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Mehmet Said 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 Said Efendi began in Aziziye (Pınarbaşı) in 1864/65 (AH 1281); the father's occupation was "Rençber". Work began in 1879/80, at about 16. The annual lists begin in 1879/80, with Mehmet Said as Emlak Kalemi mülazımı and no place named.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 240 kuruş a month in 1882/83, when 17 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, four years of salary come to 11,520 kuruş, 60 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1885/86.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303240 kuruşEmlak Kalemi mülazımı
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303This 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 Said Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1882/8324040017%
1883/8424040017%
1884/8524040018%
1885/8624040018%

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 Said Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1879/80AH 1297First work
1879 to 1886AH 1297 to 1303Emlak Kalemi mülazımı
13 entries
YearSalary
1879/80
1880/81
1880/81
1880/81
1881/82
1881/82
1882/83
1882/83
1882/83240
1883/84240
1884/85240
1885/86240
1885/86

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Birthplace
Aziziye (Pınarbaşı)
Father's occupation
Rençber

First work

Year
1879/80 (AH 1297)

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.

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297), 191 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Said Efendi had the 174th highest salary of them.

All 207 officials whose first annual entry is for 1879/80 (AH 1297)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Said Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1879/80AH 1297Emlak Kalemi mülazımıAziziyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1880/81AH 1298Emlak Kalemi mülazımıAziziyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1880/81AH 1298Emlak Kalemi mülazımı (Görevin sona ermesi)AziziyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1880/81AH 1298Birinci kol muharririAziziye kasabasıAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1881/82AH 1299Altıncı kol muharririAlikanAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1881/82AH 1299Aşar İdaresi hizmetiAziziyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1882/83AH 1300Aşar İdaresi hizmetiAziziyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1882/83AH 1300Aşar İdaresi hizmeti (Nakil)AziziyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1882/83AH 1300Aşar İdaresi ikinci kâtibiAziziye240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1883/84AH 1301Aşar İdaresi ikinci kâtibiAziziye240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1884/85AH 1302Aşar İdaresi ikinci kâtibiAziziye240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1885/86AH 1303Aşar İdaresi ikinci kâtibiAziziye240Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records⁷⁵ BOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111. 89
1885/86AH 1303Aşar İdaresi ikinci kâtibi (Azil)AziziyeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD.d, 00019 /00111.
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 Said 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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