Mehmet Şerif Bey
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
Born in Kars, Mehmet Şerif Bey was the child of a district governor or lieutenant colonel (kaymakam). Work began in Kars in 1875/76 (AH 1292), on a first salary of 625 kuruş. The first annual entry, for 1875/76, places Mehmet Şerif in Kars, the birthplace, as Askeri Muavene Albayı (İsmail Hakkı Paşa kumandasında), where the entries run to 1878. For 1878 to 1885 the lists have no entry. Mehmet Şerif then moved to a post with no place named from 1885 to 1892, then Hınıs in 1895/96. The lists have no entry for 1892 to 1895 and 1896 to 1901. The last entry, for 1901/02, names Mehmet Şerif as Jandarma Binbaşısı (kabul), with no place.
The salary went from 625 kuruş a month in 1875/76 to 1,359 in 1901/02, the peak, when 88 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, eight years of salary come to 82,308 kuruş, 2 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The final annual entry is for 1901/02.
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.
Not on the map, as no position is recorded: stop 2 (Keskim), stop 3 (Place not recorded), stop 5 (Place not recorded).
First work 1875/76 (AH 1292); 1875 to 1878 (AH 1292 to 1295)
Askeri Muavene Albayı (İsmail Hakkı Paşa kumandasında)
625 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years
Keskim as worded, no place record not on the map
1885 to 1890 (AH 1303 to 1307)
No annual entry for 1878 to 1885 (AH 1296 to 1302) before it.
Hemadan Aşireti ıslahı hizmeti
1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 5 years
Place not recorded not on the map
1891/92 (AH 1309)
No annual entry for 1890/91 (AH 1308) before it.
Jandarma Binbaşısı
entries in 1 year
1895/96 (AH 1313)
No annual entry for 1892 to 1895 (AH 1310 to 1312) before it.
Kaymakam vekili
entries in 1 year
Place not recorded not on the map
1901/02 (AH 1319)
No annual entry for 1896 to 1901 (AH 1314 to 1318) before it.
Jandarma Binbaşısı (kabul)
1,359 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year
Career and salary#
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
| Year | Salary | Median, all officials | Median, same title | Median, same province | Paid less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76 | 625 | 450 | 550 | 66% | |
| 1876/77 | 625 | 420 | 337.5 | 67% | |
| 1877/78 | 625 | 450 | 500 | 67% | |
| 1878 | 625 | 450 | 550 | 68% | |
| 1885/86 | 1,000 | 400 | 80% | ||
| 1886/87 | 1,000 | 400 | 80% | ||
| 1887/88 | 1,000 | 400 | 78% | ||
| 1901/02 | 1,359 | 400 | 88% |
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.
| Years | Title | Place | Salary (kuruş a month) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76AH 1292 | First work | Kars | 625first-salary field |
| 1875 to 1878AH 1292 to 1295 | Askeri Muavene Albayı (İsmail Hakkı Paşa kumandasında) | Kars | 625 |
| No annual entry: 1878 to 1885 (AH 1296 to 1302) | |||
| 1885 to 1890AH 1303 to 1307 | Hemadan Aşireti ıslahı hizmeti | 1,000 | |
| No annual entry: 1890/91 (AH 1308) | |||
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Jandarma Binbaşısı | ||
| No annual entry: 1892 to 1895 (AH 1310 to 1312) | |||
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Kaymakam vekili | Hınıs | |
| No annual entry: 1896 to 1901 (AH 1314 to 1318) | |||
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Jandarma Binbaşısı (kabul) | 1,359 | |
Record#
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 12 officials with entries in Kars in the same years, Mehmet Şerif Bey had the 4th highest salary.
- Mıgırdıç Efendi3 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- Ahmed Ferid Paşa1 shared year; highest salary 6,000 kuruş
- Mehmet Rıfat Efendi Bey1 shared year; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Mehmed Atıf Efendi1 shared year; highest salary 1,800 kuruş
- Tahir Avni Bey1 shared year; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
Same birthplace
Of the 193 officials born in Kars, 113 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şerif Bey had the 19th highest salary of them.
- Ahmed Ferid Paşaborn 1831/32 (AH 1247); highest salary 6,000 kuruş
- Ahmet Hamdi Efendiborn 1842/43 (AH 1258); highest salary 750 kuruş
- Seyit Ahmet RaĢit Efendiborn 1843/44 (AH 1259); highest salary 1,250 kuruş
- Seyit Ahmet Raşit Efendiborn 1843/44 (AH 1259); no salary recorded
- Mehmet ġevki Beyborn 1845/46 (AH 1262); highest salary 2,250 kuruş
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; Mehmet Şerif Bey had the 26th highest salary of them.
- Mehmet Rıfat Efendi Beyfirst entry in Kars; highest salary 2,000 kuruş
- Mustafa Efendifirst entry in Kahramanmaraş (Maraş); highest salary 360 kuruş
- Hasan Efendifirst entry in Ünye; highest salary 250 kuruş
- Muhibbe Hanımfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 750 kuruş
- Zeliha Hanımfirst entry in Istanbul; highest salary 60 kuruş
All 162 officials whose first annual entry is for 1875/76 (AH 1292)
Annual entries and original values
| Year | Title | Place | Kuruş a month | Institution | Source | Archive reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875/76AH 1292 | Askeri Muavene Albayı (İsmail Hakkı Paşa kumandasında) | Kars | 625 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. |
| 1876/77AH 1293 | Askeri Muavene Albayı (İsmail Hakkı Paşa kumandasında) | Kars | 625 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. |
| 1877/78AH 1294 | Askeri Muavene Albayı (İsmail Hakkı Paşa kumandasında) | Kars | 625 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. |
| 1878AH 1295 | Askeri Muavene Albayı (İsmail Hakkı Paşa kumandasında) | Kars | 625 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. |
| 1878AH 1295 | Askeri Muavene Albayı (İsmail Hakkı Paşa kumandasında) (Görevin sona ermesi) | Kars | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | |
| 1885/86AH 1303 | Hemadan Aşireti ıslahı hizmeti | 1,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | |
| 1886/87AH 1304 | Hemadan Aşireti ıslahı hizmeti | 1,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Hemadan Aşireti ıslahı hizmeti | 1,000 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | |
| 1887/88AH 1305 | Hemadan Aşireti ıslahı hizmeti (Görevin sona ermesi) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | ||
| 1888/89AH 1306 | Kaymakam vekili | Keskim | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Kaymakam vekili | Keskim | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | |
| 1889/90AH 1307 | Kaymakam vekili (Görevin sona ermesi) | Keskim | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | |
| 1891/92AH 1309 | Jandarma Binbaşısı | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | ||
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Kaymakam vekili | Hınıs | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | |
| 1895/96AH 1313 | Kaymakam vekili (Görevin sona ermesi) | Hınıs | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | |
| 1901/02AH 1319 | Jandarma Binbaşısı (kabul) | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. | ||
| 1901/02AH 1319 | emekli (askeri kanun) (Tekaüt) | 1,359 | Affiliation not recorded | Selected canonical career records | 100 BOA. DH.d. SAĠD. No: 178/278. |
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.
| Field | Recorded value | Source |
|---|
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.
- Origin of the record: Source collection.
Subjects
- List of Ottoman officials (Osmanlı memurları listesi)
- Collective biography (kolektif biyografi)
- Ottoman history (Osmanlı tarihi)
- Ottoman bureaucracy (Osmanlı bürokrasisi)
- Ottoman officials (Osmanlı'da memurlar)
- Ottoman personnel registers (Sicill-i Ahvâl defterleri)
- Ottoman registers (Osmanlı defterleri)