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Mehmed Emin 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

The life of Mehmed Emin Efendi began in Jerusalem (Kudüs) in 1869/70 (AH 1286). Work began in Jerusalem in 1885/86, at about 16. Every annual entry from 1885/86 to 1899/1900 places Mehmed Emin in the same post, Kudüs Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımı, in Jerusalem, the birthplace.

Pay rose from 50 kuruş a month in 1889/90 to a peak of 400 in 1899/1900, in Jerusalem, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 11 years the salaries add up to 37,200 kuruş, 69 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1899/1900.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003004001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317400 kuruşEmlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibi refakati
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001,0001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This 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 Emin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1889/90504002%
1890/91504003252%
1891/9230040030028%
1892/9330040030027%
1893/9430040030027%
1894/95300400237.528%
1895/9635040040038%
1896/9735045032536%
1897/9835040035040%
1898/9935040065038%
1899/190040040065044%

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 Emin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First workJerusalem (Kudüs)
1885/86AH 1303Kudüs Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıJerusalem (Kudüs)
No annual entry: 1886 to 1889 (AH 1304 to 1306)
1889 to 1900AH 1307 to 1317Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibi refakati
14 entries
YearSalary
1889/9050
1890/9150
1891/9250
1891/92300
1892/93300
1893/94300
1894/95300
1895/96300
1895/96350
1896/97350
1897/98350
1898/99350
1899/1900350
1899/1900400
Jerusalem (Kudüs)50 to 400

Record

Personal

Born
1869/70 (AH 1286)

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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 20 officials with entries in Jerusalem (Kudüs) in the same years, 18 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 45 officials with entries in Jerusalem (Kudüs)

Same birthplace

Of the 4 officials born in Jerusalem (Kudüs), only Mehmed Emin Efendi has a recorded salary.

The page of Jerusalem (Kudüs), with the 4 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Emin Efendi had the 91st highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Kudüs Sancağı Muhasebe Kalemi mülazımıJerusalem (Kudüs)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1889/90AH 1307Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibi refakatiJerusalem (Kudüs)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1890/91AH 1308Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibi refakatiJerusalem (Kudüs)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1891/92AH 1309Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibi refakatiJerusalem (Kudüs)50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1891/92AH 1309Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1892/93AH 1310Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1893/94AH 1311Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1894/95AH 1312Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1895/96AH 1313Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1895/96AH 1313Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1896/97AH 1314Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1897/98AH 1315Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1898/99AH 1316Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1899/1900AH 1317Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
1899/1900AH 1317Emlak-ı Hümayun İdaresi tahrirat kâtibiJerusalem (Kudüs)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, HH.SAİD, Defter No: 3, s.737
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 Emin 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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