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MEHMET EFENDĠ BEĞ

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 EFENDĠ BEĞ was born in Istanbul in 1873/74 (AH 1290). The annual lists begin in 1891/92, with MEHMET EFENDĠ BEĞ as Rüsumat idaresi muhasebesi mülazımı (İnfisal) and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1891 to 1893 give a second post, in Tekirdağ as Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı. At the same time, from 1892 to 1894, the lists also place MEHMET EFENDĠ BEĞ in Antalya as Rüsumat idaresi mülazımı. Alongside, the lists for 1893 to 1896 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Ziraat Bankası idare-i umumiye evrak kalemi mukayyid refiki vekili. Alongside, the lists for 1895/96 give a second post, in Ergani as Ziraat Bankası şube memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1895 to 1897 give a second post, in Diyarbakır as Ziraat Bankası şube memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1896 to 1899 give a second post, in Thessaloniki as Ziraat Bankası şube memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1898 to 1901 give a second post, in Izmir as Ziraat Bankası şube memuru. Alongside, the lists for 1900 to 1908 give a second post, in a post with no place named as Ziraat Bankası müfettişi. Alongside, the lists for 1903/04 give a second post, in Damascus as Ziraat Bankası şube memuru vekili.

Pay rose from 600 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to a peak of 4,000 in 1907/08, when 96 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1907/08.

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 11 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1891/921892/931895/961896/971898/991903/04134678911IstanbulTekirdağAntalyaErgani, DiyarbakırThessalonikiIzmirDamascus

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Place not recorded), stop 5 (Place not recorded), stop 10 (Beyrut ve Semuriye vilayetleri).

  1. Istanbul (Dersaadet)

    Born 1873/74 (AH 1290)

  2. Place not recorded not on the map

    1891/92 (AH 1309)

    Rüsumat idaresi muhasebesi mülazımı (İnfisal)

    entries in 1 year

  3. Tekirdağ

    1891 to 1893 (AH 1309 to 1310)

    Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı

    entries in 2 years

  4. Antalya

    1892 to 1894 (AH 1310 to 1311)

    Rüsumat idaresi mülazımı

    190 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  5. Place not recorded not on the map

    1893 to 1896 (AH 1311 to 1313)

    Ziraat Bankası idare-i umumiye evrak kalemi mukayyid refiki vekili

    150 to 300 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  6. Ergani

    1895/96 (AH 1313)

    Ziraat Bankası şube memuru

    800 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

  7. Diyarbakır

    1895 to 1897 (AH 1313 to 1314)

    Ziraat Bankası şube memuru

    800 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  8. Thessaloniki (Selanik)

    1896 to 1899 (AH 1314 to 1316)

    Ziraat Bankası şube memuru

    1,200 to 1,500 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  9. Izmir (İzmir)

    1898 to 1901 (AH 1316 to 1318)

    Ziraat Bankası şube memuru

    1,750 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  10. Beyrut ve Semuriye vilayetleri as worded, no place record not on the map

    1900 to 1908 (AH 1318 to 1325)

    Ziraat Bankası müfettişi

    1,250 to 4,000 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  11. Damascus (Şam)

    1903/04 (AH 1321)

    Ziraat Bankası şube memuru vekili

    0 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
01,0002,0003,0004,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 13254,000 kuruşZiraat Bankası şube memuruZiraat Bankası müfettişi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0005,0001891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 13221905/06AH 13231906/07AH 13241907/08AH 1325This 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 EFENDĠ BEĞ against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/9360040040065%
1893/9460040030065%
1894/9530040028%
1895/9680040050075%
1896/971,20045037083%
1897/981,50040047090%
1898/991,75040040092%
1899/19001,75040040092%
1900/012,50040095%
1901/021,35040087%
1902/031,45040089%
1903/041,80040592%
1904/051,80040091%
1905/063,00043096%
1906/073,00045096%
1907/084,00046096%

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 EFENDĠ BEĞ, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1891/92AH 1309Rüsumat idaresi muhasebesi mülazımı (İnfisal)
1891 to 1893AH 1309 to 1310Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
3 entries
YearSalary
1891/92
1892/93
1892/93
Tekirdağ
1892 to 1894AH 1310 to 1311Rüsumat idaresi mülazımı
6 entries
YearSalary
1892/93
1892/93190
1892/93250
1892/93600
1892/93
1893/94600
Antalya600
1893 to 1896AH 1311 to 1313Ziraat Bankası idare-i umumiye evrak kalemi mukayyid refiki vekili
6 entries
YearSalary
1893/94150
1893/94150
1893/94300
1894/95300
1895/96300
1895/96
150
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası şube memuruErgani800
1895 to 1897AH 1313 to 1314Ziraat Bankası şube memuru
2 entries
YearSalary
1895/96800
1896/97800
Diyarbakır800
1896 to 1899AH 1314 to 1316Ziraat Bankası şube memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1896/971,200
1896/971,200
1897/981,200
1897/981,500
1898/991,500
1898/99
Thessaloniki (Selanik)1,200
1898 to 1901AH 1316 to 1318Ziraat Bankası şube memuru
3 entries
YearSalary
1898/991,750
1899/19001,750
1900/011,750
Izmir (İzmir)1,750
1900 to 1908AH 1318 to 1325Ziraat Bankası müfettişi
21 entries
YearSalary
1900/012,500
1900/011,250
1901/021,250
1901/021,350
1902/031,350
1902/03
1902/031,450
1903/04
1903/04
1903/041,450
1903/041,800
1904/051,800
1905/061,800
1905/062,000
1905/063,000
1906/073,000
1906/07
1906/073,000
1906/073,000
1907/083,000
1907/084,000
2,500 to 4,000
1903/04AH 1321Ziraat Bankası şube memuru vekili
2 entries
YearSalary
1903/040
1903/04
Damascus (Şam)0

Record

Personal

Born
1873/74 (AH 1290)

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 23 officials with entries in Thessaloniki (Selanik) in the same years, 19 have a recorded salary; MEHMET EFENDĠ BEĞ had the 2nd highest salary of them.

All 152 officials with entries in Thessaloniki (Selanik)

Same birthplace

Of the 666 officials born in Istanbul, 446 have a recorded salary; MEHMET EFENDĠ BEĞ had the 58th highest salary of them.

The page of Istanbul, with the 666 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309), 155 have a recorded salary; MEHMET EFENDĠ BEĞ had the highest salary of them.

All 170 officials whose first annual entry is for 1891/92 (AH 1309)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of MEHMET EFENDĠ BEĞ
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1891/92AH 1309Rüsumat idaresi muhasebesi mülazımı (İnfisal)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1891/92AH 1309Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıTekirdağAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1892/93AH 1310Tahrirat kalemi mülazımıTekirdağAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1892/93AH 1310Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı (İnfisal)TekirdağAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1892/93AH 1310Rüsumat idaresi mülazımıAntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1892/93AH 1310Rüşdiye-i Mülkiye Mektebi Fransızca muallimiAntalya190Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1892/93AH 1310Sancak tahrir ve vergi kitabeti refikiAntalya250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1892/93AH 1310Ziraat Bankası şube kâtibiAntalya600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1892/93AH 1310Rüşdiye-i Mülkiye Mektebi Fransızca muallimi (İstifa)AntalyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1893/94AH 1311Ziraat Bankası şube kâtibiAntalya600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1893/94AH 1311Ziraat Bankası idare-i umumiye evrak kalemi mukayyid refiki vekili150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1893/94AH 1311Ziraat Bankası idare-i umumiye evrak kalemi mukayyid refiki vekili150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1893/94AH 1311Ziraat Bankası idare-i umumiye muhasebe kalemi mukayyid refiki300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1894/95AH 1312Ziraat Bankası idare-i umumiye muhasebe kalemi mukayyid refiki300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası idare-i umumiye muhasebe kalemi mukayyid refiki300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası idare-i umumiye muhasebe kalemi mukayyid refiki (İstifa)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası şube memuruErgani800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1895/96AH 1313Ziraat Bankası şube memuruDiyarbakır800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1896/97AH 1314Ziraat Bankası şube memuruDiyarbakır800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1896/97AH 1314Ziraat Bankası şube memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1896/97AH 1314Ziraat Bankası şube memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası şube memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)1,200Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1897/98AH 1315Ziraat Bankası şube memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası şube memuruThessaloniki (Selanik)1,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası şube memuru (İnfisal)Thessaloniki (Selanik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1898/99AH 1316Ziraat Bankası şube memuruIzmir (İzmir)1,750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1899/1900AH 1317Ziraat Bankası şube memuruIzmir (İzmir)1,750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1900/01AH 1318Ziraat Bankası şube memuruIzmir (İzmir)1,750Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1900/01AH 1318Ziraat Bankası müfettişi2,500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1900/01AH 1318Ziraat Bankası merkez muhasebe kalemi mukayyidi1,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1901/02AH 1319Ziraat Bankası merkez muhasebe kalemi mukayyidi1,250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1901/02AH 1319Ziraat Bankası merkez muhasebe kalemi mukayyidi1,350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1902/03AH 1320Ziraat Bankası merkez muhasebe kalemi mukayyidi1,350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1902/03AH 1320Ziraat Bankası şube ve sandıklarına geçici görevBeyrut ve Semuriye vilayetleriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1902/03AH 1320Ziraat Bankası merkez muhasebe kalemi mukayyidi1,450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1903/04AH 1321Ziraat Bankası şube ve sandıklarına geçici görevBeyrut ve Semuriye vilayetleriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1903/04AH 1321Ziraat Bankası şube ve sandıklarına geçici görev (Görevin sona ermesi)Beyrut ve Semuriye vilayetleriAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1903/04AH 1321Ziraat Bankası şube memuru vekiliDamascus (Şam)0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1903/04AH 1321Ziraat Bankası şube memuru vekili (Görevin sona ermesi)Damascus (Şam)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1903/04AH 1321Ziraat Bankası merkez muhasebe kalemi mukayyidi1,450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1903/04AH 1321Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kalemi kontrol ve istatistik mümeyyizi1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1904/05AH 1322Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kalemi kontrol ve istatistik mümeyyizi1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1905/06AH 1323Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kalemi kontrol ve istatistik mümeyyizi1,800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1905/06AH 1323Ziraat Bankası muhasebe kalemi kontrol ve istatistik mümeyyizi2,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1905/06AH 1323Memuriyet-i Mülkiye Komisyonu başkâtibi3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1906/07AH 1324Memuriyet-i Mülkiye Komisyonu başkâtibi3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1906/07AH 1324Memuriyet-i Mülkiye Komisyonu başkâtibi (İstifa)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bankası şube muamelatı geçici tahkik görevlisiTrablusgarp ve Bingazi3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1906/07AH 1324Ziraat Bankası müfettişi3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1907/08AH 1325Ziraat Bankası müfettişi3,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
1907/08AH 1325Rumeli vilâyât-ı selâsesi Ziraat Bankaları birinci müfettişiRumeli vilâyât-ı selâsesi4,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records106 BOA, DH.SAĠD.d.00059 – 000222/441
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 EFENDĠ BEĞ 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.

Subjects