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Mehmed 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 Mehmed Efendi began in Mecca (Mekke) in 1851/52 (AH 1268). Work began in 1875/76, at about 23. The annual lists begin in 1875/76, with Mehmed as Yemen Rüsûmat Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi mülâzımı and no place named. Alongside, the lists for 1881 to 1886 give a second post, in Mocha as Karantina memuru.

Pay rose from 320 kuruş a month in 1876/77 to a peak of 800 in 1885/86, as Rusumat Muduru in Mocha, when three in four paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1885/86.

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
1881/8213MeccaMocha

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

  1. Mecca (Mekke)

    Born 1851/52 (AH 1268)

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

    1875 to 1882 (AH 1292 to 1299)

    Yemen Rüsûmat Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi mülâzımı 1875 to 1877 (AH 1292 to 1293); Zehre memlahası kâtibi 1876 to 1882 (AH 1293 to 1299)

    320 to 600 kuruş a month; entries in 8 years

  3. Mocha (Muha)

    1881 to 1886 (AH 1299 to 1303)

    Karantina memuru 1881 to 1886 (AH 1299 to 1303); Rusumat Muduru 1885/86 (AH 1303)

    500 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006008001875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303800 kuruşZehre memlahası kâtibiKarantina memuru
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0002,0001875/76AH 12921876/77AH 12931877/78AH 12941878AH 12951878/79AH 12961879/80AH 12971880/81AH 12981881/82AH 12991882/83AH 13001883/84AH 13011884/85AH 13021885/86AH 1303This 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 Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1876/7732042037%
1877/7832045036%
187832045037%
1878/7960040063%
1879/8060040065%
1880/8160040068%
1881/8260040067%
1882/835004001,23059%
1883/845004001,00060%
1884/8550040095059%
1885/868004001,10075%

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 Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1875/76AH 1292First work
1875 to 1877AH 1292 to 1293Yemen Rüsûmat Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi mülâzımı
Rüsûmat
2 entries
YearSalary
1875/76
1876/77
1876 to 1882AH 1293 to 1299Zehre memlahası kâtibi
9 entries
YearSalary
1876/77320
1877/78320
1878320
1878
1878/79600
1879/80600
1880/81600
1881/82600
1881/82
320
1881 to 1886AH 1299 to 1303Karantina memuru
6 entries
YearSalary
1881/82500
1882/83500
1883/84500
1884/85500
1885/86500
1885/86
Mocha (Muha)500
1885/86AH 1303Rusumat MuduruMocha (Muha)800

Record

Personal

Born
1851/52 (AH 1268)
Birthplace
Mecca (Mekke)

First work

Year
1875/76 (AH 1292)

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 3 officials with entries in Mocha (Muha) in the same years, Mehmed Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 7 officials with entries in Mocha (Muha)

Same job title, same years

Of the 3 officials with the title Rusumat Muduru in the same years, Mehmed Efendi had the lowest salary.

All 28 officials with the title Rusumat Muduru

Same birthplace

Of the 117 officials born in Mecca (Mekke), 107 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Efendi had the 33rd highest salary of them.

The page of Mecca (Mekke), with the 117 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1875/76 (AH 1292), 143 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Efendi had the 45th highest salary of them.

All 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1875/76 (AH 1292)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1875/76AH 1292Yemen Rüsûmat Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi mülâzımıYemenRüsûmatSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1876/77AH 1293Yemen Rüsûmat Nezareti Muhasebe Kalemi mülâzımıYemenRüsûmatSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1876/77AH 1293Zehre memlahası kâtibiZehre320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1877/78AH 1294Zehre memlahası kâtibiZehre320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1878AH 1295Zehre memlahası kâtibiZehre320Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1878AH 1295Zehre memlahası kâtibi (İnfisal)ZehreAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1878/79AH 1296Karantina memuruCibran600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1879/80AH 1297Karantina memuruCibran600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1880/81AH 1298Karantina memuruCibran600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1881/82AH 1299Karantina memuruCibran600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1881/82AH 1299Karantina memuru (İnfisal)CibranAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1881/82AH 1299Karantina memuruMocha (Muha)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1882/83AH 1300Karantina memuruMocha (Muha)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1883/84AH 1301Karantina memuruMocha (Muha)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1884/85AH 1302Karantina memuruMocha (Muha)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1885/86AH 1303Karantina memuruMocha (Muha)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1885/86AH 1303Karantina memuru (İstifa)Mocha (Muha)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
1885/86AH 1303Rusumat MuduruMocha (Muha)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records232 BOA. DH. SAĠD. d, nr. 63/413, s.413.
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 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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