Mehmed Salih 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 Salih Efendi began in Medina (Medine) in 1864/65 (AH 1281); the father's occupation was "Medine Mekâtib-i Mecidiye nazırı". At about 16, in 1880/81, Mehmed Salih began work in Medina. From the first annual entry, for 1880/81, to 1889/90, every annual entry places Mehmed Salih in the same post, Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat Kalemi mülâzımı, in Medina, the birthplace.
Pay rose from 30 kuruş a month in 1882/83 to a peak of 500 in 1889/90, in Medina, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over eight years the salaries add up to 8,520 kuruş, 22 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. The last annual entry is for 1889/90.
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 | 30 | 400 | 164 | 0% | |
| 1883/84 | 30 | 400 | 273 | 0% | |
| 1884/85 | 30 | 400 | 335.5 | 0% | |
| 1885/86 | 30 | 400 | 262.5 | 0% | |
| 1886/87 | 30 | 400 | 350 | 0% | |
| 1887/88 | 30 | 400 | 257.5 | 0% | |
| 1888/89 | 30 | 400 | 287.5 | 1% | |
| 1889/90 | 500 | 400 | 450 | 56% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | First work | Medina (Medine) | |
| 1880 to 1890AH 1298 to 1307 | Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat Kalemi mülâzımı | Medina (Medine) | 500 |
Record#
Personal
- Born
- 1864/65 (AH 1281)
- Birthplace
- Medina (Medine)
- Father's occupation
- Medine Mekâtib-i Mecidiye nazırı
First work
- Year
- 1880/81 (AH 1298)
- Place
- Medina (Medine)
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 35 officials with entries in Medina (Medine) in the same years, 33 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salih Efendi had the 16th highest salary of them.
- Mehmed Arif Efendi10 shared years; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
- Abdulkadir ReĢid Efendi10 shared years; highest salary 2,250 kuruş
- Hasan Tayyib Efendi10 shared years; highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- Mustafa Bosnevi Efendi10 shared years; highest salary 1,032.08 kuruş
- Bosnevî Ahmed Efendi10 shared years; highest salary 791 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 64 officials born in Medina (Medine), 58 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salih Efendi had the 27th highest salary of them.
- Ali Beyborn 1864/65 (AH 1281); highest salary 600 kuruş
- Bosnevî Ahmed Efendiborn 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 791 kuruş
- Mehmed Hamza Efendiborn 1863/64 (AH 1280); highest salary 400 kuruş
- Seyyid Mehmed Ali Efendiborn 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 31.5 kuruş
- Seyyid Mehmed ġerîf Efendiborn 1865/66 (AH 1282); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
The page of Medina (Medine), with the 64 officials born there
First annual entry in the same year
Of the 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298), 162 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Salih Efendi had the 80th highest salary of them.
- Abbas Hilmi Efendifirst entry in Vlorë (Avlonya); no salary recorded
- ALĠ NAZĠF BEYfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Ali Hıfzı Efendifirst annual entry 1880/81 (AH 1298); highest salary 350 kuruş
- Ali Nazif Beyfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 10,000 kuruş
- Ali Rıza Efendifirst entry in İnegöl; highest salary 600 kuruş
All 182 officials whose first annual entry is for 1880/81 (AH 1298)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880/81AH 1298 | Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat Kalemi mülâzımı | Medina (Medine) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. | |
| 1881/82AH 1299 | Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat Kalemi mülâzımı | Medina (Medine) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. | |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî Tahrirat Kalemi mülâzımı | Medina (Medine) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. | |
| 1882/83AH 1300 | Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî masraf kitabeti refakati | Medina (Medine) | 30 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. |
| 1883/84AH 1301 | Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî masraf kitabeti refakati | Medina (Medine) | 30 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. |
| 1884/85AH 1302 | Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî masraf kitabeti refakati | Medina (Medine) | 30 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî masraf kitabeti refakati | Medina (Medine) | 30 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî masraf kitabeti refakati | Medina (Medine) | 30 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî masraf kitabeti refakati | Medina (Medine) | 30 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Hazine-i Hazret-i Nebevî masraf kitabeti refakati | Medina (Medine) | 30 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. |
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Mekâtib-i Mecidiye nazır vekili | Medina (Medine) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Mekâtib-i Mecidiye nazır vekili | Medina (Medine) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Mekâtib-i Mecidiye nazır vekili (İnfisal) | Medina (Medine) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Mekâtib-i Mecidiye nazırı | Medina (Medine) | 500 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 282 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 44/55, s.55. |
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)