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Mehmet 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 Efendi began in Dam in 1882/83 (AH 1300); the father's occupation was "Emlak-ı Hümayun üçüncü şube odacısı". At about 22, in 1905/06, Mehmet began work, on a first salary of 100 kuruş. The annual lists begin in 1905/06, with Mehmet as Kiler katibi and no place named.

The salary went from 100 kuruş a month in 1905/06 to 200 in 1906/07, the peak, when 15 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1906/07.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
0501001502001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324200 kuruşKiler katibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001905/06AH 13231906/07AH 1324This 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1905/061004305%
1906/0720045015%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1905/06AH 1323First work100first-salary field
1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324Kiler katibi
3 entries
YearSalary
1905/06100
1906/07100
1906/07200
100 to 200

Record

Personal

Born
1882/83 (AH 1300)
Birthplace
Dam
Father's occupation
Emlak-ı Hümayun üçüncü şube odacısı

First work

Year
1905/06 (AH 1323)

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 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323), 114 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Efendi had the 88th highest salary of them.

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1905/06 (AH 1323)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1905/06AH 1323Kiler katibiMatbah-ı Amire100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00141/00226.
1906/07AH 1324Kiler katibiMatbah-ı Amire100Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00141/00226.
1906/07AH 1324Kiler katibiMatbah-ı Amire200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİD. d, 00141/00226.
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 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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