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Mehmed Tevfik 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 Mehmed Tevfik Efendi began in Taşköprü in 1875/76 (AH 1292); the father's occupation was "Osmanlı ordusunda kolağası". The first annual entry, for 1902/03, places Mehmed Tevfik in Taşköprü, the birthplace, as Belediye kâtibi. The lists have no entry for 1904 to 1907. Alongside, the lists for 1903/04 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Redif eri (Askerlik nedeniyle ara). Next came Çerkeş from 1907 to 1911. At the same time, from 1911, the lists also place Mehmed Tevfik in a post with no place named as Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuru.

The salary went from 120 kuruş a month in 1902/03 to 500 in 1911, the peak, when 38 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, seven years of salary come to 20,880 kuruş, 51 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1911.

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 4 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1907/0813TaşköprüÇerkeş

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 4 (Ayancık).

  1. Taşköprü

    Born 1875/76 (AH 1292); First work here; 1902 to 1904 (AH 1320 to 1321)

    Belediye kâtibi

    100 to 120 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Redif eri (Askerlik nedeniyle ara)

    entries in 1 year

  3. Çerkeş

    1907 to 1911 (AH 1325 to 1329)

    No annual entry for 1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324) before it.

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati

    250 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

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

    1911 (AH 1329)

    Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuru

    500 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 entry02004006001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329500 kuruşBelediye kâtibiZiraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001,0001902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329This 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 Tevfik Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1902/031204004006%
1903/041204054007%
1907/0825046030022%
1908/0925040030024%
1909/1025060040015%
1910/1125050050013%
191150060038%

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 Tevfik Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
First workTaşköprü
1902 to 1904AH 1320 to 1321Belediye kâtibi
4 entries
YearSalary
1902/03100
1902/03120
1903/04120
1903/04
Taşköprü100
1903/04AH 1321Redif eri (Askerlik nedeniyle ara)
No annual entry: 1904 to 1907 (AH 1322 to 1324)
1907 to 1911AH 1325 to 1329Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakati
5 entries
YearSalary
1907/08250
1908/09250
1909/10250
1910/11250
1911250
Çerkeş250
1911AH 1329Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuru500

Record

Personal

Born
1875/76 (AH 1292)
Birthplace
Taşköprü
Father's occupation
Osmanlı ordusunda kolağası

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 6 officials with entries in Çerkeş in the same years, Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 4th highest salary.

All 24 officials with entries in Çerkeş

Same birthplace

Of the 62 officials born in Taşköprü, 61 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 26th highest salary of them.

The page of Taşköprü, with the 62 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320), 138 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Tevfik Efendi had the 31st highest salary of them.

All 157 officials whose first annual entry is for 1902/03 (AH 1320)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Tevfik Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1902/03AH 1320Belediye kâtibiTaşköprü100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/233
1902/03AH 1320Belediye kâtibiTaşköprü120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/233
1903/04AH 1321Belediye kâtibiTaşköprü120Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/233
1903/04AH 1321Belediye kâtibi (İnfisal)TaşköprüAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/233
1903/04AH 1321Redif eri (Askerlik nedeniyle ara)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/233
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiÇerkeş250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/233
1908/09AH 1326Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiÇerkeş250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/233
1909/10AH 1327Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiÇerkeş250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/233
1910/11AH 1328Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiÇerkeş250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/233
1911AH 1329Ziraat Bankası Sandığı muhasebe kitabeti refakatiÇerkeş250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/233
1911AH 1329Ziraat Bankası Sandığı memuruAyancık500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d.,177/233
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 Tevfik 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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