDĠ 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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