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Mehmed Fuad 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 Bursa in 1870/71 (AH 1287), Mehmed Fuad Bey came from the İslam community. Work began in 1889/90, at about 19. The first annual entry, for 1889/90, names Mehmed Fuad as Mulazemet, with no place, with a rise to in 1897/98. The lists give Vefat (death) for 1901/02 instead of a title.

The salary went from 20 kuruş a month in 1892/93 to 180 in 1899/1900, the peak, when 14 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, six years of salary come to 4,920 kuruş, 17 per cent of 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.

  1. Bursa

    Born 1870/71 (AH 1287)

  2. Hüdâvendigâr as worded, no place record

    1889 to 1896 (AH 1307 to 1313)

    Mulazemet

    20 to 60 kuruş a month; entries in 7 years

  3. Place not recorded

    1897 to 1902 (AH 1315 to 1319)

    No annual entry for 1896/97 (AH 1314) before it.

    Vefat (death (a note on status, not a job))

    110 to 180 kuruş a month; entries in 4 years

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
no entryno entry0501001502001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319180 kuruşMulazemet
Salary against the medians of the same year
20501002005001889/90AH 13071890/91AH 13081891/92AH 13091892/93AH 13101893/94AH 13111894/95AH 13121895/96AH 13131896/97AH 13141897/98AH 13151898/99AH 13161899/1900AH 13171900/01AH 13181901/02AH 1319This officialMedian, all officials

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 Fuad Bey against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1892/93204000%
1893/94204000%
1894/95204000%
1895/96604002%
1897/981104006%
1899/190018040014%

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 Fuad Bey, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1889/90AH 1307First work
1889 to 1896AH 1307 to 1313Mulazemet
9 entries
YearSalary
1889/90
1890/91
1891/92
1892/93
1892/9320
1893/9420
1894/9520
1895/9620
1895/9660
60
No annual entry: 1896/97 (AH 1314)
1897 to 1900AH 1315 to 1317
6 entries
YearSalary
1897/98110
1897/98
1898/99
1899/1900
1899/1900140
1899/1900180
110 to 180
No annual entry: 1900/01 (AH 1318)
1901/02AH 1319Vefatdeath (a note on status, not a job)

Record

Personal

Born
1870/71 (AH 1287)
Birthplace
Bursa
Community
İslam

First work

Year
1889/90 (AH 1307)

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 18 officials with the title Mulazemet in the same years, Mehmed Fuad Bey had the 16th highest salary.

All 52 officials with the title Mulazemet

Same birthplace

Of the 302 officials born in Bursa, 286 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Fuad Bey had the 273rd highest salary of them.

The page of Bursa, with the 302 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307), 180 have a recorded salary; Mehmed Fuad Bey had the 163rd highest salary of them.

All 198 officials whose first annual entry is for 1889/90 (AH 1307)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Mehmed Fuad Bey
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1889/90AH 1307MulazemetHüdâvendigârAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1890/91AH 1308MulazemetHüdâvendigârAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1891/92AH 1309MulazemetHüdâvendigârAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1892/93AH 1310MulazemetHüdâvendigârAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1892/93AH 1310MulazemetHüdâvendigâr20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1893/94AH 1311MulazemetHüdâvendigâr20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1894/95AH 1312MulazemetHüdâvendigâr20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1895/96AH 1313MulazemetHüdâvendigâr20Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1895/96AH 1313Mulazemet60Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1897/98AH 1315110Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1897/98AH 1315cedvel ve muharrerat-ı resmiye mübeyyizliğiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1898/99AH 1316cedvel ve muharrerat-ı resmiye mübeyyizliğiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1899/1900AH 1317cedvel ve muharrerat-ı resmiye mübeyyizliğiAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1899/1900AH 1317cedvel ve muharrerat-ı resmiye mübeyyizliği140Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1899/1900AH 1317cedvel ve muharrerat-ı resmiye mübeyyizliği180Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
1901/02AH 1319VefatAffiliation not recordedSelected canonical career records87/188; 373
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 Fuad Bey 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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