Mehmet Şevket Bey
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 Şevket Bey began in Kozan in 1858/59 (AH 1275). Work began in Çatalca in 1882/83, at about 24. The annual lists begin in 1882/83, with Mehmet Şevket as Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi kalem mülazımı in Çatalca, where the entries run to 1885/86. Alongside, the lists for 1885/86 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Genel Borçlar kâtibi.
The salary went from 200 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to 250 in 1885/86, the peak, when one in five paid officials earned less. Over four years the salaries add up to 10,200 kuruş, 53 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1885/86.
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.
First work 1882/83 (AH 1300); 1882 to 1886 (AH 1300 to 1303)
Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi kalem mülazımı
200 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
Şehteros as worded, no place record
1885/86 (AH 1303)
Genel Borçlar kâtibi
250 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83 | 200 | 400 | 435 | 12% | |
| 1883/84 | 200 | 400 | 400 | 12% | |
| 1884/85 | 200 | 400 | 470 | 12% | |
| 1885/86 | 250 | 400 | 19% |
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.
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1858/59 (AH 1275)
- Birthplace
- Kozan
First work
- Year
- 1882/83 (AH 1300)
- Place
- Çatalca
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 10 officials with entries in Çatalca in the same years, Mehmet Şevket Bey had the lowest salary.
- Halil Hulusi Efendi4 shared years; highest salary 900 kuruş
- ĠBRAHĠM HAKKI EFENDĠ3 shared years; highest salary 290 kuruş
- Karabet Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 1,820 kuruş
- İbrahim Ethem Efendi2 shared years; highest salary 500 kuruş
- İshak Şevki Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 3,500 kuruş
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300), 208 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şevket Bey had the 169th highest salary of them.
- ĠBRAHĠM HAKKI EFENDĠfirst entry in Çatalca; highest salary 290 kuruş
- HALĠL FAHRĠ EFENDĠfirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 1,700 kuruş
- Ohannes Efendifirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 400 kuruş
- Yani Moskos Efendifirst entry in Bafra; highest salary 800 kuruş
- İbrahim Sait Efendifirst annual entry 1882/83 (AH 1300); highest salary 400 kuruş
All 237 officials whose first annual entry is for 1882/83 (AH 1300)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Bidayet Mahkemesi Hukuk Dairesi kalem mülazımı | Çatalca | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177; 204 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177. | |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Aşar üçüncü kâtibi | Çatalca | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177; 204 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177. |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Aşar üçüncü kâtibi | Çatalca | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177; 204 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177. |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Aşar üçüncü kâtibi | Çatalca | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177; 204 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177. |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Aşar üçüncü kâtibi | Çatalca | 200 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177; 204 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177. |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Aşar üçüncü kâtibi (İnfisal) | Çatalca | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177; 204 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177. | |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Genel Borçlar kâtibi | Şehteros | 250 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177; 204 BOA, DH. SAĠD. d, 27/177. |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)