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Muhyeddin 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

Muhyeddin Efendi was born in Mecca (Mekke) in 1880/81 (AH 1298); the father's occupation was "Yemen vilayeti Lihye telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü". Work began in Al-Khums (Hums) in 1896/97, at about 16. The first annual entry, for 1896/97, places Muhyeddin in Al-Khums as Telgraf merkezi mülazımı. At the same time, from 1900 to 1902, the lists also place Muhyeddin in Al-Salt (Salt) as Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür/muhabere memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1901/02 give a second post, in Damascus as Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru. Muhyeddin then moved to Al-Salt in 1904/05. Alongside, the lists for 1904 to 1906 give a second post, in Ma'an as Telgraf ve posta merkezi memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1905/06 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Posta seyyar memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1905/06 give a second post, in Al-Khums as Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru. The farthest post, Al-Khums, lay about 2,800 km from Mecca, and 30 of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from the birthplace.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 800 kuruş a month in 1900/01, in Al-Salt, when 77 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1905/06.

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 9 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1896/971900/011901/021904/051904/051905/061245679MeccaAl-KhumsAl-SaltDamascusMa'an

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Mareya?), stop 8 (Zibân?–Hama arası).

  1. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1880/81 (AH 1298)

  2. Al-Khums (Hums)

    First work 1896/97 (AH 1314); 1896/97 (AH 1314)

    Telgraf merkezi mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

  3. Mareya? as worded, no place record not on the map

    1900/01 (AH 1318)

    No annual entry for 1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317) before it.

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür/muhabere memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Al-Salt (Salt)

    1900 to 1902 (AH 1318 to 1319)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür/muhabere memuru

    500 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Damascus (Şam)

    1901/02 (AH 1319)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    800 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  6. Al-Salt (Salt)

    1904/05 (AH 1322)

    No annual entry for 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321) before it.

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuru

    800 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  7. Ma'an (Maan)

    1904 to 1906 (AH 1322 to 1323)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi memuru

    800 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  8. Zibân?–Hama arası as worded, no place record not on the map

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Posta seyyar memuru

    500 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  9. Al-Khums (Hums)

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    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
no entryno entry02004006008001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323800 kuruşTelgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruTelgraf ve posta merkezi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 1323This 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 Muhyeddin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/018004001,00077%
1901/0280040090075%
1904/0580040085076%
1905/0680043080074%

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 Muhyeddin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1896/97AH 1314First workAl-Khums (Hums)
1896/97AH 1314Telgraf merkezi mülazımıAl-Khums (Hums)
No annual entry: 1897 to 1900 (AH 1315 to 1317)
1900/01AH 1318Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür/muhabere memuru500
1900 to 1902AH 1318 to 1319Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür/muhabere memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1900/01500
1900/01800
1901/02800
Al-Salt (Salt)500 to 800
1901/02AH 1319Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruDamascus (Şam)800
No annual entry: 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321)
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruAl-Salt (Salt)800
1904 to 1906AH 1322 to 1323Telgraf ve posta merkezi memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1904/05800
1905/06800
Ma'an (Maan)800
1905/06AH 1323Posta seyyar memuru500
1905/06AH 1323Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruAl-Khums (Hums)400

Record

Personal

Born
1880/81 (AH 1298)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)
Father's occupation
Yemen vilayeti Lihye telgraf ve posta merkezi müdürü

First work

Year
1896/97 (AH 1314)

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 3 officials with entries in Al-Salt (Salt) in the same years, 2 have a recorded salary; Muhyeddin Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 5 officials with entries in Al-Salt (Salt)

Same birthplace

Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Muhyeddin Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314), 165 have a recorded salary; Muhyeddin Efendi had the 26th highest salary of them.

All 186 officials whose first annual entry is for 1896/97 (AH 1314)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Muhyeddin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1896/97AH 1314Telgraf merkezi mülazımıAl-Khums (Hums)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records292 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 105/125, s.247.
1900/01AH 1318Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür/muhabere memuruMareya?500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records292 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 105/125, s.247.
1900/01AH 1318Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür/muhabere memuruAl-Salt (Salt)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records292 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 105/125, s.247.
1900/01AH 1318Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür/muhabere memuruAl-Salt (Salt)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records292 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 105/125, s.247.
1901/02AH 1319Telgraf ve posta merkezi müdür/muhabere memuruAl-Salt (Salt)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records292 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 105/125, s.247.
1901/02AH 1319Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruDamascus (Şam)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records292 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 105/125, s.247.
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruAl-Salt (Salt)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records292 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 105/125, s.247.
1904/05AH 1322Telgraf ve posta merkezi memuruMa'an (Maan)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records292 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 105/125, s.247.
1905/06AH 1323Telgraf ve posta merkezi memuruMa'an (Maan)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records292 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 105/125, s.247.
1905/06AH 1323Posta seyyar memuruZibân?–Hama arası500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records292 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 105/125, s.247.
1905/06AH 1323Telgraf ve posta merkezi muhabere memuruAl-Khums (Hums)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records292 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 105/125, s.247.
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 Muhyeddin 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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