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Mehmed Hayri 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 Hayri Efendi began in Pristina (Priştine) in 1880/81 (AH 1298); the father's occupation was "Telgraf muhabere memuru". Work began in Feres (Ferecik) in 1897/98, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1897/98, with Mehmed Hayri as Telgrafhane stajyeri in Feres, where the entries run to 1902/03. At the same time, from 1902 to 1904, the lists also place Mehmed Hayri in Edirne as Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1903/04 give a second post, in Vize sarayi as Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru.

The salary went from 300 kuruş a month in 1902/03 to 400 in 1903/04, the peak, in Vize sarayi, when 43 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1903/04.

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
1897/981902/031903/041234PristinaFeresEdirneVize sarayi
  1. Pristina (Priştine)

    Born 1880/81 (AH 1298)

  2. Feres (Ferecik)

    First work 1897/98 (AH 1315); 1897 to 1903 (AH 1315 to 1320)

    Telgrafhane stajyeri

    entries in 6 years

  3. Edirne

    1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321)

    Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. Vize sarayi

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru

    400 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
01002003004001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321400 kuruşTelgrafhane stajyeriTelgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 1321This 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 Hayri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1902/0330040050028%
1903/0440040550043%

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 Hayri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1897/98AH 1315First workFeres (Ferecik)
1897 to 1903AH 1315 to 1320Telgrafhane stajyeri
6 entries
YearSalary
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1900/01
1901/02
1902/03
Feres (Ferecik)
1902 to 1904AH 1320 to 1321Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1902/03300
1903/04300
Edirne300
1903/04AH 1321Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruVize sarayi400

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Father's occupation
Telgraf muhabere memuru

First work

Year
1897/98 (AH 1315)

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 2 officials with entries in Feres (Ferecik) in the same years, Mehmed Hayri Efendi had the highest salary.

All 7 officials with entries in Feres (Ferecik)

Same birthplace

Of the 91 officials born in Pristina (Priştine), 84 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hayri Efendi had the 35th highest salary of them.

The page of Pristina (Priştine), with the 91 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315), 150 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hayri Efendi had the 62nd highest salary of them.

All 163 officials whose first annual entry is for 1897/98 (AH 1315)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Hayri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1897/98AH 1315Telgrafhane stajyeriFeres (Ferecik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 114-281
1898/99AH 1316Telgrafhane stajyeriFeres (Ferecik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 114-281
1899/1900AH 1317Telgrafhane stajyeriFeres (Ferecik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 114-281
1900/01AH 1318Telgrafhane stajyeriFeres (Ferecik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 114-281
1901/02AH 1319Telgrafhane stajyeriFeres (Ferecik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 114-281
1902/03AH 1320Telgrafhane stajyeriFeres (Ferecik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 114-281
1902/03AH 1320Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruEdirne300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 114-281
1903/04AH 1321Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruEdirne300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 114-281
1903/04AH 1321Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi muhabere memuruVize sarayi400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 114-281
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 Hayri 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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