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Mehmed Said 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

Born in Bursa in 1872/73 (AH 1289), Mehmed Said Efendi came from the İslam community; the father was a merchant (tüccar). At about 16, in 1888/89, Mehmed Said began work. The annual lists begin in 1888/89, with Mehmed Said as Mulazemet and no place named. For 1889 to 1892 the lists have no entry.

The one salary in the lists is 250 kuruş a month, for 1892/93, when 21 per cent of paid officials earned less. The final annual entry is for 1892/93.

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. Bursa

    Born 1872/73 (AH 1289)

  2. Place not recorded

    1888/89 (AH 1306)

    Mulazemet

    entries in 1 year

  3. mülhakat-ı Gemlik as worded, no place record

    1892/93 (AH 1310)

    No annual entry for 1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309) before it.

    istimare me'murluğu

    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 entry01002003001888/89AH 13061889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 1310250 kuruşMulazemetistimare me'murluğu

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 Said Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1888/89AH 1306First work
1888/89AH 1306Mulazemet
No annual entry: 1889 to 1892 (AH 1307 to 1309)
1892/93AH 1310istimare me'murluğu
2 entries
YearSalary
1892/93
1892/93250
250

Record

Personal

Born
1872/73 (AH 1289)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam
Father's occupation
Tüccar

First work

Year
1888/89 (AH 1306)

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 5 officials with the title Mulazemet in the same years, Mehmed Said Efendi had the 3rd highest salary.

All 52 officials with the title Mulazemet

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Said Efendi had the 244th highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306), 155 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Said Efendi had the 114th highest salary of them.

All 173 officials whose first annual entry is for 1888/89 (AH 1306)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Said Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1888/89AH 1306MulazemetAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records111/8; 13
1892/93AH 1310istimare me'murluğumülhakat-ı GemlikAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records111/8; 13
1892/93AH 1310(Okunamadı) müzâyede kitâbeti250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records111/8; 13
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 Said 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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