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Mehmed Sadık 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 Sadık Efendi was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1868/69 (AH 1285). Work began in Shkodër in 1887/88, at about 19. The annual lists begin in 1887/88, with Mehmed Sadık as Telgrafhane mülazımı in Shkodër, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1889/90. At the same time, from 1889 to 1895, the lists also place Mehmed Sadık in Elbasan (İlbasan) as Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere Memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1894 to 1896 give a second post, in Shkodër as Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1895 to 1897 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü. Alongside, the lists for 1896 to 1905 give a second post, in Lezhë as Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü. Alongside, the lists for 1904/05 give a second post, in Shkodër as Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü.

The salary went from 290 kuruş a month in 1889/90 to 900 in 1904/05, the peak, in Shkodër, when four in five paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1904/05.

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 6 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1889/901894/951896/971904/0512356ShkodërElbasanLezhë

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 4 (zadrima).

  1. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1868/69 (AH 1285); First work 1887/88 (AH 1305); 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)

    Telgrafhane mülazımı

    entries in 3 years

  2. Elbasan (İlbasan)

    1889 to 1895 (AH 1307 to 1312)

    Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere Memuru

    290 kuruş a month; entries in 6 years

  3. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    1894 to 1896 (AH 1312 to 1313)

    Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  4. zadrima as worded, no place record not on the map

    1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)

    Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü

    600 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Lezhë (Leş)

    1896 to 1905 (AH 1314 to 1322)

    Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü

    540 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 9 years

  6. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü

    900 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
02004006008001,0001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322900 kuruşTelgrafhane mülazımıTelgraf Merkezi Muhabere MemuruTelgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001887/88AH 13051888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 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 Sadık Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1889/9029040054028%
1890/91290400372.528%
1891/9229040060028%
1892/93290400607.527%
1893/9429040055027%
1894/9530040030028%
1895/9660040064%
1896/9760045063%
1897/9854040035066%
1898/9954040030065%
1899/190054040030064%
1900/0154040030063%
1901/0254040050062%
1902/0354040035063%
1903/0454040535062%
1904/0590040030079%

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 Sadık Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1887/88AH 1305First workShkodër (İşkodra)
1887 to 1890AH 1305 to 1307Telgrafhane mülazımı
3 entries
YearSalary
1887/88
1888/89
1889/90
Shkodër (İşkodra)
1889 to 1895AH 1307 to 1312Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere Memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1889/90290
1890/91290
1891/92290
1892/93290
1893/94290
1894/95290
Elbasan (İlbasan)290
1894 to 1896AH 1312 to 1313Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere Memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1894/95300
1895/96300
Shkodër (İşkodra)300
1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü
2 entries
YearSalary
1895/96600
1896/97600
600
1896 to 1905AH 1314 to 1322Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürü
10 entries
YearSalary
1896/97600
1896/97540
1897/98540
1898/99540
1899/1900540
1900/01540
1901/02540
1902/03540
1903/04540
1904/05540
Lezhë (Leş)600 to 540
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüShkodër (İşkodra)900

Record

Personal

Born
1868/69 (AH 1285)

First work

Year
1887/88 (AH 1305)

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 4 officials with entries in Lezhë (Leş) in the same years, Mehmed Sadık Efendi had the highest salary.

All 22 officials with entries in Lezhë (Leş)

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sadık Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305), 173 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Sadık Efendi had the 25th highest salary of them.

All 191 officials whose first annual entry is for 1887/88 (AH 1305)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Sadık Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1887/88AH 1305Telgrafhane mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1888/89AH 1306Telgrafhane mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1889/90AH 1307Telgrafhane mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1889/90AH 1307Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere MemuruElbasan (İlbasan)290Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1890/91AH 1308Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere MemuruElbasan (İlbasan)290Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1891/92AH 1309Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere MemuruElbasan (İlbasan)290Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1892/93AH 1310Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere MemuruElbasan (İlbasan)290Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1893/94AH 1311Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere MemuruElbasan (İlbasan)290Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1894/95AH 1312Telgraf Merkezi Muhabere MemuruElbasan (İlbasan)290Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1894/95AH 1312Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere MemuruShkodër (İşkodra)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1895/96AH 1313Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Muhabere MemuruShkodër (İşkodra)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1895/96AH 1313Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürüzadrima600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1896/97AH 1314Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi Müdürüzadrima600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1896/97AH 1314Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüLezhë (Leş)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1896/97AH 1314Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüLezhë (Leş)540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1897/98AH 1315Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüLezhë (Leş)540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1898/99AH 1316Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüLezhë (Leş)540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1899/1900AH 1317Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüLezhë (Leş)540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1900/01AH 1318Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüLezhë (Leş)540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1901/02AH 1319Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüLezhë (Leş)540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1902/03AH 1320Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüLezhë (Leş)540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1903/04AH 1321Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüLezhë (Leş)540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüLezhë (Leş)540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf ve Posta Merkezi MüdürüShkodër (İşkodra)900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250; 334 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 67/250, s. 497.
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 Sadık 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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