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Mehmet Emin 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 Mehmet Emin Efendi began in Bilecik in 1871/72 (AH 1288); the father's occupation was "Bıçakçı". Mehmet Emin had a first salary of 80 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1889/90, with Mehmet Emin as Tapu Defterleri Kalemi görevlisi in Ertugrul. The lists have no entry for 1890 to 1893. Alongside, the lists for 1893 to 1895 give a second post, in Ertugrul as Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtibi. For 1895 to 1899 the lists have no entry. Mehmet Emin then moved to Pazarcık in 1899/1900. The lists have no entry for 1900 to 1905. Alongside, the lists for 1905/06 give a second post, in Osmaneli as Mal kâtibi.

Pay rose from 80 kuruş a month in 1893/94 to a peak of 400 in 1894/95, in Ertugrul, when 44 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 7,560 kuruş, 51 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last 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 7 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1899/19001905/0612457Bilecik, Ertugrul, OsmaneliPazarcık

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Place not recorded), stop 6 (Gölpazarı).

  1. Bilecik

    Born 1871/72 (AH 1288)

  2. Ertugrul

    First work here; 1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Tapu Defterleri Kalemi görevlisi

    entries in 1 year

  3. Place not recorded not on the map

    1893/94 (AH 1311)

    No annual entry for 1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310) before it.

    Muhasebe Kalemi gelir kâtibi

    80 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  4. Ertugrul

    1893 to 1895 (AH 1311 to 1312)

    Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtibi

    80 to 400 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Pazarcık

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    No annual entry for 1895 to 1899 (AH 1313 to 1316) before it.

    Mal kâtibi (İstifa)

    entries in 1 year

  6. Gölpazarı as worded, no place record not on the map

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    No annual entry for 1900 to 1905 (AH 1318 to 1322) before it.

    Mal kâtibi

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  7. Osmaneli (Lefke)

    1905/06 (AH 1323)

    Mal kâtibi

    150 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 entry01002003004001889/90AH 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 13221905/06AH 1323400 kuruş
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001889/90AH 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 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 Mehmet Emin Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1893/94804003%
1894/9540040035044%
1905/0615043011%

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 Emin Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workErtugrul80first-salary field
1889/90AH 1307Tapu Defterleri Kalemi görevlisiErtugrul
No annual entry: 1890 to 1893 (AH 1308 to 1310)
1893/94AH 1311Muhasebe Kalemi gelir kâtibi80
1893 to 1895AH 1311 to 1312Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1893/9480
1894/9580
1894/95
1894/95400
Ertugrul80 to 400
No annual entry: 1895 to 1899 (AH 1313 to 1316)
1899/1900AH 1317Mal kâtibi (İstifa)Pazarcık
No annual entry: 1900 to 1905 (AH 1318 to 1322)
1905/06AH 1323Mal kâtibi150
1905/06AH 1323Mal kâtibiOsmaneli (Lefke)150

Record

Personal

Born
1871/72 (AH 1288)
Birthplace
Bilecik
Father's occupation
Bıçakçı

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 11 officials with entries in Ertugrul in the same years, Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

All 27 officials with entries in Ertugrul

Same birthplace

Of the 51 officials born in Bilecik, 45 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 22nd highest salary of them.

The page of Bilecik, with the 51 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), 180 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Emin Efendi had the 92nd highest salary of them.

All 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Emin Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307Tapu Defterleri Kalemi görevlisiErtugrulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No: 90, s. 1; 78 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 90, s. 1.
1893/94AH 1311Muhasebe Kalemi gelir kâtibi80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No: 165, s. 431; 77 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 165, s. 431.
1893/94AH 1311Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtibiErtugrul80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No: 90, s. 1; 78 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 90, s. 1.
1894/95AH 1312Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtibiErtugrul80Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No: 90, s. 1; 78 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 90, s. 1.
1894/95AH 1312Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtibi (İstifa)ErtugrulAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No: 90, s. 1; 78 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 90, s. 1.
1894/95AH 1312Muhasebe Kalemi varidat kâtibiErtugrul400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No: 90, s. 1; 78 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 90, s. 1.
1899/1900AH 1317Mal kâtibi (İstifa)PazarcıkAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No: 165, s. 431; 77 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 165, s. 431.
1905/06AH 1323Mal kâtibiGölpazarı150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No: 165, s. 431; 77 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 165, s. 431.
1905/06AH 1323Mal kâtibiOsmaneli (Lefke)150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA.DH.SAİD., No: 165, s. 431; 77 BOA.DH.SAİD., No: 165, s. 431.
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 Emin 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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