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Mehmet Nihat 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

Mehmet Nihat Efendi was born in Erzincan into the İslam community; the father was a mufti (müftü). The schooling was at a school for young children (Sıbyan Mektebi). The first annual entry, for 1881/82 (AH 1299), names Mehmet Nihat as tahrirat kalemi memuru, with no place.

Pay rose from 80 kuruş a month in 1881/82 to a peak of 114 in 1882/83, when 6 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1882/83.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001501881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300114 kuruştahrirat kalemi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001881/82AH 12991882/83AH 1300This 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 Mehmet Nihat Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1881/82804003%
1882/831144006%

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 Mehmet Nihat Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1881 to 1883AH 1299 to 1300tahrirat kalemi memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1881/8280
1882/83110
1882/83114
80 to 114

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
müftü

Education

School
Sıbyan Mektebischool for young children (primary school)

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 school

Of the 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi among their schools, 496 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Nihat Efendi had the 490th highest salary of them.

All 563 officials with Sıbyan Mektebi

Same birthplace

Of the 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Nihat Efendi had the 152nd highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299), 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Nihat Efendi had the 163rd highest salary of them.

All 188 officials whose first annual entry is for 1881/82 (AH 1299)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Nihat Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1881/82AH 1299tahrirat kalemi memuruErzincan sancağı tahrirat kalemi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records80 BOA, DH. SAİD, 421/101
1882/83AH 1300tahrirat kalemi memuruErzincan sancağı tahrirat kalemi110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records80 BOA, DH. SAİD, 421/101
1882/83AH 1300tahrirat kalemi memuruErzincan sancağı tahrirat kalemi114Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records80 BOA, DH. SAİD, 421/101
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 Mehmet Nihat 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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