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Mehmed Tevfik 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

Mehmed Tevfik Efendi was born in Bursa in 1860/61 (AH 1277), into the İslam community, and the father's occupation was "Bursa Bahri Dede Dergâhı postnişini". At about 29, in 1889/90, Mehmed Tevfik began work. The annual lists begin in 1889/90, with Mehmed Tevfik as Mulazemet and no place named. For 1890 to 1892 the lists have no entry.

The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to 260 in 1899/1900, the peak, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over eight years the salaries add up to 15,120 kuruş, 38 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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. Bursa

    Born 1860/61 (AH 1277)

  2. Hüdâvendigâr as worded, no place record

    1889 to 1900 (AH 1307 to 1317)

    Mulazemet 1889/90 (AH 1307); cedvel kitâbeti muavinliği 1892 to 1900 (AH 1310 to 1317)

    100 to 260 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

    No annual entry for 1890 to 1892 (AH 1308 to 1309).

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317260 kuruşMulazemetcedvel kitâbeti muavinliği
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This 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 Mehmed Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/931004004%
1893/941004004%
1894/951004005%
1895/9615040010%
1896/971504508%
1897/9820040014%
1898/9920040014%
1899/190026040027%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1889/90AH 1307First work
1889/90AH 1307Mulazemet
No annual entry: 1890 to 1892 (AH 1308 to 1309)
1892 to 1900AH 1310 to 1317cedvel kitâbeti muavinliği
11 entries
YearSalary
1892/93100
1893/94100
1894/95100
1895/96100
1895/96150
1896/97150
1897/98200
1898/99200
1899/1900200
1899/1900230
1899/1900260
100 to 260

Record

Personal

Born
1860/61 (AH 1277)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Bursa Bahri Dede Dergâhı postnişini

First work

Year
1889/90 (AH 1307)

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 job title, same years

Of the 5 officials with the title Mulazemet in the same years, Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 52 officials with the title Mulazemet

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 243rd highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), 180 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 142nd highest salary of them.

All 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307MulazemetHüdâvendigârAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
1892/93AH 1310cedvel kitâbeti muavinliğiHüdâvendigâr100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
1893/94AH 1311cedvel kitâbeti muavinliğiHüdâvendigâr100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
1894/95AH 1312cedvel kitâbeti muavinliğiHüdâvendigâr100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
1895/96AH 1313cedvel kitâbeti muavinliğiHüdâvendigâr100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
1895/96AH 1313cedvel kitâbeti muavinliğiHüdâvendigâr150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
1896/97AH 1314cedvel kitâbeti muavinliğiHüdâvendigâr150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
1897/98AH 1315cedvel kitâbeti muavinliği200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
1898/99AH 1316cedvel kitâbeti muavinliği200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
1899/1900AH 1317cedvel kitâbeti muavinliği200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
1899/1900AH 1317cedvel kitâbeti muavinliği230Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
1899/1900AH 1317cedvel kitâbeti muavinliği260Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records69/153; 303
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 Tevfik 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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