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Mehmed ġakir 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

Mehmed ġakir Bey was born in Medina (Medine) in 1872/73 (AH 1289); the father's occupation was "Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî eski masarifat mukayyidi". At about 18, in 1890/91, Mehmed ġakir began work in Medina. From the first annual entry, for 1890/91, to 1904/05, every annual entry places Mehmed ġakir in the same post, Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımı, in Medina, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 48.2 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to a peak of 130.2 in 1904/05, in Medina, when one in ten paid officials earned less. In all, 13 years of salary come to 10,651.2 kuruş, 16 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1904/05.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry0501001501890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322130.2 kuruşHazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidi
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322This 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 Mehmed ġakir Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/9348.2400252.51%
1893/9448.2400262.52%
1894/9548.24003252%
1895/9645.24003001%
1896/9745.2450277.51%
1897/9845.24002501%
1898/9945.24003001%
1899/190077.24003003%
1900/0177.24003003%
1901/0277.2400292.53%
1902/03100.24002505%
1903/04100.24053006%
1904/05130.24003009%

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 ġakir Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1890/91AH 1308First workMedina (Medine)
1890/91AH 1308Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)
No annual entry: 1891/92 (AH 1309)
1892 to 1905AH 1310 to 1322Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidi
17 entries
YearSalary
1892/9348.2
1893/9448.2
1894/9548.2
1894/9545.2
1895/9645.2
1896/9745.2
1897/9845.2
1898/9945.2
1899/190045.2
1899/190077.2
1900/0177.2
1901/0277.2
1902/0377.2
1902/03100.2
1903/04100.2
1904/05100.2
1904/05130.2
Medina (Medine)48.2 to 130.2

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Birthplace
Medina (Medine)
Father's occupation
Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî eski masarifat mukayyidi

First work

Year
1890/91 (AH 1308)

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 42 officials with entries in Medina (Medine) in the same years, 40 have a recorded salary; Mehmed ġakir Bey had the 33rd highest salary of them.

All 59 officials with entries in Medina (Medine)

Same birthplace

Of the 64 officials born in Medina (Medine), 58 have a recorded salary; Mehmed ġakir Bey had the 48th highest salary of them.

The page of Medina (Medine), with the 64 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308), 161 have a recorded salary; Mehmed ġakir Bey had the 147th highest salary of them.

All 190 officials whose first annual entry is for 1890/91 (AH 1308)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed ġakir Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1890/91AH 1308Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi mülazımıMedina (Medine)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1892/93AH 1310Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)48.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1893/94AH 1311Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)48.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1894/95AH 1312Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)48.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1894/95AH 1312Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)45.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1895/96AH 1313Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)45.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1896/97AH 1314Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)45.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1897/98AH 1315Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)45.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1898/99AH 1316Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)45.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1899/1900AH 1317Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)45.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1899/1900AH 1317Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)77.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1900/01AH 1318Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)77.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1901/02AH 1319Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)77.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1902/03AH 1320Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)77.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1902/03AH 1320Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)100.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1903/04AH 1321Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)100.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1904/05AH 1322Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)100.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
1904/05AH 1322Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Ruznamçe Kalemi yevmiye defteri mukayyidiMedina (Medine)130.2Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records286 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 68/237, s.237.
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 ġakir 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.

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