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Mehmet Fahri 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

Mehmet Fahri Efendi was born in Harput in 1891/92 (AH 1309); the father's occupation was "Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü". At about 16, in 1907/08, Mehmet Fahri began work in Harput. The first annual entry, for 1907/08, places Mehmet Fahri in Harput, the birthplace, as Merkez şakirdi, where the entries run to 1909/10. Alongside, the lists for 1909 to 1911 give a second post, in Konya as Telgraf ve posta merkezi muavene memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1911 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Telgraf ve posta merkezi muavene memuru.

The salary never rose above the first in the lists, 300 kuruş a month in 1909/10, in Konya, when 22 per cent of paid officials earned less. Over three years the salaries add up to 10,800 kuruş, 52 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned. 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 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1909/1012HarputKonya

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

  1. Harput

    Born 1891/92 (AH 1309); First work 1907/08 (AH 1325); 1907 to 1910 (AH 1325 to 1327)

    Merkez şakirdi

    entries in 3 years

  2. Konya

    1909 to 1911 (AH 1327 to 1329)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi muavene memuru

    300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

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

    1911 (AH 1329)

    Telgraf ve posta merkezi muavene memuru

    300 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
01002003001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 13271910/11AH 13281911AH 1329300 kuruşMerkez şakirdiTelgraf ve posta merkezi muavene memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001907/08AH 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 Mehmet Fahri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1909/1030060042522%
1910/1130050030020%
191130060040016%

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 Fahri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1907/08AH 1325First workHarput
1907 to 1910AH 1325 to 1327Merkez şakirdi
3 entries
YearSalary
1907/08
1908/09
1909/10
Harput
1909 to 1911AH 1327 to 1329Telgraf ve posta merkezi muavene memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1909/10300
1910/11300
1911300
Konya300
1911AH 1329Telgraf ve posta merkezi muavene memuru300

Record

Personal

Born
1891/92 (AH 1309)
Birthplace
Harput
Father's occupation
Düyun-ı Umumiye müdürü

First work

Year
1907/08 (AH 1325)
Place
Harput

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 8 officials with entries in Konya in the same years, 7 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Fahri Efendi had the lowest salary of them.

All 84 officials with entries in Konya

Same birthplace

Of the 169 officials born in Harput, 160 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Fahri Efendi had the 127th highest salary of them.

The page of Harput, with the 169 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325), 117 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Fahri Efendi had the 53rd highest salary of them.

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Fahri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1907/08AH 1325Merkez şakirdiHarputAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD187-177
1908/09AH 1326Merkez şakirdiHarputAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD187-177
1909/10AH 1327Merkez şakirdiHarputAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD187-177
1909/10AH 1327Telgraf ve posta merkezi muavene memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD187-177
1910/11AH 1328Telgraf ve posta merkezi muavene memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD187-177
1911AH 1329Telgraf ve posta merkezi muavene memuruKonya300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD187-177
1911AH 1329Telgraf ve posta merkezi muavene memuruMamuratülaziz300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD187-177
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.
Recorded values of Mehmet Fahri 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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