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Mehmet Nuri 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 Nuri Efendi was born in Sivas. Work began in Sivas in 1895/96 (AH 1313). The first annual entry, for 1895/96, names Mehmet Nuri as stajyer, with no place, with a rise to Katip in 1899/1900.

Pay rose from 150 kuruş a month in 1897/98 to a peak of 250 in 1899/1900, as Katip, when 21 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1899/1900.

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. Sivas

    First work 1895/96 (AH 1313)

  2. Sivas Düyûn-ı Umûmiye Nezareti as worded, no place record

    1895 to 1898 (AH 1313 to 1315)

    stajyer

    150 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

  3. Merzifon Düyûn-ı Umûmiye İdaresi as worded, no place record

    1899/1900 (AH 1317)

    No annual entry for 1898/99 (AH 1316) before it.

    Katip

    250 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
no entry01002003001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317250 kuruşstajyerKatip
Salary against the medians of the same year
1002005001895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 1317This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same title

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 Nuri Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1897/9815040010%
1899/190025040025021%

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 Nuri Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1895/96AH 1313First workSivas
1895 to 1898AH 1313 to 1315stajyer
5 entries
YearSalary
1895/96
1896/97
1897/98
1897/98
1897/98150
150
No annual entry: 1898/99 (AH 1316)
1899/1900AH 1317Katip250

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Sivas

First work

Year
1895/96 (AH 1313)
Place
Sivas

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 job title, same years

Of the 7 officials with the title Katip in the same years, Mehmet Nuri Efendi had the 6th highest salary.

All 37 officials with the title Katip

Same birthplace

Of the 399 officials born in Sivas, 282 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Nuri Efendi had the 224th highest salary of them.

The page of Sivas, with the 399 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313), 162 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Nuri Efendi had the 122nd highest salary of them.

All 180 officials whose first annual entry is for 1895/96 (AH 1313)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Nuri Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1895/96AH 1313stajyerSivas Düyûn-ı Umûmiye NezaretiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records467 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00138, s.329
1896/97AH 1314stajyerSivas Düyûn-ı Umûmiye NezaretiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records467 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00138, s.329
1897/98AH 1315stajyerSivas Düyûn-ı Umûmiye NezaretiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records467 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00138, s.329
1897/98AH 1315stajyer (Nakil)Sivas Düyûn-ı Umûmiye NezaretiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records467 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00138, s.329
1897/98AH 1315merkez memuriyeti mukayyidiAmasya Düyûn-ı Umûmiye150Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records467 DH. SAİD.d, nr.00138, s.329
1899/1900AH 1317KatipMerzifon Düyûn-ı Umûmiye İdaresi250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsDH. SAİD.d, nr.00138, s.329
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 Nuri 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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