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Mehmet Rasim 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

Born in Silistra (Silistre) in 1867/68 (AH 1284), Mehmet Rasim Efendi was the child of an army captain (yüzbaşı). At about 22, in 1889/90, Mehmet Rasim began work in Tekirdağ. The first annual entry, for 1889/90, places Mehmet Rasim in Tekirdağ as Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti kalemi mülazımı. The last entries, from 1891 to 1894, name Mehmet Rasim as Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuru, with no place.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1891/92 to a peak of 300 in 1892/93, when 27 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, three years of salary come to 10,200 kuruş, 70 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1893/94.

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 3 stops
birthplacefirst workplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1889/9012SilistraTekirdağ

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 3 (Ereğli).

  1. Silistra (Silistre)

    Born 1867/68 (AH 1284)

  2. Tekirdağ

    First work 1889/90 (AH 1307); 1889/90 (AH 1307)

    Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 1 year

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

    1891 to 1894 (AH 1309 to 1311)

    No annual entry for 1890/91 (AH 1308) before it.

    Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuru

    250 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entry01002003001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311300 kuruşDüyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 1311This 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 Rasim Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1891/9225040021%
1892/9330040027%
1893/9430040027%

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 Rasim Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1889/90AH 1307First workTekirdağ
1889/90AH 1307Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti kalemi mülazımıTekirdağ
No annual entry: 1890/91 (AH 1308)
1891 to 1894AH 1309 to 1311Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuru
5 entries
YearSalary
1891/92250
1892/93250
1892/93300
1893/94300
1893/94
250

Record

Personal

Born
1867/68 (AH 1284)
Father's occupation
Yüzbaşı

First work

Year
1889/90 (AH 1307)

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 4 officials with entries in Tekirdağ in the same years, 3 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rasim Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 22 officials with entries in Tekirdağ

Same birthplace

Of the 54 officials born in Silistra (Silistre), 50 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Rasim Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

The page of Silistra (Silistre), with the 54 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 Rasim Efendi had the 121st 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 Rasim Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307Düyun-ı Umumiye Müdüriyeti kalemi mülazımıTekirdağAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/173; 157 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/173.
1891/92AH 1309Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuruEreğli250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/173; 157 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/173.
1892/93AH 1310Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuruEreğli250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/173; 157 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/173.
1892/93AH 1310Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuruEreğli300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/173; 157 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/173.
1893/94AH 1311Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuruEreğli300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/173; 157 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/173.
1893/94AH 1311Düyun-ı Umumiye İdaresi memuru (Azil)EreğliAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD,d. 57/173
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 Rasim 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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