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Mehmet Hamdi 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 Hamdi Efendi was born in Erzincan, into the İslam community, and the father's occupation was "Erzurum Karantina kâtibi". The annual lists begin in 1877/78 (AH 1294), with Mehmet Hamdi as aşar muharriri (geçici) and no place named. For 1880 to 1884 and 1887 to 1893 the lists have no entry.

Pay rose from 350 kuruş a month in 1877/78 to a peak of 500 in 1897/98, when 56 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, ten years of salary come to 34,320 kuruş, 68 per cent of what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1897/98.

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. Ova kazası as worded, no place record

    1877 to 1880 (AH 1294 to 1297)

    aşar muharriri (geçici)

    350 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  2. Erzurum Vilayeti muhasebe kalemi as worded, no place record

    1884 to 1887 (AH 1302 to 1304)

    No annual entry for 1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301) before it.

    mülazım (devam)

    20 to 60 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Şenavik nahiyesi as worded, no place record

    1893 to 1898 (AH 1311 to 1315)

    No annual entry for 1887 to 1893 (AH 1305 to 1310) before it.

    vergi kâtibi

    300 to 500 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314500 kuruşaşar muharriri (geçici)mülazım (devam)vergi kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
501002005001877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 1314This 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 Hamdi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1877/7835045038%
187835045038%
1878/7935040040%
1884/85504001%
1886/87604002%
1893/9430040027%
1894/9530040028%
1895/9630040027%
1896/9730045026%
1897/9850040056%

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 Hamdi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1877 to 1880AH 1294 to 1297aşar muharriri (geçici)
5 entries
YearSalary
1877/78350
1878350
1878/79350
1878/79350
1879/80
350
No annual entry: 1880 to 1884 (AH 1298 to 1301)
1884 to 1887AH 1302 to 1304mülazım (devam)
6 entries
YearSalary
1884/85
1884/8520
1884/8550
1885/86
1886/87
1886/8760
60
No annual entry: 1887 to 1893 (AH 1305 to 1310)
1893 to 1898AH 1311 to 1315vergi kâtibi
7 entries
YearSalary
1893/94300
1894/95300
1895/96300
1896/97300
1897/98300
1897/98
1897/98500
300 to 500

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Erzincan
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Erzurum Karantina kâtibi

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 188 officials born in Erzincan, 168 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Hamdi Efendi had the 82nd highest salary of them.

The page of Erzincan, with the 188 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294), 145 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Hamdi Efendi had the 85th highest salary of them.

All 161 officials whose first annual entry is for 1877/78 (AH 1294)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Hamdi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1877/78AH 1294aşar muharriri (geçici)Ova kazası350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1878AH 1295aşar muharriri (geçici)Ova kazası350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1878/79AH 1296aşar muharriri (geçici)Ova kazası350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1878/79AH 1296aşar muharririOva kazası350Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1879/80AH 1297başçavuş (askerlik)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1884/85AH 1302mülazım (devam)Erzurum Vilayeti muhasebe kalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1884/85AH 1302muhasebe kalemi kâtibiErzurum Vilayeti muhasebe kalemi20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1884/85AH 1302muhasebe kalemi kâtibiErzurum Vilayeti muhasebe kalemi50Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1885/86AH 1303muhasebe kalemi kâtibiErzurum Vilayeti muhasebe kalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1886/87AH 1304muhasebe kalemi kâtibiErzurum Vilayeti muhasebe kalemiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1886/87AH 1304muhasebe kalemi kâtibiErzurum Vilayeti muhasebe kalemi60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1893/94AH 1311vergi kâtibiŞenavik nahiyesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1894/95AH 1312vergi kâtibiŞenavik nahiyesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1895/96AH 1313vergi kâtibiŞenavik nahiyesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1896/97AH 1314vergi kâtibiŞenavik nahiyesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1897/98AH 1315vergi kâtibiŞenavik nahiyesi300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1897/98AH 1315vergi kâtibi (Nakil)Şenavik nahiyesiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
1897/98AH 1315vergi kâtibiNamırvan kazası500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH. SAİD, 179/30
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 Hamdi 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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