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Mehmet Şakir 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 Mehmet Şakir Efendi began in Tosya in 1876/77 (AH 1293). At about 22, in 1898/99, Mehmet Şakir began work in Tosya. The annual lists begin in 1898/99, with Mehmet Şakir as Telgrafhane stajyeri in Tosya, the birthplace, where the entries run to 1900/01. The last posts were in Hereke from 1902 to 1905.

Pay rose from 380 kuruş a month in 1900/01 to a peak of 590 in 1904/05, in Hereke, when two in three paid officials earned less. The last annual entry is for 1904/05.

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 2 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
1902/0312TosyaHereke

  1. Tosya

    Born 1876/77 (AH 1293); First work 1898/99 (AH 1316); 1898 to 1901 (AH 1316 to 1318)

    Telgrafhane stajyeri 1898/99 (AH 1316); Ağnam memuru 1900/01 (AH 1318)

    380 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

    No annual entry for 1899/1900 (AH 1317).

  2. Hereke

    1902 to 1905 (AH 1320 to 1322)

    No annual entry for 1901/02 (AH 1319) before it.

    Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi

    303 to 590 kuruş a month; entries in 3 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry02004006001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322590 kuruşTelgrafhane stajyeriAğnam memuruFabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 13191902/03AH 13201903/04AH 13211904/05AH 1322This 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 Mehmet Şakir Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1900/0138040038044%
1902/0330340050038%
1903/0449040550053%
1904/0559040050066%

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 Şakir Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1898/99AH 1316First workTosya
1898/99AH 1316Telgrafhane stajyeriTosya
No annual entry: 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
1900/01AH 1318Ağnam memuruTosya380
No annual entry: 1901/02 (AH 1319)
1902 to 1905AH 1320 to 1322Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi
6 entries
YearSalary
1902/03303
1903/04303
1903/04490
1904/05490
1904/05
1904/05590
Hereke303 to 590

Record

Personal

Born
1876/77 (AH 1293)
Birthplace
Tosya

First work

Year
1898/99 (AH 1316)
Place
Tosya

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 4 officials with entries in Hereke in the same years, Mehmet Şakir Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 10 officials with entries in Hereke

Same birthplace

Of the 34 officials born in Tosya, Mehmet Şakir Efendi had the 13th highest salary.

The page of Tosya, with the 34 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316), 131 have a recorded salary; Mehmet Şakir Efendi had the 54th highest salary of them.

All 152 officials whose first annual entry is for 1898/99 (AH 1316)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmet Şakir Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1898/99AH 1316Telgrafhane stajyeriTosyaAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d.124/145
1900/01AH 1318Ağnam memuruTosya380Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d.124/145
1902/03AH 1320Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHereke303Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d.124/145
1903/04AH 1321Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHereke303Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d.124/145
1903/04AH 1321Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHereke490Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d.124/145
1904/05AH 1322Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHereke490Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d.124/145
1904/05AH 1322Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisi, üçüncü dereceHerekeAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d.124/145
1904/05AH 1322Fabrika-i Hümayun Muhasebe Kalemi görevlisiHereke590Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA, DH.SAİD.d.124/145
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 Şakir 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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