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Mehmed Hayri Bey

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 Hayri Bey was born in Pristina (Priştine) in 1862/63 (AH 1279); the father's occupation was "Âlim". The annual lists begin in 1884/85, with Mehmed Hayri as Kosova Vilayeti Gazetesi muharriri and no place named. At the same time, from 1887 to 1890, the lists also place Mehmed Hayri in Serres (Siroz) as Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi müdürü. Next came Eskişehir from 1890 to 1895. Alongside, the lists for 1890 to 1895 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Açığa çıkarılma. Alongside, the lists for 1894/95 give a second post, in Vlorë as Avlonya kaymakamı. Mehmed Hayri then moved to Servia (Serfiçe), Lemnos (Limni) and Genç from 1901 to 1909. The last post was in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1911/12. Few officials served in as many provinces; fewer than 2 per cent of the 6,605 officials with a place of service did.

Pay rose from 300 kuruş a month in 1884/85 to a peak of 10,000 in 1911/12, in Shkodër, when 96 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over 17 years the salaries add up to 709,080 kuruş, 7.9 times what an official on the median salary earned, a level reached by fewer than 3 per cent of the 4,381 officials paid for five years or more. The final annual entry is for 1911/12.

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 12 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1887/881890/911894/951901/021908/091911/1213479101112PristinaSerresEskişehirVlorëServiaLemnosGençShkodër

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Kosova), stop 5 (Place not recorded), stop 6 (Place not recorded), stop 8 (Ergani Madeni).

  1. Pristina (Priştine)

    Born 1862/63 (AH 1279); First work here

  2. Kosova as worded, no place record not on the map

    1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305)

    Kosova Vilayeti Gazetesi muharriri 1884 to 1888 (AH 1302 to 1305); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1887/88 (AH 1305)

    300 to 1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  3. Serres (Siroz)

    1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307)

    Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi müdürü 1887 to 1890 (AH 1305 to 1307); İstifa (resignation (a note on status, not a job)) 1887/88 (AH 1305); Infisal (a note on status, not a job) 1889/90 (AH 1307)

    250 to 750 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  4. Eskişehir

    1890 to 1895 (AH 1308 to 1312)

    Eskişehir kaymakamı

    2,000 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

  5. Place not recorded not on the map

    1890/91 (AH 1308)

    Açığa çıkarılma

    entries in 1 year

  6. Place not recorded not on the map

    1894/95 (AH 1312)

    Nakil

    entries in 1 year

  7. Vlorë (Avlonya)

    1894 to 1897 (AH 1312 to 1314)

    Avlonya kaymakamı 1894/95 (AH 1312); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1896/97 (AH 1314)

    2,500 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  8. Ergani Madeni as worded, no place record not on the map

    1898 to 1900 (AH 1316 to 1317)

    No annual entry for 1897/98 (AH 1315) before it.

    Ergani Madeni mutasarrıfı

    3,600 to 6,750 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  9. Servia (Serfiçe)

    1901 to 1904 (AH 1319 to 1321)

    No annual entry for 1900/01 (AH 1318) before it.

    Serfiçe mutasarrıfı 1901/02 (AH 1319); Mazuliyet (a note on status, not a job) 1903/04 (AH 1321)

    1,350 to 5,400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  10. Lemnos (Limni)

    1903 to 1909 (AH 1321 to 1326)

    No annual entry for 1902/03 (AH 1320) before it.

    Limni mutasarrıfı 1903 to 1906 (AH 1321 to 1323); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1905/06 (AH 1323); Mazuliyet (a note on status, not a job) 1908/09 (AH 1326)

    1,125 to 4,500 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  11. Genç

    1908/09 (AH 1326)

    No annual entry for 1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325) before it.

    Genç mutasarrıfı 1908/09 (AH 1326); Azil (dismissal (a note on status, not a job)) 1908/09 (AH 1326)

    6,750 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  12. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    1911/12 (AH 1330)

    No annual entry for 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329) before it.

    İşkodra valisi

    10,000 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
no entryno entryno entryno entryno entryno entry05,00010,0001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 133010,000 kuruşEskişehir kaymakamıLimni mutasarrıfı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,00010,0001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241908/09AH 13261910/11AH 13281911/12AH 1330This 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 Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1884/8530040028%
1885/861,00040080%
1886/8754040064%
1887/8875040038072%
1890/912,00040035091%
1891/922,00040035092%
1892/932,00040034092%
1893/942,000400377.593%
1894/952,50040060095%
1898/993,60040097%
1899/19006,75040099%
1901/025,40040055098%
1903/044,50040538098%
1904/054,5004001,172.597%
1905/064,50043038097%
1908/096,7504002,25097%
1911/1210,0001,00096%

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 Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workPristina (Priştine)
1884 to 1888AH 1302 to 1305Kosova Vilayeti Gazetesi muharriri
10 entries
YearSalary
1884/85300
1885/86300
1885/861,000
1885/86
1885/86540
1886/87300
1886/87540
1886/87
1887/88300
1887/88540
300 to 540
1887/88AH 1305Infisala note on status, not a job
1887 to 1890AH 1305 to 1307Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi müdürü
15 entries
YearSalary
1887/88750
1887/88300
1887/88300
1887/88250
1887/88250
1888/89
1888/89
1888/89
1888/89
1888/89
1889/90
1889/90
1889/90
1889/90
1889/90
Serres (Siroz)750
1887/88AH 1305İstifaresignation (a note on status, not a job)
1889/90AH 1307Infisala note on status, not a job
1890 to 1895AH 1308 to 1312Eskişehir kaymakamı
5 entries
YearSalary
1890/912,000
1891/922,000
1892/932,000
1893/942,000
1894/952,000
Eskişehir2,000
1890/91AH 1308Açığa çıkarılma
1894/95AH 1312Nakil
1894/95AH 1312Avlonya kaymakamıVlorë (Avlonya)2,500
No annual entry: 1895/96 (AH 1313)
1896/97AH 1314Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1897/98 (AH 1315)
1898 to 1900AH 1316 to 1317Ergani Madeni mutasarrıfı
2 entries
YearSalary
1898/993,600
1899/19006,750
3,600 to 6,750
No annual entry: 1900/01 (AH 1318)
1901/02AH 1319Serfiçe mutasarrıfıServia (Serfiçe)5,400
No annual entry: 1902/03 (AH 1320)
1903/04AH 1321Mazuliyeta note on status, not a job1,350
1903 to 1906AH 1321 to 1323Limni mutasarrıfı
3 entries
YearSalary
1903/044,500
1904/054,500
1905/064,500
Lemnos (Limni)4,500
1905/06AH 1323Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1906 to 1908 (AH 1324 to 1325)
1908/09AH 1326Mazuliyeta note on status, not a job1,125
1908/09AH 1326Genç mutasarrıfıGenç6,750
1908/09AH 1326Azildismissal (a note on status, not a job)
No annual entry: 1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329)
1911/12AH 1330İşkodra valisi
2 entries
YearSalary
1911/1210,000
1911/12
Shkodër (İşkodra)10,000

Record

Personal

Born
1862/63 (AH 1279)
Father's occupation
Âlim

First work

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 12 officials with entries in Eskişehir in the same years, 11 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hayri Bey had the highest salary of them.

All 56 officials with entries in Eskişehir

Same birthplace

Of the 91 officials born in Pristina (Priştine), 84 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hayri Bey had the 2nd highest salary of them.

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

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302), 157 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Hayri Bey had the highest salary of them.

All 174 officials whose first annual entry is for 1884/85 (AH 1302)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Hayri Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1884/85AH 1302Kosova Vilayeti Gazetesi muharririKosova300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1885/86AH 1303Kosova Vilayeti Gazetesi muharririKosova300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1885/86AH 1303Kosova Vilayeti tercüman vekiliKosova1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1885/86AH 1303Görevin sona ermesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1885/86AH 1303Kosova Vilayeti Fransızca tercümanıKosova540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1886/87AH 1304Kosova Vilayeti Gazetesi muharririKosova300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1886/87AH 1304Kosova Vilayeti Fransızca tercümanıKosova540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1886/87AH 1304Kosova vilayet salnamesinin yazılması ve düzenlenmesiKosovaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1887/88AH 1305Kosova Vilayeti Gazetesi muharririKosova300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1887/88AH 1305Kosova Vilayeti Fransızca tercümanıKosova540Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1887/88AH 1305InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1887/88AH 1305Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi müdürüSerres (Siroz)750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1887/88AH 1305Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi coğrafya öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1887/88AH 1305Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi hendese öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1887/88AH 1305Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi hesap öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1887/88AH 1305Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi cebir öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1887/88AH 1305İstifaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1888/89AH 1306Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi müdürüSerres (Siroz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1888/89AH 1306Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi coğrafya öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1888/89AH 1306Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi hendese öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1888/89AH 1306Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi hesap öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1888/89AH 1306Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi cebir öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1889/90AH 1307Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi müdürüSerres (Siroz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1889/90AH 1307Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi coğrafya öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1889/90AH 1307Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi hendese öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1889/90AH 1307Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi hesap öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1889/90AH 1307Siroz Mülkiye İdadisi cebir öğretmeniSerres (Siroz)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1889/90AH 1307InfisalAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1890/91AH 1308Eskişehir kaymakamıEskişehir2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1890/91AH 1308Açığa çıkarılmaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1891/92AH 1309Eskişehir kaymakamıEskişehir2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1892/93AH 1310Eskişehir kaymakamıEskişehir2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1893/94AH 1311Eskişehir kaymakamıEskişehir2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1894/95AH 1312Eskişehir kaymakamıEskişehir2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1894/95AH 1312NakilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1894/95AH 1312Avlonya kaymakamıVlorë (Avlonya)2,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1896/97AH 1314AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1898/99AH 1316Ergani Madeni mutasarrıfıErgani Madeni3,600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1899/1900AH 1317Hakkâri mutasarrıfıHakkâri6,750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1901/02AH 1319Serfiçe mutasarrıfıServia (Serfiçe)5,400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1903/04AH 1321Mazuliyet1,350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1903/04AH 1321Limni mutasarrıfıLemnos (Limni)4,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1904/05AH 1322Limni mutasarrıfıLemnos (Limni)4,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1905/06AH 1323Limni mutasarrıfıLemnos (Limni)4,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1905/06AH 1323AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1908/09AH 1326Mazuliyet1,125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1908/09AH 1326Genç mutasarrıfıGenç6,750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1908/09AH 1326AzilAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1911/12AH 1330İşkodra valisiShkodër (İşkodra)10,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
1911/12AH 1330İşkodra valisi (Azil)Shkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD. d, 42-337
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 Bey 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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