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Mehmed Nafi 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 Nafi Efendi began in Gelibolu; the father's occupation was "Aşar Kâtibi". Mehmed Nafi began work in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1907/08 (AH 1325), on a first salary of 500 kuruş. From the first annual entry, for 1907/08, to 1909/10, every annual entry places Mehmed Nafi in the same post, Umur-ı Nafia Kondüktörü, in Shkodër.

The salary went from 500 kuruş a month in 1907/08 to 600 in 1909/10, the peak, in Shkodër, when half the paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1909/10.

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearyears with one job titleno annual entry
02004006001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327600 kuruşUmur-ı Nafia Kondüktörü
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001907/08AH 13251908/09AH 13261909/10AH 1327This 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 Nafi Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1907/0850046035050%
1908/0950040050052%
1909/1060060060049%

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 Nafi Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1907/08AH 1325First workShkodër (İşkodra)500first-salary field
1907 to 1910AH 1325 to 1327Umur-ı Nafia Kondüktörü
4 entries
YearSalary
1907/08500
1908/09500
1909/10500
1909/10600
Shkodër (İşkodra)500 to 600

Record

Personal

Birthplace
Gelibolu
Father's occupation
Aşar Kâtibi

First work

Year
1907/08 (AH 1325)

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 35 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, Mehmed Nafi Efendi had the 12th highest salary.

All 191 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same birthplace

Of the 127 officials born in Gelibolu, 118 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nafi Efendi had the 38th highest salary of them.

The page of Gelibolu, with the 127 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325), 117 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Nafi Efendi had the 23rd highest salary of them.

All 129 officials whose first annual entry is for 1907/08 (AH 1325)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Nafi Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1907/08AH 1325Umur-ı Nafia KondüktörüShkodër (İşkodra)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 142/461
1908/09AH 1326Umur-ı Nafia KondüktörüShkodër (İşkodra)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 142/461
1909/10AH 1327Umur-ı Nafia KondüktörüShkodër (İşkodra)500Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 142/461
1909/10AH 1327Umur-ı Nafia KondüktörüShkodër (İşkodra)600Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d, Nr: 142/461
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 Nafi 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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