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Mehmed Mazhar 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

Mehmed Mazhar Efendi was born in Çemişgezek in 1864/65 (AH 1281). Work began in 1885/86, at about 21. The first annual entry, for 1885/86, names Mehmed Mazhar as Vilayet meclis-i idaresi kalemi mülazımı, with no place. Alongside, the lists for 1888/89 give a second post, in Ovacık as Nüfus kâtibi.

Pay rose from 0 kuruş a month in 1887/88 to a peak of 125 in 1888/89, in Ovacık, when 8 per cent of paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1888/89.

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
1888/8913ÇemişgezekOvacık

Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Dersim).

  1. Çemişgezek

    Born 1864/65 (AH 1281)

  2. Dersim as worded, no place record not on the map

    1885 to 1889 (AH 1303 to 1306)

    Vilayet meclis-i idaresi kalemi mülazımı

    0 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

  3. Ovacık

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Nüfus kâtibi

    125 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
0501001501885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 1306125 kuruşVilayet meclis-i idaresi kalemi mülazımıNüfus kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001885/86AH 13031886/87AH 13041887/88AH 13051888/89AH 1306This 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 Mehmed Mazhar Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1887/8804000%
1888/891254003308%

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 Mazhar Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1885/86AH 1303First work
1885 to 1889AH 1303 to 1306Vilayet meclis-i idaresi kalemi mülazımı
6 entries
YearSalary
1885/86
1885/86
1886/87
1887/880
1888/890
1888/89
1888/89AH 1306Nüfus kâtibiOvacık125

Record

Personal

Born
1864/65 (AH 1281)
Birthplace
Çemişgezek

First work

Year
1885/86 (AH 1303)

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 6 officials with entries in Ovacık in the same years, Mehmed Mazhar Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 28 officials with entries in Ovacık

Same birthplace

Of the 105 officials born in Çemişgezek, 102 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Mazhar Efendi had the 98th highest salary of them.

The page of Çemişgezek, with the 105 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303), 164 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Mazhar Efendi had the 152nd highest salary of them.

All 181 officials whose first annual entry is for 1885/86 (AH 1303)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Mazhar Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1885/86AH 1303Vilayet meclis-i idaresi kalemi mülazımıDersimAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH_SAİDd_____00031_00165
1885/86AH 1303Geçici ağnam kâtibiDersimAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records323 DH_SAİDd_____00031_00165
1886/87AH 1304Geçici ağnam kâtibiDersimAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records323 DH_SAİDd_____00031_00165
1887/88AH 1305Vilayet muhasebe kalemi hizmetiDersim0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records323 DH_SAİDd_____00031_00165
1888/89AH 1306Vilayet muhasebe kalemi hizmetiDersim0Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records323 DH_SAİDd_____00031_00165
1888/89AH 1306Vilayet muhasebe kalemi hizmeti (Nakil)DersimAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records323 DH_SAİDd_____00031_00165
1888/89AH 1306Nüfus kâtibiOvacık125Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records323 DH_SAİDd_____00031_00165
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 Mazhar 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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