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Mehmed Niyazi 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 Bursa in 1888/89 (AH 1306), Mehmed Niyazi Efendi came from the İslam community. The annual lists begin in 1910/11, with Mehmed Niyazi as evrak me’muriyeti and no place named.

Pay rose from 200 kuruş a month in 1910/11 to a peak of 250 in 1911, when 8 per cent of paid officials earned less. 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.

  1. Bursa

    Born 1888/89 (AH 1306)

  2. Place not recorded

    1910 to 1911 (AH 1328 to 1329)

    evrak me’muriyeti

    200 to 250 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
01002003001910/11AH 13281911AH 1329250 kuruşevrak me’muriyeti
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001910/11AH 13281911AH 1329This 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 Mehmed Niyazi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1910/112005006%
19112506008%

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 Mehmed Niyazi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1910 to 1911AH 1328 to 1329evrak me’muriyeti
3 entries
YearSalary
1910/11200
1911200
1911250
200 to 250

Record

Personal

Born
1888/89 (AH 1306)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

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 birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Niyazi Efendi had the 244th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 98 officials whose first annual entry is for 1910/11 (AH 1328), 82 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Niyazi Efendi had the 47th highest salary of them.

  • Mehmed Nuri Efendifirst annual entry 1910/11 (AH 1328); highest salary 250 kuruş
  • Mehmed Salim Efendifirst annual entry 1910/11 (AH 1328); highest salary 400 kuruş
  • Kegamfirst annual entry 1910/11 (AH 1328); highest salary 1,000 kuruş
  • Nikolaki Efendifirst annual entry 1910/11 (AH 1328); no salary recorded
  • Ahmed Ağafirst annual entry 1910/11 (AH 1328); highest salary 200 kuruş

All 98 officials whose first annual entry is for 1910/11 (AH 1328)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Niyazi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1910/11AH 1328evrak me’muriyeti200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records175/248; 491
1911AH 1329evrak me’muriyeti200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records175/248; 491
1911AH 1329evrak me’muriyeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records175/248; 491
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 Mehmed Niyazi 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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